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 * So You Wanna Be A Cowboy…**

Part 1: Background information

Directions: Look up the following in Chapter 5, Section 1 of your textbook. q Finished and showed Mr. Kelly __________________________________________________ Part 2: Challenge
 * 1) Long Drive
 * 2) Cow Town (Railhead)
 * 3) Longhorn
 * 4) Names, starting and ending locations of the:
 * 5) Goodnight-Loving Trail
 * 6) Western Trail
 * 7) Chisholm Trail
 * 8) Sedalia and Baxter Springs Trail

Directions: Answer the following questions by analyzing and evaluating what you have learned about cowboy, cattle ranching, and the open range system. q Finished and showed Mr. Kelly _________________________________________________________________ Part 3: Get Creative-“All in a Day’s Work”
 * 1) How did the Cowboy assist in the growth of cities after the Civil War?
 * 2) What was the major factor that led to the end of the Cowboy era?
 * 3) What impact does the Cowboy still have on today?

Directions: Select one of the following to complete.

Option 1 –Create a one-page job advertisement for a cowboy using specific details from pages 210-211 in your textbook.

Option 2- Pretend that you are a cowboy. Write a letter to a family member that details what your life is like as a cowboy on the open range.