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Laura Ingalls Wilder’S  Biography��������������������������������������4 EDUCATIONAL GUIDE Stitched artwork by Margaret Cusack littlehousethemusical.com EDUCATIONAL GUIDE Christopher W. Czajka and Marty Johnson Amy Sprecher, Susan Fuller, Lisa Cooney Susan Fuller © Michal Daniel, 2008 to the Guthrie Theater, for use of their Little House on the Prairie Play Guide in the development of these materials. Danielle Johnson and Kevin M. Johnson iTheatrics Introduction���������������������������������2 Educator’sSection����������������������3 LauraIngallsWilder’s Biography��������������������������������������4 TheHomesteadAct�������������������������6 Little House on the Prairie, the Musical PlotSynopsis����������������������������������8 Little House on the Prairie, the Musical CastofCharacters�������������������������10 Little House on the Prairie, the Musical FromLifetoPagetoStage��������������13 Pre-PerformanceActivities������������15 Post-Performance EDUCATIONAL GUIDE andExtensionActivities�����������������16 FORKIDS�����������������������������������22 Little House on the Prairie, the Musical Introduction���������������������������������23 TheatreEtiquette��������������������������24 BehindtheScenes�������������������������25 CoolWordsfromtheShow��������������26 SomeCoolFactsaboutLittle House on the Prairie�������������������������������28 APoemWrittenby LauraIngallsWilder����������������������28 Activities�������������������������������������29 Bibliography������������������������������36 Kara Lindsay as Laura Ingalls Little House on the Prairie, the Musical 1 littlehousethemusical.com Little House on the Prairie, the Musical Little House on the Prairie, the Musical elcome to the world of Little House on the Prairie, the Musical. Little House on the Prairie has remained one of the most popular and beloved celebrations of pioneering America since Laura Ingalls Wilder published the first book of her classic series 75 years ago. Now the inspirational Wstories cross into yet another frontier in an uplifting new musical. Recom- mended for the whole family, Little House on the Prairie, the Musical brings the joys and sorrows of family life during the settlement of the prairie to con- temporary America. We want to ensure the experience of going to a production begins before you walk into the theater door and lasts well after the final curtain. This Guide will hopefully spark new ideas on ways you can expand your journey with Little House on the Prairie, the Musical. The materials in this Guide are broken into two sections: an Educator’s Section and a FOR KIDS section. The Educator’s Section provides teachers or parents with all the tools necessary to turn an afternoon at the theatre into an interactive, educational experience. It is rich in material that includes Language Arts, Social Studies, Performing Arts and other skills that follow the National Standards for Education. The student pages of this Guide (FOR KIDS pages 22 to 35) can be copied separately for children. The pages contain ad- ditional information written especially for young people about the show. There are also activities designed to encourage the use of their imagination, to reinforce the themes of the show, introduce them to exciting new vocabulary words and asks questions that illustrate how a young person staying true to their hopes, dreams and values is as relevant and vital today as it was over 100 years ago. We hope you find this material useful and that you will continue to bring the Arts into your daily life in the classroom, your living room, your homestead, or any other place you just might happen to visit. Enjoy the show! littlehousethemusical.com 2 Little House on the Prairie, the Musical Little House on the Prairie, the Musical Little House on the Prairie, the Musical 3 littlehousethemusical.com Biographyof aura’s life began in the Big came very sick, suffered a stroke, and went Woods of Wisconsin on February blind. Pa instructed Laura to be “eyes” for 7, 1867. Her parents, Charles Mary; many believe this was a key moment “Pa” and Caroline “Ma” Ingalls, in Laura’s development as a storyteller. Pa had married seven years earlier, continued to struggle financially, until he Land already had one daughter, Mary. When learned of a position with the new railroad in Laura was one and a half, the family traveled Dakota Territory. Pa moved ahead to the un- by covered wagon to Indian Territory (mod- settled country, while the rest of the family ern-day Kansas) where waited for Mary to regain Pa built a house for his her strength. Ma, Mary, family, and where Laura’s Laura, Carrie, and Grace sister Carrie was born in later rode a train west to 1870. meet him. The family was forced The Ingalls family spent to leave their little house their first months in Dako- on the prairie and return ta at a railroad camp near to Wisconsin when their Silver Lake. In the spring land was returned to the of 1880, homesteaders Osage Indians by the US flooded the area, and con- Government. The family structed the town of De then moved to a farm on Smet. The Ingalls family the banks of Plum Creek built a rental building in near the town of Walnut De Smet, and claimed a Laura Ingalls Wilder Grove, Minnesota. In Photo Courtesy of homestead nearby. 