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Building Sod Houses and Dugouts on the Plains

Cowboys, Cattle Trails, and Pioneer Life

2nd Grade·Social Studies·US-OK-SS

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Explain how pioneer homesteaders used thick prairie sod to build homes when wood was scarce on the Oklahoma plains.

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Cowboys, Cattle Trails, and Pioneer Life

2nd Grade · Social Studies · US-OK-SS

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Explore cowboy culture, cattle drives on historic trails, Mexican ranching influences, and pioneer settlement adaptations.

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3.2.2Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe how geography (that is, physical features and natural resources) has shaped where and how their community developed, how it sustains itself, and how it will sustain itself in the future.