Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 2, Lesson 3: Life at Inland Villages (pp. 43-49)
I. People of the Valleys
B. Both children and adults worked at various jobs in the Miwok village.
C. Miwok children learned their familiesÕ traditions from the adults in the community.
II. People of the Mountains
B. The Maidu had to preserve food for the long, cold mountain winters.
C. Ceremonies like the Bear Dance taught children about the MaiduÕs beliefs and way of life.
III. People of the Desert
B. For many years, the Mojave hunted, fished, and raised crops beside the Colorado River.
C. The rainmaker was an important person to the Mojave community.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Miwok villages were built around a sweatlodge and a roundhouse.
A. The Maidu lived inland on the edges of the Sierra Nevada.
A. The Mojave and the Chemehuevis people live in the Mojave desert.
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