Learn More About Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Learn More About Laura Ingalls Wilder

• By Jessica Bednarski

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Introduction

• We have been reading Little House on the Prairie
  by Laura Ingalls Wilder, but you havent really
  learned too much about her, yetThe next few days
  you and your group are going to investigate her
  life in this WebQuest.

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Task

• Laura Ingalls Wilder lived in many places and
  did many things during her life. Your task is to
  create a timeline that shows the important events
  in her life.

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Process

• These are some questions that you should make
  sure to answer on your search and information you
  may want to include on your timeline
• What are the different places that Laura lived
  in? (make sure to keep track of the year each
  event takes place in)
• When was Laura born? When did she die? Did she
  get married or have any children?
• Is there anything else that took place in her
  life that you would like to include on a timeline?

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Resources
Here are the websites that you will be using for
your search (Remember to keep track of the
information that you find) Meet the Author
Laura Ingalls Wilder Lauras Prairie House Laura
Ingalls Wilder Frontier Girl
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Evaluation

• The most important thing is for all of the
  information on your timeline to be correct
• You should have at least seven events on your
  timeline (more than that is even better)
• I would like to see pictures for at least three
  of your events
• Neatness counts!!!
• Click here to see the rubric for this timeline
  assignment

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Rubric
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Accuracy of Information No information Four or more errors One to three errors No errors
Number of Events Included No events Only one to three events included Four to six events included At least seven events included
Number of Pictures No pictures or no well done pictures One picture well done picture Two well done pictures Three well done pictures
Spelling and Grammar Six or more errors Four or five errors Two or three errors One or no errors
Neatness Cannot be read Hard to read Can be read Can easily be read
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Conclusion
So Laura Ingalls Wilder really did a lot in her
life and lived in many different places. You
learned a lot about her life by doing this
project and you also learned about the time
period that she lived in, how to research
information on the internet, how to create a
timeline and how to work as a group to complete a
project. I hope you enjoyed learning a little
bit about Laura.
Your journey is complete! Click on log cabin to
exit the presentation