Enduring Awatovi: Uncovering Hopi Life and Work on the MesaLesson plan
What does the Awatovi pueblo reveal about the history of the Hopi nation? Objective 1. To explain elements of Hopi culture practiced at Awatovi many centuries ago and those that remain important today; 2. To illustrate the four methods by which Awatovi Hopis and Hopis today farm an apparently unproductive land with such success; 3. To describe how archeology can illuminate the lives of people whose past has not been preserved in written records; 4. To document evidence of historic farming techniques in the students' own state or region. Background Time Period: Pre-contact to the present Topics Duration: 90 Minutes.