Westward Expansion and the Homestead Act | Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
6th Grade – 8th Grade
9th Grade – 12th Grade
English
Examine the realities of Homesteading on the Great Plains in this video from Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page. Learn about the impact of the Homestead Act using discussion questions, vocabulary, teaching tips and an activity that pushes students to examine multiple perspectives of how this legislation affected different cultural groups during this period in American history.