Laura ingalls wilder biography information sheet
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography for All Ages
Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.
Heroes of History by YWAM Publishing is a series of twenty-six biographies. We received a paperback copy of the biography, Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Storybook Life by Janet and Geoff Benge, and the accompanying unit study in digital form. Although listed for ages 10+, we found this biography was a good fit for all ages.
Ways You Can Use the Heroes of History Books
There are several ways you can use the Heroes of History books.
- U.S. History curriculum (An outline for a one-year or two-year track of study is provided. It lists the titles of biographies and months your child should read them).
- Spine for a unit study approach
- Read aloud
- Independent reading enjoyment
Whats Included in the Unit Study Curriculum Guide
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A Wilder Rose:: Laura's Biography
A Wilder Rose:: Laura's Biography
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Laura Ingalls Wilder was born to Charles and Caroline Ingalls in Wisconsin in While she was growing up, her family moved several times before settling on acres of homesteading land in South Dakota. Besides Wisconsin, They also lived in Kansas, Iowa, and Minnesota before becoming homesteaders.
While homesteading in De Smet, the Ingalls family faced many of the same hardships that nearly all homesteaders experienced. Backbreaking labor, solitude, and natural disasters were commonplace to most homesteading families, and the Ingalls' were no exception. One winter, the entire community of De Smet was cut off from the rest of the area by continuous blizzards. Laura Ingalls went to school for a time and began working as a teacher when she was only 15 years old. There she met Almanzo Wilder, who she married when she was They had a daughter and a son, but the little boy died in infancy. Like her parents before her, Laura and her family moved around quite a bit, living in South Dakota,