• Homestead Heritage Center & Prairie

    Homestead

    National Monument of America Nebraska

Third to Fifth Grade Curriculum

The Homestead Act and President Lincoln
These lessons are designed to teach children about the Homestead Act and President Abraham Lincoln's role in its creation.

American Indians
These lessons are designed to teach children about the impacts the Homestead Act had on American Indians.

Frontier Education
These lessons are designed to teach children about frontier education in one-room school houses.

Homesteaders, Pioneers, and Immigrants
These lessons are designed to teach children about the daily life of a homesteader.

Prairie Animals
These lessons are designed to teach children about the animals encountered on the prairie.

Prairie Fire
These lessons are designed to teach children about the impacts of fire on the prairie.

Prairie Insects
These lessons are designed to teach children about various insects homesteaders would have encountered on the prairie.

Prairie Plants
These lessons are designed to teach children about the plants and the impact homesteaders had on them.

Water Quality
These lessons are designed to teach children about conservation and the impacts pollution has on our water supply.

Did You Know?

Women in period dress

Women were allowed to own the deed to 160 acres of land under the Homestead Act, 60 years before they earned the right to vote.
  -- Homestead National Monument of America