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Pioneer and Settler Homes: Log Cabins and Sod Houses
Explain how early settlers used timber and prairie sod to construct log cabins and sod houses.
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People, Places, and the Environment
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Discover how humans adapt to, use, and modify their natural environment to meet their needs.
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Learning standards covered
SS2.2.1Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeName the ways groups (e.g., families and schools), including Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming, meet human needs and concerns (e.g., belonging and personal safety) and contribute to personal identity and daily life (e.g., compare features of modern-day living [food, shelter, clothing, transportation] to those of the past; create a chart showing how farming, schools, or communities have changed over time; illustrate past dwellings [tepee, sweat lodge, wikiup, sod, log cabin, earth lodge] and present-day housing).
SS2.5.4Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeIdentify how people, including Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming, may adjust to and/or change their environment in order to survive (e.g., clothing, houses, foods, and natural resources).