--If you lived with the Hopi

The history of the Hopi is explored through a series of questions and answers.

Main Author: Kamma, Anne.
Other Authors: Gardner, Linda.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scholastic, Ã1999.
Series: Ready-to-go classroom library. Grade 4
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Table of Contents:
  • Would you live in a tepee?
  • Who would live in your house?
  • What happened if your house got too crowded?
  • How would you keep warm?
  • Who would take care of you?
  • What was a clan? Why was a clan so important?
  • How would you get your name?
  • When would you first go outside?
  • What clothes would you wear?
  • Where would you find water?
  • Why did the Hopi carve holes in the mesa rock?
  • What would you eat?
  • How could corn grow in the desert?
  • Where did the Hopi plant their corn?
  • How would you keep the corn from spoiling?
  • What was a sun watcher?
  • What happened if it didn't rain?
  • Would you ever have to leave your home?
  • What did girls have to learn?
  • What did boys have to learn?
  • What was the "Hopi Way"?
  • What was the Hopi religion?
  • Who were the kachinas?
  • What was a kiva?
  • Would you have fun in the kiva?
  • What happened if you did something bad? What if you were really, really bad?
  • Would you go to school?
  • Did children have to work?
  • Were boys more important than girls?
  • What games would you play?
  • What would you do in the winter?
  • How would you get the latest news?
  • Did Hopi parents ever get divorced?
  • Would you go on an eagle-gathering trip?
  • Why was the eagle important to the Hopi?
  • Where did the Hopi get their salt?
  • Why didn't the Hopi mind living in the desert?
  • What happened when the Hopi and the Spanish first met?
  • How did the Spanish treat the Indians?
  • Did the Hopi ever fight the Spanish?
  • Did other Indian tribes attack the Hopi?
  • Did the Americans treat the Hopi better?
  • Why didn't the Hopi want to send their children to government schools?
  • How were children treated at the Indian boarding schools?