6th Grade Social StudiesUnit 4, Lesson 3

How Does Where People Live Impact How People Live?

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ACTIVITY

Learning More about the Mystery Culture

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A herder gathers his sheep and goats in the middle of an early spring snowstorm.

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Neighbors help take down a ger on moving day. The family will move from their winter camp near a rock wall to their spring camp close to a river. The structure of the ger is so perfectly suited for nomadic life that its design hasn't been altered in 1,000 years.

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Most herding families depend almost entirely on the meat and dairy from their animals for sustenance. Here, large stones are being used to press excess liquid out of curd.

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Mongolia has traditionally been known as a sheep-herding country. Even today the average herder owns more sheep than any other animal to supply the national demand for mutton. Mongolia ranks third in the world for the number of sheep per capita.

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A young herder trims the manes from a herd of horses. The horsehair is commonly used to make rope.

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Animals are milked at dusk in northern Mongolia. The milk will be used to make butter and yogurt.

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A herder leads his horse home from a watering hole in a Gobi Desert oasis.

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A herding family, dressed in their finest feel (robes), pose for a portrait in front of their family alter.

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ACTIVITY

Investigating Cultural Adaptations in other Environments

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