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Lessons1 Inspect The Iroquois Longhouse

Look Examine the illustration
showing the outside and
inside of an Iroquois
longhouse.
Past • Describe the shape of
the longhouse.
Work • Identify the material used
to make the longhouse.
• Discuss with a partner
why the Iroquois would
have chosen to live
in longhouses.
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While men sometimes built small wigwams while they
were away hunting, the main type of housing for the
Iroquois was the longhouse. These large houses took time
to build. However, they were built from strong materials so
that the Iroquois could live in permanent villages near the
land they farmed. The longhouse frame was often made
with saplings, which are strong and flexible trees that could
curve to make the roof. Large pieces of bark were used for
the shingles that covered the walls and roof.
The average Iroquois longhouse was 16 feet wide,
15 feet tall, and 60 feet long, but some houses could be as
long as 300 feet. The longhouses had different
compartments for different families. When a man married,
he moved into his wife’s longhouse to live with her
extended family. These families were known as clans. As a
clan grew, it could add compartments to its longhouse. Learning Tips

2 Find Evidence 3 Make Connections

Look Notice how the inside of the Talk Discuss with a partner the different
longhouse is organized. How would this parts of the longhouse. What problems
organization make life easier for the does each of these parts solve? Support
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people living there?
Examine Notice the bedding and the
hallway of the longhouse. How do you
think the structure of the longhouse
affected the people living there?
your opinion with details from the
illustration.
Write Describe what you like best
about the design of the longhouse.

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