Laura Ingalls Wilder grew up in the late 1800s living on the American frontier with her parents Charles and Caroline Ingalls and three sisters. She taught school for three years in her hometown of De Smet, South Dakota and two other locations, though she did not want to be a teacher. At age 18 in 1885, Laura married Almanzo Wilder who was 10 years her senior. They had one daughter named Rose who was born after the wild roses that grew near their home. Laura documented her experiences growing up on the frontier in her famous "Little House on the Prairie" book series.

1. Laura Ingalls Wilder
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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!!!