Cliff Dwellings

Introduction

Get ready Mrs. Ward's class! You're going to go on an adventure to discover the ancient cliff dwellings of the ancient Puebloan people!

Get ready to explore the different types of rooms in the cliff dwellings and learn what purposes the rooms served. You will also discover how the Puebloans adapted to their environment by building these fascinating ancient dwellings.

Are you ready to start your adventure?

Task

For this webquest, you will complete the worksheet passed out in class while you explore and learn about cliff dwellings. Make sure you read all the questions on your worksheet before you get started. It helps to know what you're looking for before you start reading!

Process

Step 1: Watch the following video and answer the questions on your worksheet. When you are finished watching the video, take a virtual tour of the cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde.

Watch the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5K4JNthGlo

Take a Virtual Tour:

http://www.360cities.net/image/cliff-palace-mesa-verde-national-park-usa

Step 2: Look at your paper to see which worksheet you

have before you get started. Follow the directions

for your worksheet only.

Worksheet A:

Read the paper article at the teacher's table.

Worksheet B:

Click on the link below and read the article.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/early-cultures/ancestral-puebloan/a/mesa-verde-cliff-dwellings

Worksheet C:

Click on the link below and read the article.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/early-cultures/ancestral-puebloan/a/mesa-verde-cliff-dwellings

Conclusion

Cliff dwellers were very smart settlers who knew how to adapt to their environment. Mesa Verde isn't the only location in Colorado that has cliff dwellings. The Manitou Cliff Dwellings are located in the Pikes Peak region in Colorado Springs, which is a little over an hour drive from Aurora!