Adopt A Farmer, Greg Moes, November 2016

Posted: 11/14/2016

November Video –

 

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Discussion: Greg told us that the farm was homesteaded in 1884. What is a homestead? What possible challenges would a person homesteading face? How did homesteading contribute to the growth of SD?

 

Content Standard & Question: 4.US.1.1. Students are able to explain factors affecting the growth and expansion of South Dakota.

• Explain the impact of homesteading on the growth of South Dakota.  Homestead Act.

 

Core Standard & Question: 4.OA.2 Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison.

• If MoDak dairy had 7 calves each day this week, how many calves new calves were born this week total?