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Grade 2 Social Studies · World 3: First Georgians · Level 19
Cherokee Homes and Towns
Cherokee summer and winter homes and the council house.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 19
- The Cherokee people lived in the mountains and valleys of north Georgia, and nearby lands that are now Tennessee and North Carolina.
- Each town had a council house where people met to make decisions. It often had seven sides, one for each of the seven Cherokee clans.
- Families had a summer house, with walls of woven sticks and mud, and a small, round winter house with thick walls to stay warm in the cold mountains.
- Later, many Cherokee families built log cabins and farms. New Echota, near Calhoun, became the Cherokee capital.
- Try it with a grown-up! Visit New Echota Historic Site near Calhoun, or look it up together online.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS2H2 — Describe the Georgia Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee cultures of the past in terms of tools, clothing, homes, ways of making a living, and accomplishments.
- SS2G2.d — Describe the regions in Georgia where the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee lived and how the people used their local resources.