1. Teacher Guide This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that you read the notes for each slide: they not only give you teaching tips but also provide answers and hints so you can help the kids if they are having trouble. Remember, you can always send feedback to the Bing in the Classroom team at BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.com. You can learn more about the program at bing.com/classroom and follow the daily lessons on our Partners In Learning site. BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.combing.com/classroomPartners In Learning site Want to extend today’s lesson? Consider using Skype in the Classroom to arrange for your class to chat with another class in today’s location. And if you are using Windows 8, you can also use the Bing apps to learn more about this location and topic; the Travel and News apps in particular make great teaching tools.Skype in the Classroom Nell Bang-Jensen is a teacher and theater artist living in Philadelphia, PA. Her passion for arts education has led her to a variety of roles including developing curriculum for Philadelphia Young Playwrights and teaching at numerous theaters and schools around the city. She works with playwrights from ages four to ninety on developing new work and is especially interested in alternative literacies and theater for social change. A graduate of Swarthmore College, she currently works in the Artistic Department of the Wilma Theater and, in addition to teaching, is a freelance actor and dramaturg. In 2011, Nell was named a Thomas J. Watson Fellow and spent her fellowship year traveling to seven countries studying how people get their names. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading: Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.5CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.9CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.9 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

2. Hollywood Westerns, like those filmed here, have made the image of the American cowboy very popular. What was the role of cowboys in American history and do cowboys still exist today? © Kerrick James/Corbis

3. If you hike to this spot in Utah’s Snow Canyon State Park after a good rain, you’ll know why it’s called a bathtub (said to have been favored by outlaw Butch Cassidy, no less). The park’s red sandstone cliffs stand at a crossroads where the Mohave and Great Basin Deserts meet the Colorado Plateau, and thanks to the incredible scenery and easy access, it’s been the location of a few Hollywood Westerns. In case anyone asks, the name of the park doesn’t refer to the climate. It’s named for two Mormon pioneers who helped settle Utah: Erastus and Lorenzo Snow. Hollywood Westerns, like those filmed here, have made the image of the American cowboy very popular. What was the role of cowboys in American history and do cowboys still exist today?

4. 1 Web Search Who is a cowboy? What is a ranch? What kind of tasks would a cowboy perform today? 2 Web Search What does a cowboy usually wear? How do these items help them do their jobs? 3 Web Search What traditions from elsewhere in the world gave rise to the American cowboy? 4 Web Search When was the idea of the American cowboy popular? What had just happened in US history? Where did American cowboys come from? 5 Web Search What are some of the stereotypes associated with cowboys? How did these stereotypes develop? Hollywood Westerns, like those filmed here, have made the image of the American cowboy very popular. What was the role of cowboys in American history and do cowboys still exist today?

5. 5 Minutes Hollywood Westerns, like those filmed here, have made the image of the American cowboy very popular. What was the role of cowboys in American history and do cowboys still exist today?

6. 1 Web Search Who is a cowboy? What is a ranch? What kind of tasks would a cowboy perform today? 2 Web Search What does a cowboy usually wear? How do these items help them do their jobs? 3 Web Search What traditions from elsewhere in the world gave rise to the American cowboy? 4 Web Search When was the idea of the American cowboy popular? What had just happened in US history? Where did American cowboys come from? 5 Web Search What are some of the stereotypes associated with cowboys? How did these stereotypes develop? Hollywood Westerns, like those filmed here, have made the image of the American cowboy very popular. What was the role of cowboys in American history and do cowboys still exist today?

7. 1 Web Search Who is a cowboy? What is a ranch? What kind of tasks would a cowboy perform today? Hollywood Westerns, like those filmed here, have made the image of the American cowboy very popular. What was the role of cowboys in American history and do cowboys still exist today?

8. 2 Web Search What does a cowboy usually wear? How do these items help them do their jobs? Hollywood Westerns, like those filmed here, have made the image of the American cowboy very popular. What was the role of cowboys in American history and do cowboys still exist today?

9. 3 Web Search What traditions from elsewhere in the world gave rise to the American cowboy? Hollywood Westerns, like those filmed here, have made the image of the American cowboy very popular. What was the role of cowboys in American history and do cowboys still exist today?

10. 4 Web Search When was the idea of the American cowboy popular? What had just happened in US history? Where did American cowboys come from? Hollywood Westerns, like those filmed here, have made the image of the American cowboy very popular. What was the role of cowboys in American history and do cowboys still exist today?

11. 5 Web Search What are some of the stereotypes associated with cowboys? How did these stereotypes develop? Hollywood Westerns, like those filmed here, have made the image of the American cowboy very popular. What was the role of cowboys in American history and do cowboys still exist today?