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The Sioux Tipi - Student Worksheets - Concept: Shelter

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People Build Different Shelters - Exercise 1

Different people build different kinds of shelters. The kind of shelter they build depends on their needs and the building materials available to them.

Skill: Classifying

Directions: Study the drawing. Then answer the questions by filling in the blanks with the correct words from the word list.

WORD LIST:
SHELTERS          APARTMENT         HOUSE          LOG CABIN          TIPI
IGLOO                 TENT                      CASTLE         PUEBLO               CAVE

1. What do these pictures all have in common? They are different types of

    ________________________________________________________.
 
2. Which kind of shelter do you live in?

    ________________________________________________________.

3. Have you ever been inside any of the other shelters shown in the diagram?

    Which ones?

    ___________________________________________________________

    ___________________________________________________________

    ___________________________________________________________

    ___________________________________________________________

    ___________________________________________________________

4. What is the name of Shelter A shown in the drawing.

    ________________________________________________________.

5. Name the other shelters in the drawing?

    B. _________________________      F. _________________________

    C. _________________________     G. _________________________

    D. _________________________     H. _________________________

    E. _________________________      I.  _________________________

6. Look at the above picture carefully. Who do you think lived in shelter....

    C? ________________________      E? _________________________

    D? ________________________      F? _________________________

Online Search:
What is a Pueblo?                                        What people live in Pueblos?

The Need for a Shelter - Exercise 2

People build shelters for many reasons. After completing this activity you will be able to list some of these reasons.

  Skill: Finding Relationships

Directions: Study each picture below. Then complete each sentence by selecting the correct word from the word list. (Some words can be used more than once.)

WORD LIST:
RAIN                    PRIVACY                SNOW             MOVED           CHILL
WIND                   PROTECTS            STORAGE       COLD              CAVE

 

1. This shelter will protect the camper from the

  ____________________ and

  ____________________.

 

2. This shelter keeps out the

____________________ and

____________________.

 

  

 

3. This shelter has a ____________________

space for a person's belongings.

 

 

 

4. This shelter provides

____________________

for a person.

 

 

5. This shelter ____________________

the people from the hungry bear.

 

6. This shelter was designed so it could be ____________________.
 

  7. Look at the picture and think about your own shelter. Complete the sentence     with our own words.     My shelter gives me a place to ____________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________.


How Does Weather Affect Shelter - Exercise 3

The following activity will help you understand how shelters protect people from HOT and COLD weather.

  Skill: Analyzing/Classifying

Directions: Look at the picture above and put an S next to each sentence below that refers to something that takes place in the SUMMER.

Put a W next to each sentence below that refers to something that takes place in the WINTER.

The Sioux Shelter In 1880                    A Shelter Today

__ 1. The bottom of the cover and         __ 1. Smoke from the fireplace goes
          the lining of the tipi provided                 out through the chimney.
          relief from the heat.
__ 2. Wood was piled up on the             __ 2. Screens are placed outside
          sides of the tipi to help block                  windows so bugs won't get in
          the cold wind.                                         when the windows are open.
__ 3. The smoke flaps were kept           __ 3. Drapes and shades are closed
          open to let out smoke from                    to block cold drafts.
          the fire.
__ 4. The lining that hung inside the      __ 4. The windows are raised to
          tipi helped to prevent cold                     provide more relief from
          drafts.                                                    the heat.
__ 5. The smoke flaps were kept           __ 5. Drapes and shades are closed
          wide open to let more air                       to help block the heat and
          inside.                                                    sunlight.
__ 6. The lining that hung inside the      __ 6. Storm windows are installed
          tipi helped to block the heat                  to help prevent heat from
          from the sunlight.                                  going outside.

What is Ventilation? - Exercise 4

All shelters need openings to let fresh air in and let smoke or stale air out. The letting of air in and out of a shelter is called VENTILATION. Shelters without ventilation would be hot, smoky and stuffy.

  Skill: Analyzing

Directions: Look at the picture above. Put an V next to all the sentences that describe VENTILATION.

The Sioux Shelter In 1880                    A Shelter Today

__ 1. The bottom of the cover and         __ 1. Smoke from the fireplace goes
          the lining of the tipi provided                 out through the chimney.
          relief from the heat.
__ 2. Wood was piled up on the             __ 2. Screens are placed outside
          sides of the tipi to help block                 windows so bugs won't get in
          the cold wind.                                        when the windows are open.
__ 3. The smoke flaps were kept           __ 3. Drapes and shades are closed
          open to let out smoke from                    to block cold drafts.
          the fire.
__ 4. The lining that hung inside            __ 4. The windows are raised to
          the tipi helped to prevent                       provide more relief from
          cold drafts.                                             the heat.
__ 5. The smoke flaps were kept           __ 5. Storm windows are installed
          wide open to let more air                       to help prevent heat from
          inside.                                                    going outside.
__ 6. The door flap was kept open        __ 6. The vent above the kitchen
          to let more air circulate inside.              stove lets out hot air, odors and
                                                                        smoke from cooking.
Online Search:
What is a VENT?                                  What is a TRANSOM?

