Graphic Organizers
A sample graphic organizer on early settlement is found here (pdf).
- Have students select one or more topics to organize from the following: homesteading; family life; school life; types of entertainment at home, school, church, or community; etc. Topics could be organized by either writing them on paper or creating and placing words or phrases on small pieces of paper, cutting them out, and organizing them in such a manner that would make sense to the person(s) organizing them.
- Have students research and produce a supply list of what early pioneers needed to get settled on the North Dakota prairie in the form of a graphic organizer. Divide the supply list into food, clothes, supplies for the house, farm equipment, or any other category deemed important to the survival of the pioneers. Under each category, give a brief explanation for including each item.
- Have each student take an index card and write a vocabulary word in a box in the center. Draw lines to divide the card into four sections. Have the student complete each section of the card with the following: definition of word; synonyms or syllables; writing a sentence using the word in the correct context; and drawing a picture of it.
- Have students research and create a flow chart of the steps needed to preserve through canning all the fruits, vegetables, or meat the pioneers grew or raised.
- Have students create a flow chart of the steps taken by early settlers to plant and harvest a crop.
