Homesteading Life | Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page

Learn about the harsh realities of homesteading life in the American West in the late 1800s in this video from Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page. Students learn about the Homestead Act, and how it brought thousands of white settlers desperate for a better future into American Indian land. Video, discussion questions, vocabulary, and activities help students take a deep dive into the lives of settlers and the indigenous people who lived on the prairie.