1875, Ma gave birth to The Guthrie Theater The winter of 1880- Laura’s brother, Charles 81 nearly wiped out the Frederick, or “Freddie,” who died in infancy. little town. The first blizzard hit in October, After two years struggling to make ends and it snowed almost without stopping until meet, the Ingalls family moved on again, May. To stave off starvation, the townspeo- this time to Burr Oak, Iowa. They stayed in ple ground wheat into flour in coffee mills Burr Oak for two years, managing the town’s for their daily bread, and two of the town’s hotel, and eventually welcomed the young- settlers, Almanzo Wilder and Oscar Edmund est Ingalls sister, Grace, into the world. In “Cap” Garland, risked their lives to find more 1878, the family returned to Walnut Grove. wheat on the snowbound prairie. Freddie’s death and their ongoing finan- In 1883, two months before her sixteenth cial problems were not the only tragedies birthday, Laura obtained her teaching cer- for the Ingalls family. In 1879, Mary be- tificate, and began teaching in one-room littlehousethemusical.com 4 Little House on the Prairie, the Musical Little House on the Prairie, the Musical 5 littlehousethemusical.com schoolhouses near De Smet. Mary left Da- failed to find a publisher, Laura reworked the kota Territory to attend a college for the blind early parts of Pioneer Girl into Little House in Vintona, Iowa, where she studied for eight in the Big Woods, which was published in years. Soon, Almanzo Wilder was courting 1932. Laura. They married in 1885. A steady stream of Little House books fol- Laura called the early years of her mar- lowed. With Rose’s help and expertise, Laura riage “days of sunshine and shadow.” published Farmer Boy in 1933; Little House The Wilders’ daughter, Rose, was born in on the Prairie in 1935; On the Banks of Plum December 1886. Soon after, their house Creek in 1937; By the Shores of Silver Lake burned down, and both Laura and Almanzo in 1939; The Long Winter in 1940; Little Town contracted diphtheria. In 1889, the Wilders’ on the Prairie in 1941, and These Happy Gold- son died before they even named him. Dif- en Years in 1943. Laura was 76 years old ficult farming conditions and poor health led when her last book was published. the Wilders to briefly move to Florida, before The Little House books made Laura fa- returning to De Smet. In 1894, they left the mous and wealthy. Letters, gifts, and cards prairie for good, travelling by wagon to Man- from around the world flooded her mailbox. sfield, Missouri. Cities named libraries and schools for her. Laura named their new home Rocky Ridge. Her books won awards, critical praise, and Laura and Almanzo’s years of relentless work literary honors. In 1949, Almanzo died at the and careful saving enabled them to slowly age of 90, leaving her alone at Rocky Ridge. build Rocky Ridge into a prosperous farm. Laura spent her last years reading, an- During the early years of the twentieth cen- swering letters from fans, and visiting with tury, Laura wrote a column for an area farm friends. In the 1950s, she wrote a letter to newspaper. The Wilders were well-known, re- her readers, explaining, “The Little House spected members of Mansfield society, and books are stories of long ago. Today our way active in a variety of clubs and organizations. of living and our schools are much different; While Laura and Almanzo were building up Rocky Ridge, Rose lived an adventurous, ex- so many things have made living and learning traordinary life. After leaving home as a teen- easier. But the real things haven’t changed. ager, she lived around the world, becoming a It is still best to be honest and truthful; to telegraph operator, a real estate saleswom- make the most of what we have; to be happy an, and a very successful freelance writer. By with simple pleasures, and to be cheerful and the 1920s, Rose Wilder Lane was a highly- have courage when things go wrong.” paid, globe-trotting journalist and best-selling On February 10, 1957, three days after novelist. her 90th birthday, Laura Ingalls Wilder died at By the early 1930s, Laura was living in Rocky Ridge. Pa, Ma, Mary, Carrie, and Grace a world that little resembled the frontier of would never be forgotten. and the success her youth. Electricity and telephones made and popularity of Little House had just begun. their way into even the smallest towns. Cars Years later, a television series loosely based replaced horse-drawn wagons. Airplanes on her books became one of the most popu- zoomed across the sky. Pa, Ma, and Mary had lar family dramas of all time. Through scores died. Laura felt they should be remembered. of books, television movies, plays, museums, To commemorate her family and their and now, a musical, Laura Ingalls Wilder has many adventures, Laura wrote an autobiog- arguably become the most beloved figure of raphy titled Pioneer Girl.
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