How Do You Build A Wigwam Village For A School Project?
A project is a fun way both to help you make good sense of your reading and show your teacher how much you have learned. When you study Native Americans, making a wigwam village lets you figure out some of the things Indians needed to think about when they created their own settlement. Unlike tepees, the skin-or-hide homes of Plains Indians, the wigwams of Northeast Indians were usually built of bark and designed to be lived in for a season or longer. (They were quick to build but hard to move.) Step 1 Plan your foam-core land first. Native American tribes would choose flat land (like the foam core) for their village.. Draw pencil circles where you want to put your wigwams–close together but with enough space to walk between them. Scribble in some lines to make a place for a big shared cooking fire (most tribes cooked outdoors, especially after a hunt). Pencil in a pond or river. (Native Americans would choose a place where they could get fresh water and catch fish.) Step 2 Draw 5-inc
