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ERIC Number: EJ557568
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
The Homestead Act of 1862.
Schamel, Wynell; Potter, Lee Ann
Social Education, v61 n6 p359-64 Oct 1997
Presents background information on the Homestead Act of 1862 and includes a set of suggested teaching activities to be used in conjunction with replicas of original documents. The Homestead Act provided free land to settlers and was instrumental in settling the west. Includes replicas of an application and certificate. (MJP)
Descriptors: Land Acquisition, Land Settlement, Land Use, Learning Activities, Migration, Natural Resources, Primary Sources, Relocation, Resource Allocation, Rural Resettlement, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, United States History
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Homestead Act 1862; Homesteading