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Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder. By Justine Fontes PowerPoint by: Peyton ,Brandon, Jacob , Rylee and Makayla. Introduction. Laura was a pioneer. There were only 37 states when she was born. She began to write.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder

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  1. Laura Ingalls Wilder By Justine Fontes PowerPoint by: Peyton ,Brandon, Jacob ,Rylee and Makayla

  2. Introduction • Laura was a pioneer. • There were only 37 states when she was born. • She began to write. • 1862 Lincoln signed a law called “The Homestead Act”. It gave Laura’s family free land out west.

  3. The Trip West • Laura was born near Pepin, Wisconsin, in 1867. • She moved to Kansas when she was two years old. • Pioneer children had corn husk dolls. • Laura and her sisters learned to read and write. • Laura moved to Minnesota when she was 7.

  4. Frontier Life • Laura had to do chores. • They fetched wood for the fire and helped Ma milk the cow. • She only rested on Sunday. • When Laura was not quite 13, Ma, Mary, Carrie, and baby Grace, got scarlet fever. • Mary became blind from the scarlet fever, so Laura had to be her eyes for her. • Laura had always studied hard. • Laura went to school to become a teacher. • She married Almanzo Wilder when she was 18.

  5. Two writers • Laura and her husband built their own house. • In 1886, Laura had her baby, Rose. • Later, Rose’s family moved to Missouri. • In 1915, Rose asked her mother to come to her house for a visit. • Rose wanted Laura to write stories about life on the frontier when she was a child. • Laura wrote Little House in the Big Woods when she was 65 years old.

  6. Conclusion • When Laura Ingalls Wilder was 90 years old, she died. • She wrote many wonderful books during her life. • Because of Laura, we know what life on the frontier was like growing up.

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