The Long Winter Book Study
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Recommended for: Intermediate Years (4th-8th)
- The Long Winter Book Study with weekly lesson plans, recipes, and more
- The Long Winter Book Report Template
- The Long Winter Extension Book List
- Multimedia Reference Materials links
- Book Club Meet-up Guide
Overview of The Long Winter
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder is a historical fiction novel that tells about the unusually harsh winter of 1880-81 that brought months of blizzards and other difficulties to the Dakota Territory and the homesteaders living there. The autobiographical fiction paints a picture of frontier life and displays values that drove her family and others to move west.
The story takes place in the newly formed frontier town of De Smet. Though the Ingalls family move to 160 acres of land awarded through the Homestead Act of 1982, minimal food stores and marginal resources force 13-year-old Laura and her family to move from their new property into town to survive the seven-month winter. Throughout the winter as blizzards blanket the town with snow, they learn how to adjust to new circumstances and make the best of challenges. As the Ingalls survive the winter, the story shows the long-suffering that winter requires, and the renewal of spring that comes after.
Themes covered in this study
- Blizzards
- Pioneer life
- Trains and railroads
- Prairie landscape and wildlife
- Wheat
- One-room schools
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Each book contains four weekly lesson plans to be used as a menu so parents can choose which activities to do each day.
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Customer Reviews
This is one of the best comprehensive book studies! I absolutely love the activities and ideas that come along with it. We will definitely be doing more of these and hope to join in on the Treehouse Schoolhouse Book Club!
My kiddo is so excited to start this book study! I am impressed with everything that is incorporated into this study - social studies, geography, history, science, math, art and of course language arts. I am looking forward to creating many wonderful memories while completing this study.
This is so thoughtfully written to engage our kiddos with the book in creative and fun ways. Thank you!
R., it’s not really fair that you trash all the work these people spent doing this guide because it offended you. Perhaps try and not take things personally and use what works for you and ignore what doesn’t. We can’t go about life feeling offended by history (no matter how awful) or other people’s views.
My kids and I are almost through this book/study and we have loved them SO much. The book is so rich and hilarious and provides so many opportunities for deep dives, and the book study was so thoughtfully created and truly brings the book to life. I’ve already bought two more studies since and I hope they keep coming!