Louisa May Alcott

Little Women, Chps. 1-23

Bronson Alcott

• Transcendentalist - friends (and eventual neighbors) with Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne and Longfellow

• started many different social experiments - commune, schools, etc. and was also an Underground Railroad station master

• Stressed perfection to his daughters and wife

• Due to his experiments and philosophic point of view on life, the family was mainly impoverished through Louisa's life

• Louisa was heavily influenced by him.

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Abby May

• Born into well-to-do family in Massachusetts

• Feminist, social activist, abolitionist, temperance activist, author (including vegetarian cookbooks!)

• "She was so loyal, tender, and true, life was hard for her and no one knew all she had to bear but her children."

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Louisa's childhood and early adulthood

• Taught by Transcendentalist friends - Emerson, Julia Ward Howe, Thoreau, etc.

• Due to the family's poverty, Louisa had to work several different jobs - seamstress, teacher, domestic helper, governess

• Her sisters as well except the youngest who went to school.

Which March sister are you?

https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/quiz/2015/apr/10/quiz-which-of-the-march-sisters-from-little-women-are-you

Poll

Which sister did you turn out to be?

• Meg

• Jo

• Beth

• Amy

Multiple Choice

Where does Laurie want to run away with Jo to?

• Washington DC

• Paris

• Fire Fest

• New York City

Multiple Choice

Who convinces Meg to marry Mr. Brook?

• Aunt March

• Marmee

• Laurie

• Jo

Multiple Choice

What does does Beth write a song about?

• Pilgrims Progress

• Fire Fest

• Laurie

• the Civil War

Poll

Which sister is Princess Kate most similar to?

• Meg

• Jo

• Beth

• Amy

Multiple Choice

Which sister was described as a "snow maiden"?

• Amy

• Jo

• Meg

• Beth

Multiple Choice

Who is not a March sisters?

• Marmee

• Jo

• Beth

• Amy

Multiple Choice

What was Laurie's real name?

• Clyde

• Theodore

• John B

• Concord

Multiple Choice

Why did Aunt March object to Meg's marrying John Brooke?

• his height

• his accent

• his poverty

• his wealth

Multiple Choice

The girls had a secret society called the PC. What did PC stand for?

• Pickwick Club

• Picky Chinchillas

• Pretty Children

• Pickwick Cabbage

Multiple Choice

What distinguished name was Laurie given in the girl’s club?

• Sam Weller

• AM Barnard

• Logan Huntzberger

• Reginald Merriweather

Multiple Choice

Who said this? “Go away. No boys allowed here . . . get along you fright!”

• Polly

• Patsy

• Peter

• Patty

Poll

Who is your favorite sister so far?

• Jo

• Meg

• Beth

• Amy

Multiple Choice

In which town is the story set?

• Concord

• Stars Hollow

• Boston

• Lexington

Open Ended

Do you think the traditional “little women” roles celebrated in Louisa May Alcott’s classic are outdated in today’s society? What ideals do you believe are timeless?

Multiple Choice

What did Beth make for Mr. Laurence?

• Chinchilla fur coat

• Knitted beanie

• Slippers

• Matching oven mitts

Multiple Choice

I’ll try and be what he loves to call me, “a little woman,” and not be rough and wild; but do my duty here instead of wanting to be somewhere else.

• Meg

• Jo

• Beth

• Amy