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Louisa May Alcott

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Biography teaches students about real people, events, and actions that have a lasting impact on history. Louisa May Alcott is the star of this feature celebrating Women's History Month. Born in 1832, Alcott and her three sisters benefitted from their father's beliefs about education. She experienced events leading up to the Civil War and reflected her own family's challenges in her most famous book, Little Women. As an accomplished poet, she left behind an array of works.

In this issue students will:
• learn about the life of a young girl in the mid 1800's
• complete word games
• use the newspaper to create "black out" poetry
• conduct a poll and summarize result
• use the internet to learn more about Louisa May Alcott including what she looked like and where she lived.