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Laura Ingalls Wilder 1867-1957


 California Standard K.1.2 Learn examples of honesty, courage, determination, individual responsibility, and patriotism in American and world history from stories and folklore. 

Laura Ingalls Wilder was a writer. She lived with her Ma and Pa and sisters. She wrote some books about growing up in a little house on the prairie.

Life was not easy for Laura's family, but they had fun. The whole family worked very hard to farm the land.

Laura and her sisters went to a school with only one room. Laura became a teacher when she grew up.

 

Try This

What was life like for families on the prairie? Here are a few photos to help you find out.

Their clothes were not the same as our clothes.
See the clothes.

They had a lot of grass and flowers around them.
See the prairie.

They lived in small sod houses.
Look at the rooms.

The Big Picture

What does a writer do? Some writers make up stories and write about them. A writer can write about things that happened in the past. Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote about her life on the prairie.

Give An Example

How do you wash clothes at your house? When Laura Ingalls Wilder was a child, there were no machines to wash clothes. People washed clothes by hand.

1. Tell about washing clothes in your family.

2. Tell about something you do with your hands.