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QUESTIONS FOR GROUP DISCUSSION
- What time period did Laura grow up in?
- What was going on in America at the time?
- What particular hardships did Laura face?
- Why the Ingalls family left their home and family in Pepin, Wisconsin, to go west.
- How the family traveled and what they took with them.
- What their life was like on the journey west.
- What the family felt about the prairie and about nature.
- How farming has affected the plant and animal life of the prairie.
- What knowledge Ma and Pa needed to survive on the prairie.
- How the family coped with hardships and illness.
- How neighbors helped each other.
- What the family did for entertainment.
- What kinds of things would you do for fun if you lived in the Highlands during the 1700’s?
- What happened to the Osage as a result of settlers moving onto their land.
- What the family felt about the Osage and what they knew about Native Americans.
- What the Osage might have felt about the Ingalls and other settlers moving into their land.
For additional discussion questions and resources, please download the Little House Classroom Activity Guide.
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