How does medicine today help us? How would the lack of doctors and medicine impact pioneers living in the 1800's? Objective Students will be able to: 1. Work productively in small groups to collect all the cards needed to make a home. 2. Make appropriate decisions to collect the needed cards. Background Thomas and Elizabeth Sparrow, Nancy's uncle and aunt, with their 18-year-old nephew Dennis Hanks, followed the Lincolns to Indiana and moved into a rough shelter on the Lincoln farm until they could find land and settle. Their coming cheered Nancy and gave young Abraham a companion and Thomas a Duration: 60 Minutes.