Traditional Dwellings: Tepees, Wikiups, and Earth Lodges
Describe how Indigenous tribes built tepees, wikiups, sweat lodges, and earth lodges using local natural materials.

Describe how Indigenous tribes built tepees, wikiups, sweat lodges, and earth lodges using local natural materials.
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1st Grade · Social Studies · US-WY-SS
8 lessons
Discover how humans adapt to, use, and modify their natural environment to meet their needs.
Name 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).
Identify 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).