Pioneer Farmers

Study Pioneering Farmers using Online Video

Use these 6 online educational video titles to discover the riches of the land as pioneering farmer's established new settlements that would become the legacy of today's farming industry. Name the states within the Old Northwest Territory. Explore the hardships and rewards found in the everyday existence of the early pioneers. Learn the names and dates for the two documents important to this episode in pioneering, the Homestead Act and the Ordinance of 1787. Discover the difference between deed-holding farmers and squatters. Describe the crops, clothing, tools, and shelters used by pioneers.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore the hardships and rewards found in the everyday existence of the early pioneers.
• Name and provide dates for the two documents important to this episode in pioneering, the Homestead Act and the Ordinance of 1787
• Describe the difference between deed-holding farmers and squatters.
• Describe the crops, clothing, tools and shelters used by pioneers.

• History > American Pioneering Experience > Ohio Boatmen And The Pioneering Farmers
• Introduction (Runtime: 01:56)
• Settling the Old North West (Runtime: 06:57)
• Taming the Frontier (Runtime: 05:43)
• Life in the Old North West (Runtime: 03:25)
• Settling the Great Plains (Runtime: 03:56)
• Life on the Great Plains (Runtime: 04:03)