Plank Houses and Longhouses. Karen B. Gibson. Igloos and Tepees and Pueblos and Wickiups.Plank Houses The indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest constructed their homes, a plank house from the biodegradable cedar tree. The American Heritage Dictionary defines longhouse as "a long communal dwelling, especially of certain Native American, Polynesian, and Indonesian and Longhouses. Karen B. Gibson. Igloos and Tepees and Pueblos and Wickiups. June Prezzler. Mankato, MN: Capstone Press, 2005. 24 pp. each. This series is a very simple introduction to the architecture of some indigenous American peoples An American people may be:
n. The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications. [French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple facts set in large type. They inform us of the function, materials of construction, the makers, and perhaps a bit of the history of these dwellings. Often the photographs include some of the makers so we obtain a better sense of the cultural context. A few "further reading" references and Internet sites as well as a glossary are included. Early elementary, even kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be children should find these small-size books attractive for browsing or for seeking first facts about the subject. |
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