American West L15 – Decline of Cowboy and Drives

 
This lesson contains:
An introduction to the ‘open range’ and why the cowboys moved from working on the range rather than performing cattle drives.
A task to study the reasons why the cattle drives ended and the role of cowboys declined. Students read the information provided and put the reasons into order of importance.
A discussion of the winter of 1886-87 and the consequences of the great ‘die-up’.
An opportunity to study the role barbed wire played in the decline of cowboys by studying an exam exemplar and picking out facts and importance words in the answer, then having a go at their own exam question using similar criteria.
A plenary crossword with the keys words from the cattle ranging and cowboys lessons.
 
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