Prepare Your Students | Learning Standards
 

CONCEPT
In a videoconference program with educators at the New York State Historical Association, students will learn about the lives of Central New York’s pioneering settlers. How would you make money and what would you spend it on if you were a pioneer? Students use primary sources from 1790 and their basic math skills to investigate the economy of pioneer life in this hour-long program.

OBJECTIVES

• Use primary source material to learn about the life of pioneers in the 1790s.
• Encourage students to use critical thinking skills to draw conclusions from historical
sources.
• Familiarize the students with charts, tables, and other data that can be used to convey information.
• Use charts, tables, and other data to practice basic math concepts and problems.

Settle Down! Math (pdf)