5 th grade webquest mrs. clapham’s 2009-2010 social studies class the water walkers
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5th Grade WebQuestMrs. Clapham’s 2009-2010 Social Studies Class
The Water Walkers
Society
• Peaceful people – lived from 600 BC – 400 AD• Lived in a forest near a creek• Hunting, farming, and fishing community• Democratic – had a chief and a council• Polytheistic – they worshipped five gods• Held a variety of ceremonies• Had a medicine man• Women taught girls how to cook and make pottery, clothes, etc. in their homes• Men taught boys how to hunt, fish, and farm• Only hunters were allowed to have weapons – hunters were also the village’s protectors
Language• Hieroglyphics – no “written” language• Hieroglyphics drawn on clay, wood, leaves, and rocks• People used a combination of spoken and sign language
Daily lifeDaily life
• Men and women worked together
• All items made from nature
- Wood: Houses, boats and paddles, tools, instruments, firewood, and spears for hunting and fishing
- Animal skins: Clothing, blankets, rugs, drums, roofs
- Mud / Clay: Pottery, irrigation piping, bricks for fire pit
DwellingsDwellings
• Lived in longhouses – two families per longhouse• Built from wood (logs, twigs, branches)• Cooking was done outside the home in a fire pit
HuntingHunting
• Hunted deer• Only men were allowed to hunt• Hunters would pray to the hunting god prior to a hunt• Hunting god was worshipped and given an offering after
a successful hunt• Combination of spears, daggers, and bows and arrows
were used to hunt
Farming & Farming & FishingFishing
• Men and women farmed and fished• Boats and spears used for fishing• Irrigation pipes and plows were
used for farming• Offerings given to gods after a
plentiful harvest and successful fishing trip
• Main crops: corn, beans, squash
Beliefs
God of the Sun
• Light• Energy and heat• Works with all the gods
God of Earth • Crops and harvests• Natural disasters• Works with all gods
God of Hunting
• Leader of the animals• Protects and guides the hunters• Works with all gods
God of Healing
• Guides and helps the Medicine Man• Protects the people from disease• Works with god of earth to grow herbs for Medicine Man
God of Rain / Water • Controls the weather• Works with all the gods
HEALINGHEALING
• Herbs, flowers, and prayers were used as medicine
• Mortar and pestle used to smash herbs into a medicine
• Medicine Man performed ceremonies when healing sick people
Traditions
Ceremonies (with dancing and music): • For births, deaths, and marriages• Before hunting, farming, or fishing• To honor gods by bringing offerings and gifts
Art and Music• Painted pictures of gods and daily life on rocks, leaves, and wood• Made sculptures of gods• Women and girls made and painted bowls and sculptures• Drums and flutes played at ceremonies
- Drums made from animal skins- Flutes made from wood
What happened to them?
• Did they anger the gods and die by a natural disaster?• Did they die from a disease?• Did they move away? If so, why, and where did they go?• Were they attacked? – captured and taken away?
Thank you!Please stay and view the artifacts in
this exhibit.
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