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Friday, March 27, 2015

WILD WILD WEST: COWBOYS

Grades 4-6 and Homeschool
Sarah Peterson
Hands on History


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CHECK OUT MY Wild, Wild West Careers: Cowboys

Cowboys have been depicted in movies and television for decades – portraying their lives as non-stop adventures in the Wild West. This lesson plan covers the job of a 1800s cowboy and his life on a cattle drive and includes:
  • INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Cowboys in the 1800s
  • Vocabulary Words
  • Activity: Complete Job Application
  • INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Cows and the Cattle Drive
  • Chart: Types of Bovine
  • Activity: Create a Code to Live By!
  • Diagram of Cattle Drive Positions 
  • Activity: Analyze Cowboy Songs – Lyrics to Cowboy Songs
  • Teacher’s Key to Cowboy Song Questions
  • INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Branding the Cattle
  • Activity: Name Your Ranch and Create a Brand
  • INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Cowboy Clothes 
  • INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Cookie, Chuckwagon and Food
  • Activity: Make Some Cowboy Food – Recipes for Beans and Biscuits
  • INFORMATIONAL TEXT: End of a Cattle Drive
  • Review Worksheet and Teacher’s Key
  • Review Game: Bingo words and clues
  • Cowboy Jokes
  • Coloring Page - Cowboys on the Prairie

Click here to check out the Cowboys Lesson Plan
Check out my other Wild West Careers Lesson Plans:
          Outlaws and Lawmen
          Gold Miners
          Homesteaders


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