Dakota Dugout
Publication Information
Author:  Turner, Ann	Illustrator:  Himler, Ronald
Title:  Dakota Dugout	Date:  1985
Publisher:  Macmillan	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:	ISBN, hardback:  0-689-71296-0
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, easy reading
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
The book tells the story of a woman pioneer, the hardships, struggles, and pleasures of her life with her husband in a sod house on the prairie.
Teaching Ideas:
This book could be paired in interesting ways: on the frontier, with Aurora Means Dawn or Sarah, Plain and Tall; on journeys to new homes, with My Grandmother's Journey. After the book is read aloud, students could discuss the metaphors and study the simple and compact use of language. Readers may want to reminisce about their own struggles, in poetry or in their own stories.
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Hardships > survival History > region > U.S. history > Westward Expansion > frontier History > region > U.S. history > Westward Expansion > pioneers Geography > environment > prairie Social Studies > sociology > women

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