1. By. Allyssa & Ashton

2.  They made a Creil Mound, a Enon Mound, a Grave creek mound, a Miamsburg mound.  They started life about 3000 years ago and lasted 2500 years  The mound had there own language.

3.  Trades were important because there weren't very many artifacts because they traded them.  The mound builders traded bracelets, beads, rings, and ear spools, made from cut and delicately hammered raw copper. For necklaces and large disks from worked marine shells.  The mound builders also traded fur, leather, and feathers.

4.  The farmers settled in communities.  The mound builders built some burial places. One of the mounds was the Great Serpant mound, they might have heard animal spirits.  The mound builders lived in cone shaped houses, dome shaped houses, a rectangular house, wigwam houses.

5.  The mound builders used spears for a weapon.  They often use chert for knives, drills, and other weapons.  Arrow heads, spear points, and stone knives were often used.

6.  In Cahokia present day the mound builders built a mound that rises 100 ft, it is also as tall as a 10 story building.  They used rivers to wash clothes.  The mound builders had lots of earth to work with.

7.  The mound builders diet included corn, squash, pumpkin, and sunflowers, but mostly corn.  For meat they would hunt fish and buffalo.  They often ate nuts, fruits, wild grapes, and plenty of green vegetables.

8.  Kids couldn’t take part in decisions because adults did.  In free time they practiced the sun dance.  The feathers that they used were for men's hats.

9.  The mound builders made sculptures and plates.  Cedar wood was made into canoes that were up to 70 feet long.  Hoes and sickles were made from Tennessee mounds.

10.  The mound builders used tools like stone or shell.  Their tools were made out of plants, animals, and mineral resources.  A smooth hoe was a important tool.

11.  Our social studies book http://www.eram.k12.ny.us/education/co mponents/scrapbook/default.php?section detailid=45462& http://www.instructorweb.com/docs/pdf /moundbuilders.pdf http://www.argenweb.net/woodruff/gary _telford/county_articles/mound_builders. html http://history.missouristate.edu/lburt/Re sources121/MoundBuilders_2.htm http://books.google.com/books?id =iggTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36 &dq=%22mound+builders%22- wiki%2Bart&source=bl&ots=Emz5iV jDC1&sig=W10m4iWXI- 9MWgX97HQzgpQxY2s&hl=en&ei=7 b- YTJWzLoWclgeiiaU_&sa=X&oi=boo k_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved =0CBkQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=% 22mound%20builders%22- wiki%2Bart&f=false buildhttp://www.kentuckygenealogy.org/ christian/mound_builders.htmers