Get Free Access for 10 Days!
Lesson Plan

Western Migration: The Land Promised Lesson Plan: African American Homesteaders

Curated by ACT

Part of an online exhibit on the westward migration of African-Americans, this lesson plan looks at those with agricultural backgrounds who moved west following the Civil War and availed themselves of the opportunity to homestead. Students will examine African-American homesteaders, the challenges they faced from climate and soil, and the communities they created.

3 Views 1 Download
Concepts
westward expansion
Show More Show Less
Additional Tags
westward migration, african american settlers, african americans go west, african americans in the west, african-american homesteaders, african-american migration, african-american migration west, african-american settlers
Show More Show Less
Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information