Zoom-In InquiryUsing Primary Sources to help focus instruction

How can primary sources help us investigate how early

Pueblo cultures met their basic needs?

Describe what you see.

Is this a natural formation or man-made?

What is this made of?

Where could it be?

What are these used for?Are they a modern invention?

Who do you think usesthese? Describe theirlifestyle.

Do these buildings look similar to modern buildings? How are the same? How arethey different?

Taos Pueblo, New Mexico Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph CollectionLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540

These are Hornos or

ovens.

They are used for baking bread.What do you think this tells you about the Pueblo lifestyle? How did the Pueblo get their food?

The Pueblo people often farmed.

Crops included

cotton,

beans, squash

and corn.

These are examplesof adobe dwellings.

How long do you think it would take to build these? How long do you think people lived in these dwellings?

After looking at these dwellings, do you think these peoplewere nomadic or not?

The Pueblo met their basic needs with:

The Pueblo met their basic needs with:

• food

The Pueblo met their basic needs with:

• food

The Pueblo met their basic needs with:

• food

•shelter

The Pueblo met their basic needs with:

• food

•shelter

The Pueblo met their basic needs with:

• food

•shelter

What else do they need?

Water