Cherokee People
Cherokee women lived in the same house for their whole life, with their mothers. When they got married,
their husband moved into their house with them. When they had children, the children also lived in that house. But when the
boys grew up and got married, they moved into their wife's house.
Cherokee people also had slaves living in their houses. Often these slaves were prisoners of war from other nearby people like the Iroquois or the Creek people.
Cherokee kids didn't go to school. They stayed by the side of their parents all day and worked at whatever their parents were doing. Girls worked in the fields, planting and hoeing the corn, and then harvesting it. Boys learned how to hunt and fish.
Cherokee people also had slaves living in their houses. Often these slaves were prisoners of war from other nearby people like the Iroquois or the Creek people.
Cherokee kids didn't go to school. They stayed by the side of their parents all day and worked at whatever their parents were doing. Girls worked in the fields, planting and hoeing the corn, and then harvesting it. Boys learned how to hunt and fish.
To find out more about the Cherokee people, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:
Eyewitness: Ancient China, by Arthur Cotterell, Alan Hills, and Geoff Brightling (2000). For kids.
Negotiating Daily Life in Traditional China: How Ordinary People Used Contracts, 600-1400, by Valerie Hansen (1995).
