Novel Units Little House on the Prairie
Teacher Guides
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- Character list
- Background information
- Initiating activities
- Vocabulary activities (Gr.1–8)
- Discussion questions and answers
- Graphic organizers
- Writing ideas
- Literary analysis
- Post-reading discussion questions
- Cross-curriculum extension activities
- Assessment Scoring rubric
See also Student Packet #8938
Little House on the Prairie #1583.Laura and her family journeyed in a covered wagon from Wisconsin to the immense rolling prairie of Kansas. Pa's ingenuity and optimism shows as he drives them across the frozen Mississippi and constructs a house and farm almost single-handedly. We admire mother Caroline's courage and determination as she overcomes her misgivings to nurture her family. Laura's shows independence and curiosity through her the eyes of an observant child the perils (wolves, raging creeks, malaria) of a pioneer life. An ever-present reality is the relationship between the settlers and the hostile Osage Indians. Even Laura's wise and tolerant father believes that when the white settlers come, the Indians must move on.Related product
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