Little House in the Big Woods Art & Baking Novel Study Guide
Additional Learning Resources
Chapter 6: Two Big Bears
Week 6: Bears, Trading (Fur Trade) and Pioneer Clothing
Read:
Chapter 6: Two Big Bears
Grizzly 399's Hibernation Pandemonium by Sylvia Medina
Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft
Birchbark Brigade: A Fur Trade History by Cris Peterson
Louis Riel Day: The Fur Trade Project by Deborah L. Delaronde (read this in February to celebrate Canadian Lois Riel Day, and learn about the Fur Trade in the process)
Watch our special playlist on YouTube with educational video’s paired up with chapter 6:
Plus, we are learning about Pioneer Clothing in this lesson. Here is an interesting video showing how they would dress in the 1800’s.
More resources about Learning About the Fur Trade:
Books about fur trading
https://youtu.be/gSNNoeUf4bA
Museum of Fur Trade USA
https://youtu.be/6Tmc7jVGu_U
History of the Fur Trade (Canadian) https://youtu.be/cGaShV5Yw4I
Learn about Fur trade, and history in Minnesota, and surrounding areas, from 1500’s on. This will help with a deeper history of what Pa was doing when he was trading all his bear furs. This lesson is great for kids, social studies:
https://youtu.be/fBAVeHQbfdo Look into more details of the fur trade in your own local areas!
More free lessons about Canadian Fur Trading History: https://www.canadashistory.ca/education/kayak-in-the-classroom/fur-trade-history/fur-trade-educational-package
I found a cheap Wisconsin Fur Trade Study on TPT. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Fur-Trade-in-Wisconsin-Study-Unit-4169065?st=dfd92f837c58451726a2002d1a27413c
Pair with our Bears in the Mountains Learning Pack and our Adventures in Wisconsin.
Art Project: Lantern
Art Supply List: Tin cans, water, a thick nail, hammer, recycled jars, twine, ribbon, lace.
Cook: Meat & Vegetable Soup with Old Fashioned Bread Recipe
Kitchen Supply List: pound of meat (any kind) carrots, onions, split peas, white rice, salt and dried herbs, flour, dry active yeast, honey, water. Find recipes included in guide.
Watch a reenactment of what it would have been like to cook this soup and bread in the 1800’s:
Game: Animal Matching, Snap, Guess Who
Animals Journal prompts for this lesson:
Name and describe your pets?
Name and describe a pet you wish you had?
What are your favorite animals?
What is your favorite place to see animals?
If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?
Name and describe any pet you had as a child.
What animals do you see in your yard or neighbourhood?