QUESTIONS FOR GROUP DISCUSSION
  1. What time period did Laura grow up in?
  2. What was going on in America at the time?
  3. What particular hardships did Laura face?
  4. Why the Ingalls family left their home and family in Pepin, Wisconsin, to go west.
  5. How the family traveled and what they took with them.
  6. What their life was like on the journey west.
  7. What the family felt about the prairie and about nature.
  8. How farming has affected the plant and animal life of the prairie.
  9. What knowledge Ma and Pa needed to survive on the prairie.
  10. How the family coped with hardships and illness.
  11. How neighbors helped each other.
  12. What the family did for entertainment.
  13. What kinds of things would you do for fun if you lived in the Highlands during the 1700’s?
  14. What happened to the Osage as a result of settlers moving onto their land.
  15. What the family felt about the Osage and what they knew about Native Americans.
  16. 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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