Farming and Building in the Dry Southwest

Assign the sheet that matches your region or read all four to compare. Ask students to use the passage as evidence for each answer.

Match Pueblo solutions to dry Southwest challenges using Chaco Canyon as evidence. The directions on the page read: Read the passage and study the diagram. Use them on page 2. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 7th grade native nations before 1600, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

The sheet says the Haudenosaunee, often translated People of the Longhouse, live in what is now New York State. Tradition says five nations united with the help of the Peacemaker and Hiawatha, and students place each nation in a longhouse diagram.

Before horses, dogs carried goods on travois and hunters on foot stalked bison. Students compare hunting, travel, homes, trade and warfare before and after horses.

The passage describes Chaco Canyon and Pueblo Bonito and the high desert where New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah meet. Students pair each environmental challenge with a solution and evidence.