For Students:
Introduction Quick Facts Pioneer Homes
Scavenger Hunt Life as a Pioneer History Detective
Mystery Photo Pioneer Library

Internet Resources

Sod Homes

American Prairie Sod Homes

Wichita State University Sod House Photograph Collection

Exterior

Interior

How was a sod house built?

Weather on the Frontier
Rain, Snow, Snakes, & the Roof Leaks

Sod Homes: Be It Ever So Humble

Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl

Settlement of the Tallgrass Prairie

Drawing of Sod House

What kind of house would you have lived in?

Settling the Land
550 images from the Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection

Sod Houses and Social Structures

Photos: Pioneer family beside their sod home

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  For Students:
Introduction Quick Facts Pioneer Homes
Scavenger Hunt Life as a Pioneer History Detective
Mystery Photo Pioneer Library