1. KNOWLEDGE - How did Stetson's poor health change his life?
2. ANALYZING - What character traits made John Stetson a good inventor? What made him a good businessman?
3. GENERTING - What were some of John Stetson's failures? What do yoiu think he learned from them?
4. GENERATING - Why do you think John Stetson named his hat Boss of the Plains? What would you have named it?
5. INTEGRATING - The Boss of the Plains hat is still being made today. Why do you think it was a success in the Old West? Why do you think it's still popular?
6. CONNECTIONS - John Stetson and Tomas Rivera used their imaginations in different ways. How is imagination important to each of them?
2. John Stetson waas a good inventor because he was a creative thinker. He used old felt-making techniques to make a new kind of hat. He was a good businessman because he was persistent: he tried selling several hat styles before Boss of the Plains was a success.
ReplyDelete4. John Stetson probably believed his hat would be popular in the plains area where people would use it for different purposes. I would have maybe named it just "The Boss."
[1] Stetson's poor health change his life because he goes to the west and make hat's that become famous.
ReplyDeleteI think boss of the plain hat's are still popular because people still like the style ofthe hat.
1. John Stetsons health changed his life because it made him became famous by making a hat named Boss of the Plains that he made while going West.
ReplyDelete4. John Stetson named his hat Boss of the Plains because he wanted his hat to be the best. I would of named his hat the Boss of the West because it helps people with their daily lifes back then in the West.
4. I think the hat was named the Boss of the plains because it looks better than all the otther hats. I would name it the best boss.
ReplyDelete5.i think the hat was, and still is a success because it can do many things.Because it is good looken and it does many things like you can get water with it .
1. The hat is popular in the old west because it solves all uses like the rain on your back, feeding the houres,and picking berries. The hat is popular now because it was such a success in the old days.
ReplyDelete2.I think stetson named it that because it was coo. I would have named it hourse.Tatum.Beck
5. i think the reason john stetson's hat is still around because it will come in handie like it did in the story.
ReplyDelete1. his poor health changed his life because he was sick with tuberculosis and every one else was going west and he always wanted to go west he said if i don't go now i may never go.
1.When John got tuberculosis he decided to move west.When John got to the west it changed his life.John became popular because of his hats.
ReplyDelete4.I think John named the hats Boss of the Plains because it can get through any kind of bad weather.I would have named the hat Big Boss.
1.I know that Stetson's poor health changed his life because it got him to decide that he was going to the West with some adventures and when they went Stetson's health turend better and he became healthier then ever.
ReplyDelete2.I know that the person who trated Stetson made Stetson a better inventer because when that man trated with Stetson it made Stetson realize he had created a good hat so Stetson decided to make samples and sent them to hat companes.At first he did not get any mail. Then he got alot of orders coming in and he used all the money to get the supplies to make the hats.He became rich because of how many hats he sold.Stetson became a good business man because he created a hat that has never been created and healso made hats that people needed and that is how he became a good busness man.
4.I think john stetson named his hat boss of the piains because it was bigger and better than the rest of them.I would name it roof shine.
ReplyDelete2.John stetson was a good hat maker.John stetson was detemined to succeed
1.John stetsons poor health changed life by going and making hats.
ReplyDelete4.John named his hat boss of the plains because he wanted people to buy his hat.I would name my hat Jaylon because it's my name.