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

2. Introduction LLaura was a pioneer. TThere were only 37 states when she was born. SShe began to write. 1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 LLaura had to do chores.  T They fetched wood for the fire and helped Ma milk the cow. SShe only rested on Sunday.  W When Laura was not quite 13, Ma, Mary, Carrie, and baby Grace, got scarlet fever. MMary became blind from the scarlet fever, so Laura had to be her eyes for her. LLaura had always studied hard. LLaura went to school to become a teacher. SShe married Almanzo Wilder when she was 18.

5. Two writers LLaura and her husband built their own house. IIn 1886, Laura had her baby, Rose. LLater, Rose’s family moved to Missouri. IIn 1915, Rose asked her mother to come to her house for a visit. RRose wanted Laura to write stories about life on the frontier when she was a child. L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. SShe wrote many wonderful books during her life. BBecause of Laura, we know what life on the frontier was like growing up.