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Observe children as they draw and write about their home and school rules. Encourage them to show other rules on separate sheets of paper.
Outdoor Games
You can find all kinds of outdoor games along with their rules on this site.
You can tell students that Laura and her sisters went to school in a one-room schoolhouse. Explain how that school was different than their school. Have students decide if they would like to go to school in a one-room schoolhouse. Talk about other things that Laura might have had or things she might have done during her childhood on the western frontier.
You can use this Web page to locate more information about Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Find out more about her prairie homes and schools when you view the slide show at this Web site.
1. Possible answers include: varied responses
2. Possible answers include: varied responses
Explain to students that the school that Booker T. Washington founded is still a school today. It is the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. With students, locate the state of Alabama on a map. Show students a picture of the school in their textbooks. Then tell students when Booker T. Washington went to Tuskegee, he dreamed of a school with many teachers. At the time he was the only teacher at the school. He saw buildings where there were none. He then devoted his whole life to raising money for teachers and buildings to help the school grow.
Visit this Web site for additional information about Booker T. Washington.
Find out more about Laura Ingalls Wilder at this Web site.