NAME: ______

GOALS

  • Read the directions carefully
  • Find all the information requested
  • Keep an accurate bibliography
  • Use your time effectively
  • Keep records effectively (make your copies, type/write up all your information)

You may search in any order, as long as you find everything required.

WARNING: PLAGIARISM RESULTS IN INSTANT FAILURE! RESIST THE URGE TO COPY-AND-PASTE. The only things you can copy-and-paste are images, primary source accounts and URL addresses.

Ready? Go.

Scavenger Item / Bibliography Information / Done

  1. Find an image of what your character might look like

TRADITIONAL LIFE MINGLES WITH AMERICAN CULTURE
  1. Find an image of what your home would look like.

  1. Find a primary source accountdescribing what it was like to live in a Native American village like yours during this time period.

  1. How much would it cost to rent 618 acres in Texas in 1875?

  1. How much did Railroad worker make per year in 1900? Calculate how much that would be per week.

  1. How much could a buffalo hunter get for a buffalo hide in the 1870’s & 1880’s?

Scavenger Item / Bibliography Information / Done

FOOD
  1. How much does a pound of wheat flour cost in 1900, in the city nearest to your home?

  1. How much do a dozen eggs cost in 1900, in the city nearest to your home?

  1. How much does a pound of salt pork cost in 1900, in the city nearest to your home?

  1. How much does a pound of sugar cost in 1900, in the city closest to your home?

FOOD/GOODS PRODUCTION
  1. Find an image of a typical buffalo hunt.

  1. What kinds of goods did your tribe produce?

  1. What is “agency beef”?

  1. What kinds of foods did you grow or gather?

NEW PRODUCTS
Find out when these things were invented, who invented them, an image ofwhat they looked likewhen they were first marketed, and how much they cost.
  1. Condensed Tomato Soup

  1. Pillsbury Flour

  1. Aunt Jemimah’s Pancake Mix

Scavenger Item / Bibliography Information / Done

ENTERTAINMENT
Find an image and the required information for each
  1. Wild West Show: Who started the most famous Wild West Show? What kinds of acts were in a Wild West Show?

  1. Ghost Dancing(this isn’t really entertainment, it’s a religious ritual): What is a Ghost Dance? Why is it performed? Who performs it?

NEWS
Find out the who, what, when, where & why of your story. Find an image illustrating your story.
  1. The Battle of the Little Big Horn (Custer’s Last Stand)