ASE SS 01: US History Packet Steve Schmidt schmidtsj@appstate.edu abspd.appstate.edu Quote “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ― John Quincy Adams Where Can I Find this Packet? It’s OK to write in this packet! You can find everything from this workshop at abspd.appstate.edu Look teaching resources, adult secondary resources. Agenda 8:30 – 10:00 Evidence Based History Teaching Historic Scene Investigation 10:00 – 10:15 10:15 – 11:45 Bull Run: History from Different Perspectives 11:45 – 12:45 Lunch 12:45 – 2:00 Linking Content to Students’ Lives Homestead Simulation 2:00 – 2:15 2:15 – 4:00 Analyzing Secondary Sources/Websites Oral History Project
House - $50 Fate Supplies - $75 - $75 - $75 - $75 - $75 Year Balance Total Balance Homesteading Profit/Loss Example Farming Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Cattle $50 $60 $10 $100 - $40 Horses $30 $40 $5 $70 - $40 $30 $40 $5 $70 - $15 Wheat $50 $65 0 $100 - $20 House - $50 Fate $50 $25 0 -$100 -$20 Supplies - $75 - $75 - $75 - $75 - $75 Year Balance $85 $155 -$55 $165 -$210 Total Balance $85 $240 $185 $350 $140
Homesteading Income Chart You have 4 sections of land to decide how to use each year. Roll the dice to see if you have a drought, lean, normal, or bumper crop year and fill in your results. See the example at the bottom of the page. Crop Type Year 1 Plan Year 1 Results Year 2 Plan Year 2 Results Year 3 Plan Year 3 Results Year 4 Plan Year 4 Results Year 5 Plan Year 5 Results Cattle Horses Sheep Roll of Die 1 2 3 4 5 6 Land Type Crop Type Normal Bumper Lean Normal Normal Drought Prairie Cattle $50 $100 $10 $60 $50 Pay $40 Horses $30 $70 $5 $40 $30 Pay $40 $30 $70 $5 $40 $30 Pay $15 Wheat $50 $100 $0 $65 $55 Pay $20 Example: Crop Type Year 1 Plan Year 1 Results 1 Normal Year 2 Plan Year 2 Results 3 Lean Year 3 Plan Year 3 Results 6 Drought Year 4 Plan Year 4 Results 4 Normal Year 5 Plan Year 5 Results 5 Normal Cattle 1 $50 2 $20 1 - $40 2 $120 1 $50 Horses 1 $30 2 $10 0 0 1 $30 Sheep 1 $30 0 2 - $30 0 1 $30 Wheat 1 $50 0 1 - $20 2 $130 1 $55
You sell some and cattle to a neighbor and earn $100! Your well goes dry. It will cost $25 to repair it. You become sick with typhoid fever and cannot work for 3 months. You must pay $75 for medicine and the doctor. You hire out your son to work on a neighbor’s farm. He earns $50. You sell a cow and a horse to a neighbor and earn $75! A fire sweeps in from the prairie and kills all your sheep. All your cattle are killed in a Native American attack. It will cost $75 to replace them. Your home, all your and all your animals are destroyed in a prairie fire. You must pay $400 to replace everything. Your beloved Uncle Ernest from back East dies and leaves you $100 in his will. A swarm of grasshoppers descends on your fields and eats your entire wheat crop. You win the grand prize at the local harvest festival and take home $25! Bandits come at night and steal all your horses. You are able to sell some quilts at the in town and earn $25! A tornado blows down your house. You must pay $100 to rebuild it. Your 15 year old daughter teaches school for three months and earns $60! Your mule and two horses are killed after wandering off in a dust storm. It will cost $75 to replace them.