History

Clearing the Land - An Early Settlers Lesson Grades 2-4

EBJ18904

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In this lesson, students will read about the decisions the early settlers made before and during clearing the land.

Have the students read each paragraph and then discuss the information that each one gave. Use the following questions.

a) What were the three main decisions that an early settler family had to make when it arrived at its land grant?
b) Which area of their land grant did the settlers clear first?
c) What time of year was the best time to cut down trees? Tell why?
d) What did the settlers do with the brush and small trees?
e) What did the settlers do with the large trees.
f) What did the settlers do with the stumps?
g) What did the settler family do once their land was cleared?
h) Why were these crops so important to the settlers?
i) What do you think the settlers would do after they planted their crops?

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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