On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder Lit Link Grades 4-6

<p>Laura's family's first home in Minnesota is made of sod but Pa builds a clean new house made of sawed lumber beside Plum Creek. The money for materials will come from their first wheat crop. Then just before the wheat is ready to harvest a strange glittering cloud fills the sky blocking out the sun. Soon millions of grasshoppers cover the field and everything on the farm. In a week's time there is no wheat crop left at all.</p><p>Chapter-by-chapter questions with answer key language and literacy activities and teacher guide for easy implementation.</p><p><br></p><p>Novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder.</p><p>Learning Objectives</p><p>1. To make students more aware of the lifestyle of the early settlers that lived in North America.</p><p>2. To involve the use of children's literature in the regular classroom reading curriculum.</p><p>3. To use literature as a way to teach history.</p><p>4. To familiarize students with the writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder.</p><p>5. To develop an appreciation for the settlers who endured severe hardships while developing a new country or area.</p>