1. Study

All of you know that our country did not always have pleasant homes and farms, nor towns and cities.

What have you learned about the first white settlers of your own state? Perhaps you can talk with some older person who will tell you much about them. Try to answer these questions in class:

What are the first settlers in a new country called? Why do they usually come to the new place? How did people travel many years ago?

What were the first needs of the pioneers? How could food be obtained? How were homes made? How were pioneers' homes made where no trees grew? What things should we think inconvenient in their homes?

What hardships did the pioneers have? What pleasures could they have?

What men have you learned of in history who were pioneers?

2. Oral Composition

Prepare yourself to talk for three or four minutes to your class upon one of these subjects:

1. A trip to the western p'ains before railways were built.

2. A wagon-journey across the Appalachian Mountains.

3. Work on a pioneer's farm.

4. Building a pioneer's home.

5. Daniel Boone or some other pioneer you know of.

3. Written Composition

Write a composition in which you tell the differences between a pioneer home and a home of to-day. Use these topics and others that you may think of:

1. Material used.

2. By whom the work was done.

3. Comforts and conveniences.

If you prefer, use one of the subjects given above.