Grade 4 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 8, Lesson 3

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
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Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 8, Lesson 3: Problems Facing Agriculture (pp. 195-199)

The Big Idea
Framework Concepts: Change/Conflict California's farmers faced challenges of climate and conflicts over land ownership and water in the second half of the 1800s.

Have students quick-write about one problem that impacted the agricultural development in California from 1850-1900. Use student writing to discuss both the problems and solutions of the California's farmers during this time.

Lesson Outline
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Check for Understanding

Have students write a criticism in which they pinpoint the problems that faced farmers in southern California from 1850-1900.
Have students work in pairs to define these words orally or in written form: irrigation, levees, migrant laborer, and tenant farmer.

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