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Chapters 13 -15

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What word would you use to describe Ma?

How does Ma take care of her family?

Let’s learn more about the lives of Pioneer Women

Did you know… Husbands often made the decision to start life over in the west without ever asking whether the wives thought this was a good decision or how it might affect them. Some wives did have say though, and in a few instances, women not only influenced their husbands to go, but a few traveled westward by themselves.

Before a family could head west, first the wagon must be packed. This task fell normally to the woman of the house. A list would be prepared, household items that they would no longer need or deemed unable to be carried along, would be sold off first, to help pay for the trip. This would be the first of many heartbreaking hardships.

Most women would soon realize that personal possessions did not mean as much though, as the more basic supplies soon came to mean life itself.

Before heading west, many women often spent their day doing nothing more than visiting, needlework, and the occasional gardening of flowers.

Life in the West was not extravagant and, oftentimes, lonely. A pioneer lady spent her days working hard on the prairie, making a fine home to raise good children which spoke to the great legacy she left behind.

At the first sign of spring, a garden on the prairie needed to be planted. This was hard work and the women often did much of this themselves. After trees were cleared and stumps removed, the ground would need to be worked up. This often entailed heavy work behind an ox or mule.

After the planting was done, water would need to be supplied. This was besides water for cooking, cleaning, and washing that they were already hauling each day.

Pioneer women also had to deal with rodents, bears, coyotes, wolves, and other wild animals. Indians were also a concern, and some did fall to their deaths by the Indians' hand. These women also battled mosquitoes, bugs, heat, and farm pests.

Primarily wives and mothers, raised and nursed children, cooked daily meals with what was available, canned local fruits and vegetables, made jellies, pickles, and catsup, washed the laundry outdoors on a rub board and ironed with heavy cast irons heated on an open campfire.

Pioneer women were not always ‘women’. Girls learned to grow up quickly, and if not, were forced to. Marriage as young as 14 and 15 was very common.

As wagon trains rolled westward through the desert landscape, the women often had to ration their use of the limited water, knowing it first had to fill the thirst of the pioneers and their livestock.

Should there be a spare tubful of water, a woman might make it serve multiple purposes: ü washing dishes, ü washing clothes ü bathing children… all in the same water.

With the poor sanitation and the harsh environment taking a toll on the health of the pioneers, the women became the principal caregivers, treating the sick, setting broken bones and delivering babies.

Women who headed west learned quickly that there was much more to life than teas and visiting. Through journals that many left behind, we know that most would do it again. This was their life.

Bryant Baker’s “Pioneer Woman Statue” honors the pioneer women of this country. This pioneer mother strides confidently while leading her son by the hand. She resembles the sturdy beauty and dignity of the pioneer women. She sits across the street from the Pioneer Woman Museum in Ponca City, Oklahoma. This quote is inscribed at the base of the statue: “In appreciation of the heroic character of the women who braved the dangers and endured the hardships incident to daily life of the pioneer and homesteader in this country. ”

ASSIGNMENT Chapters 13 -15

Pa helps the cowboys steer their cattle away from the bluffs. What two things does he get in return for his help? A. tools and a calf C. a cow and some beef B. a few coins and a hammer D. a cheeseburger and chocolate milk

Pa helps the cowboys steer their cattle away from the bluffs. What two things does he get in return for his help? C. a cow and some beef

Share your answers. What did the girls collect at the Indian camp in Chapter 14? Share in chat.

Share your answers. What did the girls collect at the Indian camp in Chapter 14? The girls collected beads at the Indian camp. “Then Mary saw a red bead, and Laura saw a green one, and they forgot everything but beads. Pa helped them look. They found white beads and brown beads, and more red and blue beads. All that afternoon they hunted for beads in the dust of the Indian camp. ”

Share your answers. Based on the information in Little House on the Prairie, Pa could be described as hardworking. Use two details from the story that support this description. Share in chat, on your mic, or on webcam!

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What did you Notice & Note in chapters 13 -15? Share on your mic, webcam or in chat!

Similes & Metaphors

I CAN… identify metaphors and similes as types of figurative language.

METAPHOR The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. The dry prairie grass was a spiny porcupine under my bare feet.

METAPHOR The snow is a white blanket. The peaceful lake was a mirror. The moon is a white balloon in the night sky and the stars are sparkling diamonds.

SIMILE A simile uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike. Laura and Mary were busy as bees this morning!

Similes in Little House “his laugh was like great bells ringing” “as fresh as a daisy” “the wind cuts like a knife”

Similes in Little House Laura and Mary climbed into the wagon and sat on the bed in the back. Ma put Baby Carrie between them. They were all freshly washed and combed. Pa said they were clean as a hound's tooth, and Ma told them they were bright as new pins.

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Pa was as strong as an oak. A) metaphor B) simile Ma is a fire keeping the family warm. A) metaphor B) simile - you are like something (look for “like” or “as”). metaphor - you are something.

Jack’s eyes were two green lights shining near the ground. A) metaphor B) simile Baby Carrie is growing like a weed. A) metaphor B) simile - you are like something (look for “like” or “as”). metaphor - you are something.

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TO DO: « Read Chapters 16 -18. « Notice & Note as you read (mark your book, use sticky notes, and/or write notes in your spiral). « Complete the weekly assignment before our next Class Connect: « Be prepared to share your thoughts, assignment responses, and notes with the class!