The student will need to bring the book--"The Little House in the Big Woods" to each class.  In each class the learner will complete some type of art project each week except the first and last week in class.  The materials will either be supplied by the teacher or will be items easily acquired.  
Week 1 - crayons or colored pencils and map provided by teacher, 
Week 2 - some type of modeling clay-the teacher suggests-SCULPTEY, which can be purchased at Wal-Mart or on Amazon for a small price.  Sculptey is a clay that is moldable and can be baked in the oven to make a permanent art project. Or if the parent wants a student may use any type of modeling clay for this project. 
Week 2(second project)-jar with a tight lid, such as a small mason jar, 1/2 a cup of heavy cream and a pinch of salt
Week 3 -owl puppet:small brown paper sack that can fit over your hand, yellow construction paper(or white paper and a yellow crayon), black crayon, brown construction paper, scissors, glue stick, black construction paper (or white paper and black crayon)
Week 4 - lantern:empty and clean small tin soup can, 2 pieces of paper, scissors, pencil, a tealight candle
Week 5 - patchwork quilt:scissors, two different colored pieces of colored construction paper, an 8 X 8 piece of cardboard, a ruler, a glue stick 
Week 6 - sheet of either brown or white construction paper, scissors, black pen---  If paper is white the student will need a brown crayon
Week 7 - crayons and piece of copy paper-begin to design an individual cover for their class cookbook
Week 8 - no craft this week

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     In the 1860's the Ingall's were part of the pioneers, who were illegal settlers and established their homes on the Native American's homeland. We will discuss how this is not appropriate behavior to take something that does not belong to you.  This concept of ownership is clear even to student's of a young age.  In the beginning of the book Laura says that she lives in the Big Woods with no one living around her, but we will discuss that as a young child Laura did not see other people, but that there were actually others, the Native Americans, that lived in the Big Woods near Laura and her family.  As is expressed in the Outschool Policy for class listings the class will be unbiased, inclusive of all learners, and intentionally be designed to represent diverse viewpoints fairly and accurately.   During Week 1 we will discuss the misrepresentations of the Native American, racial slurs, and harmful stereotypes within the historical perspective of the pioneer era.   Also, on page 53 Pa refers to a story from his childhood when he was pretending he was  "a wild hunter, stalking the wild animals and the Indians."  This in its context expresses racism.  Since this is a sentence used early in the book and discrimination of the Native American is a part of American History; discrimination against the Native American will be addressed in the second week of class discussion. The student's will learn about the Native American tribes which lived specifically in and around Wisconsin at this time in history: Menominee; Sauk and Fox.  They will also learn about the Treaty of Prairie du Chien of 1825, The Black Hawk War of 1832, and The Homestead Act of 1862, which were all historical events that impacted this area of America.  All discussions will be handled in an age appropriate manner.  In the "Course Description" for this class I have provided a Lesson Plan which provides a breakdown of the information to be taught each week.  I encourage if you have more questions to refer to the material found in the "Sources" section below where I have posted websites and articles which provide relevant information to this class content or the teacher can be contacted directly.