Students may understand the demands of settlement upon individuals by closely examining images of men, women, and children, their activities on the frontier, and the places where they learned, worked, and played. Search children , boy , girl , family , play , home , and interior and consider the following questions. The collection is particularly explicit about the many roles women played in frontier society. Many historians argue that frontier women developed a special kind of independence and equality that eastern women did not. See the Special Presentation on Women or search the collection.
Self preservation is the first law of life.
Elling Ohnstad sod house, Fairdale, North Dakota, June 24, 1923. The collection supports an exploration of the nature and role of community on the frontier. Students can browse the Subject Index or conduct searches for images of neighborhood gatherings, weddings, churches, and soda shops that will help them understand how people socialized and supported each other, and what events and places drew people together. Teachers can challenge students to find as many different examples of frontier community as possible. Lars Wall barbershop, Milton, North Dakota.