3 3 13 the daily life of the cherokee (social studies)

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by Dan Greenberg

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Welcome to a Cherokee stomp dance!

At this celebration, singers sing, rattles shake, and dancers stomp and shuffle as they circle the sacred fire What a night! The Cherokee have been holding

dances like this for many years It is

a celebration of the past It is also a

celebration of the future Let’s learn

about the Cherokee

The stomp dance began as part of

the Green Corn Festival.

Georgia Alabama

Mississippi

North Carolina South

Carolina

Virginia

West Virginia Kentucky

Tennessee

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The Cherokee

In the 1700s, the Cherokee were

a woodland American Indian nation

At that time, their home was in the

southeast United States The Cherokee lived in a rugged land It was a land of swift rivers and steep mountain peaks

This map shows where the Cherokee lived

in the 1700s.

Cherokee Homes

The Cherokee built very sturdy

houses Their first houses had rounded corners The roof was a tall peak The

walls were made of red clay The house had a hole in the roof to let out the

smoke from the fire

In the 1800s, the Cherokee began to build even stronger houses Some were sturdy log cabins Some were brick houses

This is a Cherokee house from the 1800s.

Cherokee Women

Cherokee men and women lived very different lives Women were the farmers

As the morning mist rose, they went out

to their fields They planted corn, beans, and squash They examined each plant carefully They pleaded for good weather

so their crops would grow

Women also prepared food and

cooked meals They did many other

jobs, such as collecting firewood and wild foods They smoked hides and made

dyes Each day was very busy!

Cherokee

women made

baskets and

pottery,

wove cloth,

and sewed

clothing.

Cherokee Men

Cherokee men went off to the woods

to hunt and fish Their main job was to find food Deer was the most important animal to the Cherokee They ate its meat, used its skin for clothing, and made tools out of its horns The Cherokee tried not to waste any part of the deer

Today some Cherokee hunt with blowguns like

The Seven Cherokee Clans

Wild Potato

Clan

Long Hair

Clan

Red Tailed

Hawk Clan

Blue Holly

Clan

Cherokee Clans

The Cherokee were a people of clans

or groups Each clan had its own special jobs and skills The Long Hair clan, for example, were the teachers of tradition The Deer clan was good at tracking

Each clan had its own color, tree, and special skills.

Clan Rules

Different clans had different rules

and customs But all clans followed one rule When a man married, he joined his wife’s clan This gave women great importance Women owned all the land They also owned the houses that people

Cherokee families still work together

to make baskets.

Cherokee Today

The Cherokee today are a modern

people They still belong to clans, but

they also have a government They

still hunt and farm But they are also

doctors, teachers, truck drivers, and many other things Some Cherokee still live in the Southeast But the largest Cherokee group now lives in Oklahoma

Today, there are more than 300,000 Cherokee living in the United States These modern

Cherokee are wearing traditional dress.

The Stomp Dance Today

Years ago, the stomp dance was

a celebration of a new corn crop Today, the dance is a fun gathering The stomp dance ends with

everyone pausing in a circle As the celebration ends, they all fondly say goodbye, hoping that their dance will bring them good fortune

Everyone has fun at a stomp dance.

The words “peak“ and “peek“ are

homophones The two words sound the

same, but they are spelled differently They

also mean different things Copy the chart

and add more homophones.

Text to Self Many people climb mountains

to reach the peak It is a challenge Write

a short paragraph about a time that you

did something that was challenging Tell

what it was, why you did it, and why it was

a challenge Use the chart for words for

your writing.

Write About It

stair

?

stare

?

fondly

mist

pausing

peak pleaded rugged steep

TARGET VOCABULARY

carefully about the text and then form an

opinion about it.

The word “soft” is the opposite of which vocabulary word?

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