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Description
OVERVIEW
In this lesson, students will use the information provided at six stations to identify, analyze, and summarize key topics related to cowboys and cattle in Texas.
LESSON TIME
This lesson will take approximately 45 – 60 minutes.
Exact times may vary based on the specific needs of individual classes.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
- What were some major topics, challenges, and developments that occurred during this era that affected cowboys in the cattle industry?
Teacher Tools
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Lesson Plan, Teacher Guide, Sources
Downloadable/editable versions of this lesson plan, including a step-by-step guide through the lesson. When applicable, a list of primary sources used in the lesson is also included.
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This ready-to-use classroom slideshow contains the warm-up exercise, the daily objective, the “We will / I will” statements, and the essential question for the lesson.
It guides the class through the assignment providing larger versions of images, visual representations of the directions, and supports for reading and answering questions including sentence stems for in-class responses. It concludes with the exit ticket.
Student Activities
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Warm-up & Exit Ticket
In this printable warm-up / bell-ringer activity, students will make observations about an image of cowboys taking a break on the trail to eat near their chuck wagon. Students make inferences based on the image to determine what is happening in the image.
In this exit ticket, students will read a primary source excerpt of one aspect of life as a cowboy during the late 19th century and identify how the information provided in the excerpt supports the information they learned in class.
The Warm-up and Exit Ticket document includes two warm-ups on the front of the page and two exit tickets on the back of the page. This formatting reduces the number of copies needed, as teachers will cut each printed page in half. Each student will receive a half-page with the warm-up on the front and the exit on the back.
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This printable material includes a set of six stations to be used in the lesson. Stations include the rise of the beef industry; Cattle drive trails; Texas cattle fever; Life as a cowboy; Mega ranches; and Innovations. Students use the information in each station to complete their work.
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Grade Level Work
In this printable assignment, students will complete a chart and answer questions including short constructed response, multiple choice, and true or false.
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In this printable assignment, students will complete a chart with response options and some answers provided, and answer questions including short constructed response with sentence stems and response options, multiple choice with one answer option eliminated, and true or false.
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In this printable assignment, students will complete a chart and answer short, constructed response questions summarizing the main idea, explaining the significance, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, using map skills, and analyzing key topics related to cowboys and cattle.
Sources
Previews and links to sources referenced in this lesson.
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A Hereford bull at C.C. Slaughter's Lazy "S" Ranch, photograph, 1900
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Cowhands guiding a herd of cattle, 1910
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Photograph of Windmill
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A coil of barbed wire
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