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Grade 3 Social Studies · World 3: First Nations · Level 19
The Southwest
The dry land: adobe pueblos, and corn, beans, and squash grown with little rain.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 19
- The Southwest: hot and dry, with deserts, canyons, and flat-topped mesas.
- With very little rain, Southwest farmers still grew corn, beans, and squash, planting deep where the soil held water. They grew cotton too, and wove it into cloth.
- The Hopi and Zuni built pueblos, villages of adobe or stone houses stacked on top of each other, often on flat-topped mesas. People climbed ladders to the upper floors.
- The Hopi village of Oraibi has been lived in for more than 800 years. The Diné, or Navajo, built round homes called hogans.
- Nations of the Southwest include the Hopi, the Zuni, and the Diné (Navajo). They are still here today, keeping their languages and traditions alive.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS3H1.a — Locate the regions where American Indians settled in North America: Arctic, Northwest Southwest, Plains, Northeast, and Southeast.
- SS3H1.b — Compare and contrast how American Indians in each region used their environment to obtain food, clothing, and shelter.