Grade 1, 2 and 3

Early Settler Farming - Farm Animals Grades 2-4

EBJ18912

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In this lesson students will answer these questions:

a) Why were animals important to the early settlers?

b) Why were cows seldom eaten by the settlers?

c) What types of farm animals were eaten by the settlers?

d) Which animals did all the heavy work?

e) Why did the settlers prefer to use oxen rather than horses to do the heavy work?

f) What other animals helped with the work and were used for transportation?

g) Which farm animal was used to provide most of the settler's meat?

h) What happened to the pigs in the fall?

i) Why were sheep mainly kept?

j) In what ways could having animals be a problem for the settlers?

Teaching instructions, reading information page, and 1 worksheet with answer key.

This book supports many of the fundamental concepts and learning outcomes from the Ontario Curriculum.

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