This week you will learn:
• The different kinds of homes Native nations built
• The foods people grew, hunted, and gathered
• The clever tools they invented
• How every home fit its land and way of life perfectly
Native American homes were as different as the nations who built them — and every home was perfect for its place!
On the plains, families lived in tipis — cone-shaped tents of buffalo hide over wooden poles. Tipis could be packed up fast when it was time to follow the herds. In the eastern woodlands, the Haudenosaunee built longhouses — long wooden homes where many related families lived together.
In the Southwest, people built pueblos — apartment-style adobe buildings, some several stories tall, that stayed cool in the desert heat. Some pueblos are over 1,000 years old and people STILL live in them today!
1. Why were tipis perfect for plains life?
2. Who lived together in a longhouse?
3. What makes pueblos good desert homes?
4. How old are some pueblos that people still live in?
Write what each word means in your own words.
Write T (tipi), L (longhouse), or P (pueblo) for each clue.
| Clue | T, L, or P? |
|---|---|
| Made of buffalo hide and poles | |
| Long wooden home for many families | |
| Adobe building, several stories tall | |
| Easy to pack up and move | |
| Built in the eastern woodlands | |
| Stays cool in the desert heat |
Write T for true or F for false in each circle.
Draw a tipi, a longhouse, and a pueblo. Label each one!
Tomorrow: what's for dinner? We'll discover the Three Sisters garden, buffalo hunts, wild rice, and the amazing foods of Native America.