As you begin formulating your ideas for your
journal entry, think about what you learned.
Reasons for relocating
What do you know about why homesteaders went
west?
Challenges
What do you know about the hard situations
homesteaders faced?
Ways to overcome challenges
What have you learned about how homesteaders
farmed and built homes on the frontier?
Now write a few notes about each of these three
topics.

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