Q1 Student Project

1. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Digital Literacy
Ryanne M. p-8

3. Laura Lived with…..
• Her Ma, Caroline Ingalls
• Her Pa, Charles Ingalls
• And her sisters
• Mary
• Carrie
• & Grace Ingalls

4. Laura’s Childhood
• Laura grew up with 3
sisters
• Laura had a bulldog
• The dog’s name was
Jack

5. Laura’s Teaching Years
• Laura taught school for
three years
• Laura taught at three
different schools in her time
• Laura taught in De Smet her
hometown
• She also taught in Walnut
Grove and Bouchie School
• Laura didn’t want to teach
• In the Bouchie school she
only had 5 students
• Laura taught ages 6-9

6. Laura and Almanzo
• Laura got married in August 25, 1885
• She married Almanzo Wilder when she
was 18 and Almanzo was 28
• There was a ten year difference between
their ages

7. Laura’s Family
• Laura had two
children
• Unfortunately one of
them died
• Her surviving child
was named Rose
because of the wild
roses that grew
around Laura and
Almanzo’s house

8. The covered wagon
• The covered wagon was invented in 1749
• They were made of buffalo skins and
wood
• Generally the kids ride in the back on the
wagon box
• Ma and Pa rode on the front seat

9. History of Covered Wagons
• Thomas Fall and Jack Dickson created
covered wagons in 1749
• They were drawn by a team of horses,
oxen, or mules
• They had hoops on the top with buffalo
skins stretched across the wooden hoops

10. The way things worked
• Whenever there was
a fire they had to use
wet sacks to put it out
• When they needed
wood for a fire they
had to chop their own
• They didn’t have cars,
but they had trains
and covered wagons

11. Anything Else That Might be
Important
• Laura lived with her parents until she was
18
• She lived on a tree farm with Manly after
they were married
• Manly was Laura’s nickname for Almanzo
• Laura moved 5 times
• Rose moved out in 1908

12. This is the whole Wilder family

13. The End!!!!!!
I hope you learned a lot!!!