1. Determine how the Homestead Act impacted the economic opportunities of some women. 2. Compare general perceptions of homesteading life with the life of female homesteader Adeline Hornbek. 3. Examine the socially perceived standards for women of the Victorian Era and describe how those norms differed from the realities of Hornbek's daily life. 4. Determine if the Homestead Act impacted the development of their community or region. 5. Investigate important women in their own community history.
Recommended level: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
1. The Homestead Act and Women's Economic Opportunity
2. Victorian Era Norms vs. the Reality of Homesteading Life
3. The Homestead Act's Local Legacy and Community Women