What is Insulation? - Exercise 5

  Skill: Analyzing/Applying

Heat is always trying to move from warm places to cooler places. Within your shelter heat will flow to the chilliest corners, trying to warm them. Heat can even pass through walls and glass window panes as it seeks cooler air. Sometimes this can make our shelters uncomfortable.

For example, if it is cold outdoors, the heat from inside your shelter will try to flow outside. If all the heat kept going outside, it would get very cold inside.

Another example occurs in the summer. If it is nice and cool inside, the heat from outdoors will try to flow into our shelters. It it does, then it might become too warm inside.

In winter, we try to prevent the heat in our shelters from going outside. In summer, we try to prevent the heat from coming inside. One of the ways we do this is by putting extra covers such as shades, drapes, or storm windows over our windows.
 
We often have two walls in our shelters -- an outside wall and an inside wall. These extra covers and walls slow down the heat as it tries to go outside or go inside. Slowing down or preventing the passage of heat is called INSULATION.

Directions: Look at the picture above. Put an I next to all the sentences that describe INSULATION.

The Sioux Shelter In 1880                    A Shelter Today

__ 1. The bottom of the cover and         __ 1. Smoke from the fireplace goes
          the lining of the tipi were                       out through the chimney.
          raised to provide more relief
          from the heat.
__ 2. Wood was piled around the          __ 2. Screen doors and windows
          sides of the tipi to help                          are installed to let more air
          prevent heat from escaping.                 inside, but not bugs.
__ 3. The smoke flaps were kept           __ 3. Drapes and shades are closed
          open to let out smoke from                    to help prevent heat from
          the fire.                                                  escaping outside.
__ 4. The lining that hung inside the      __ 4. The windows are raised to
          tipi helped to prevent heat                     provide more relief from
          from coming inside.                               the heat.
__ 5. The smoke flaps were kept           __ 5. Drapes and shades are closed
          wide open to let more air                       to help prevent heat from
          escape.                                                  coming inside.
__ 6. The lining that hung inside the      __ 6. Storm windows are installed
          tipi helped to prevent heat                     to help prevent heat from
          from going outside.                                going outside.
 
Online Search:
What are THERMOPANE WINDOWS?                  What is ATTIC INSULATION?

What is Drainage? - Exercise 6

Keeping the inside of a shelter from getting wet is important. Shelters need a way to prevent rain from collecting on top of or around a shelter and leaking inside. Drawing this water away from a shelter is called DRAINAGE.

Directions: Read the paragraph below. Look at the pictures. Then answer the questions.

The Sioux people were careful to make their tipi poles very smooth. Smooth poles were important to make sure that any rain that came into the tipi would run straight down the poles to the bottom. If any bumps were on the poles, the rain might hit the bumps and drop down into the tipi.

As the water ran to the bottom of the poles, the interior lining helped keep it from running onto items inside the tipi next to the lining. When the water reached the bottom of the poles, it drained into a gutter that had been dug around the tipi. The gutter channeled the water to a runoff trench at lower ground.

1. How did smooth poles help prevent water from dripping inside the tipi?
    (Use paragraphs above and picture B to help you.)

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

2. Why didn't the water go inside the tipi after it ran down the poles?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

3. Look at picture A. Why do you think the smoke flap is closed?

_______________________________________________________________

4. Look at picture A. What geometric shape does the tipi remind you of?

_______________________________________________________________

Are there any shelters in your community that have roofs shaped like triangles?

_______________________________________________________________


Comparing the Sioux Tipi with Your Own Shelter -

Exercise 7

Skill: Analyzing/Comparing/Applying/Classifying

Directions: Match each tipi on the left with a shelter on the right that shows something similar. Draw a line connecting each of the two that match.

Put an I next to all pictures that show INSULATION. (You will find at least two.)

Put a V next to all pictures that show VENTILATION. (You will find at least four.)

Put a D next to all pictures that show DRAINAGE. (You will find at least two.)


Examining A Modern Shelter - Exercise 8

Skill: Evaluating

Directions: Circle the following:

1. In RED, circle four examples of VENTILATION. (You will find at least seven.)

2. In BLUE, circle two examples of INSULATION. (You will find at least three.)

3. In GREEN, circle two examples of DRAINAGE. (You will find at least two.)

4. In ORANGE, circle two ELECTRICAL DEVICES that we use to cool our     shelters. (You will find at least two.)

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