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Homelands Through Time

Compare Cherokee and Chumash homes, foods, tools, and land use long ago and today using evidence from an exhibit text.

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Grade 3
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Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

  • Students describe how Cherokee and Chumash homes, foods, and tools fit their regions.
  • Students compare Native peoples' land use long ago and today using evidence.
  • Students identify both changes and continuities in Native American communities.

How to use

Read the exhibit text aloud or have students read it independently. Ask students to underline evidence about regions, then and now, before answering the final questions.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

HIS.3.2

Describe Native American nations of different regions: homes, food, tools and how they used the land.

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Homelands Through Time

Compare how Cherokee and Chumash people used their regions long ago and today.

Read the exhibit

Read the museum exhibit about Cherokee and Chumash people. Use details from the text to answer the questions.

Two Homelands, Many Changes

The Cherokee are a Native American people whose homelands included the southern Appalachian Mountains and nearby valleys. Long ago, many Cherokee families lived in houses made from a framework of poles covered with woven branches and clay. Some families also used round winter houses that held heat well. Cherokee farmers grew corn, beans, and squash. People also gathered nuts and berries, hunted, and fished in the forests and rivers. Baskets helped carry food, and wooden tools helped with planting and building.

The Chumash are a Native American people whose homelands were along the coast and islands of central California. Their villages included dome-shaped homes made with willow poles and tule reeds. The ocean, beaches, and oak woodlands provided different resources. Chumash people fished, gathered shellfish, collected acorns, and used other plants. Skilled canoe makers built large plank canoes called tomols. These boats helped people travel and fish along the coast and between some islands. Chumash people also made baskets and used shell beads in trade.

Cherokee and Chumash people still live today, although their communities and homes have changed over time. Many Cherokee people live in modern houses in communities in Oklahoma and North Carolina. Cherokee citizens continue to protect their language, make traditional crafts, and grow or prepare some traditional foods. Many Chumash descendants live in California. Some work to teach Chumash languages, care for coastal places, and continue basket-making traditions. Modern tools and transportation are part of daily life for both peoples, but traditional knowledge remains important.

The two homelands shaped different ways of living. Mountain forests and rivers offered the Cherokee certain foods and materials, while the Chumash coast, islands, and oak woodlands offered others. The past and present are connected, but they are not identical. A modern home or tool may be different from one used long ago, while a language, craft, food, or responsibility to a homeland may continue.

1.
Circle the TWO details that show how the regions supplied different resources.

Cherokee families used houses made with poles, branches, and clay.Cherokee people hunted in forests and fished in rivers.The Chumash gathered shellfish along the coast.The Chumash used modern transportation today.

2.
Sort each detail by when it describes life in the exhibit.
Some Chumash people traveled in tomols.Many Cherokee people live in modern houses.Cherokee farmers grew corn, beans, and squash.Some Chumash descendants teach their languages.Cherokee families used round winter houses.Modern tools are part of daily life for both peoples.
Long agoToday
3.
Why would a Cherokee family long ago be likely to use both a basket and a wooden planting tool?
  • A. The family lived beside a coast and needed a boat.
  • B. The family used tools to make shell beads for trade.
  • C. The family grew food and needed to carry or plant it.
  • D. The family used tools to build a modern house.
4.
Write the name of the Chumash canoe in the blank.
Word bank: tomol · longhouse · wigwam · pueblo

A Chumash plank canoe was called a  .

5.
What can a reader infer about why tomols were useful to Chumash people?
  • A. They made mountain soil better for planting.
  • B. They supported travel and fishing on coastal waters.
  • C. They kept winter homes warm during storms.
  • D. They carried acorns from forests to farms.
6.
Circle the TWO details that show something continued from the past into the present.

Many Cherokee people live in houses with pole walls today.Cherokee citizens continue to protect their language.Chumash people use only tomols for transportation today.Some Chumash descendants continue basket-making traditions.

7.
Which museum label makes an incorrect connection between a nation and its homeland?
  • A. Cherokee: forests and rivers helped provide food.
  • B. Chumash: the coast supported fishing and shellfish gathering.
  • C. Chumash: oak woodlands provided acorns.
  • D. Cherokee: coastal islands supplied the wood for tomols.

Compare the evidence

Think about how place, time, and tradition connect. Choose the best answer unless the directions say to circle two.

8.
A class is planning a display about how land affected tools. Which pair best fits the exhibit?
  • A. Cherokee wooden planting tools and Chumash tomols
  • B. Cherokee modern houses and Chumash languages
  • C. Cherokee corn and Chumash winter houses
  • D. Cherokee shellfish and Chumash river fishing
9.
A student says, “If people use modern tools, their older traditions are no longer important.” Which evidence from the exhibit best challenges that idea?
  • A. Both peoples used homes made from natural materials long ago.
  • B. Modern tools and transportation are part of daily life.
  • C. Some people continue languages, crafts, foods, and care for homelands.
  • D. The two regions offered different resources in the past.
10.
Sort each statement by whether it describes a change or a continuation.
Many Cherokee people now live in modern houses.Some Chumash descendants continue basket-making.Modern transportation is part of daily life.Some Cherokee citizens protect their language.Some Cherokee people still prepare traditional foods.
A change over timeA continuation
11.
Use one word from the word bank.
Word bank: acorns · berries · shells · reeds

The Chumash used   from oak woodlands as one source of food.

12.
A museum wants to add one new object that shows how a region shaped a tool. Which object would add the strongest evidence?
  • A. A modern house in Oklahoma
  • B. A list of foods sold in California stores
  • C. A picture of a Cherokee language class
  • D. A model of a Chumash tomol beside a coastal map
13.
Circle the TWO statements supported by the whole exhibit.

The Cherokee and Chumash used the same tools because their regions offered the same resources.Homes and tools changed as daily life changed.The Cherokee got food from farming but not from rivers.People can use modern tools while continuing cultural knowledge.

14.
Use two details from the exhibit to explain how the Cherokee and Chumash used different regions for food or tools.
15.
Explain one change and one continuation from long ago to today. Use evidence about either the Cherokee or the Chumash.

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