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Book Club - Little House #6 - Life During the Long Winter

Completed by 7 learners
Ages 6-11
Live Group Class
In this 6 week class, students will discuss The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Woven throughout the discussion there will be activities, games, songs, and recipes, as well as a historical and geographical perspective!
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:
(281 reviews)
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Live video meetings
1x per week, 6 weeks
3-8 learners per class
45 min

What's included

6 live meetings
4 hrs 30 mins in-class hours
Homework
1 hour per week. Please read chapters 1-5 BEFORE class! Please read chapters 6-10 BEFORE class! Please read chapters 11-15 BEFORE class! Please read chapters 16-20 BEFORE class! Please read chapters 21-25 BEFORE class! Please read chapters 26-33 BEFORE class!

Class Experience

US Grade 1 - 4
The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as Pa, Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie, and little Grace bravely face the hard winter of 1880-81 in their little house in the Dakota Territory. Blizzards cover the little town with snow, cutting off all supplies from the outside. Soon there is almost no food left, so young Almanzo Wilder and a friend make a dangerous trip across the prairie to find some wheat. Finally a joyous Christmas is celebrated in a very unusual way in this most exciting of all the Little House books.

In this multi-day class, we will meet once weekly for six weeks to dive deep into this sixth book in the Little House series. Students will be required to read four chapters a week BEFORE class time, and come to class ready to discuss those chapters. During class time, full participation in class discussion is expected. Each student will have a turn to share their thoughts and ideas. After discussion, I will introduce our activity for that day. We will explore the geographic location, the typical weather for that location, and we’ll engage our imaginations in how we would be personally handling such an experience, etc.

Please read chapters 1-5 BEFORE class!
Please read chapters 6-10 BEFORE class! 
Please read chapters 11-15 BEFORE class! 
Please read chapters 16-20 BEFORE class! 
Please read chapters 21-25 BEFORE class! 
Please read chapters 26-33 BEFORE class!  

Any printables needed for class will be made available in advance. Recipes will be provided a week in advance, if your student would like to make the treat to enjoy in class, but it is not required they do so.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
These books take place in the late 1800's and early 1900's and discuss themes and practices that were common for the Ingalls family in that time period..... hunting, raising animals for food, and religious practices such as Christmas, reading the Bible, strict obedience to parents, and keeping the Sabbath. In this book, the men of the town are visited by a native American who warns them of the impending storm season, and is not well received. This, as well as a few other mentions throughout this series require critical analysis and the following areas of concern will be addressed in class: inaccurate descriptions of historical events, racism, stereotypes, cultural inaccuracies, harmful and inaccurate descriptions of Native Americans, racist/stereotypical imagery, and biased perspectives. This book does provide excellent conversation points, as the Ingalls family experience a paradigm shift over time throughout the story. We will discuss all of this throughout the class.
Supply List
Student need a copy of The Long Winter to begin their reading BEFORE CLASS! This can be an ebook, library book or their own copy. The audiobooks are also excellent, although I highly recommend students have a book.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
https://libguides.mnhs.org/war1862/primary https://www.usdakotawar.org/stories https://cla.umn.edu/chgs/holocaust-genocide-education/resource-guides/us-dakota-war-1862 https://video.tpt.org/video/tpt-documentaries-dakota-conflict/

Meet the teacher

4.8
281reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree from Clarks Summit University
Teacher Carol has a PhD in pedagogy and history, with a Master’s in Cultural Studies. One of my  core values is to teach the true and accurate version of history I was not taught as a child. Racism or racial stereotypes is never acceptable to me, and neither is a white-washed version of American History. 

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