A "Little House" Anniversary -- Issue 13 -- March 27-April 2, 2010

This week's standards:
Students use biographies and stories to understand the individuals who are honored by the nation. (Social Studies: History)

Activities:
1. Draw pictures of five things you would take with you if you had to move.

2. Find newspaper pictures that show three different kinds of houses people live in today.

3. In the newspaper, find three jobs from Laura's time that people still do today. Find three jobs that did not exist when Laura was growing up.

4. List three jobs that Laura did in her lifetime. Now find items in the newspaper that would have made her jobs easier.

5. Ask an older family member about growing up. Write a story about his/her childhood and jobs he/she did.

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)