1. Urban Changes Neighborhoods: Then and Now

2. There’s nothing quite like a neighborhood. Let’s look at how neighborhoods have changed through the years.

3. This is an early neighborhood, built about 900 years ago in Colorado. Early Puebloan people built this neighborhood. What do you think this neighborhood is made out of?

4. Here is a closer view of the buildings in the neighborhood What do you think this neighborhood is made out of? Why? About how many people do you think lived in this neighborhood? Mesa Verde, Colorado

5. Some neighborhoods were easy to build, take down, move, and then build again. This is the type of home used by many tribes in North America. Do you know what it is called? What is it made of? How did these neighborhoods affect the local area? About how many people lived in each of these homes?

6. Here are some hints to help answer the questions about these neighborhoods: What are they made of? Ute encampment, early 1900’s Were roads needed? Nez Perce near Pendleton, Oregon

7. Another hint to help answer the questions: Were food and clothing stores needed in these neighborhoods? Arikara with sacred bear skin

8. Another hint to help answer the questions: Were swimming pools needed in these neighborhoods? Where did the kids play? Camp along Little Bighorn River

9. Why would these neighborhoods need to be easily moved? Hint:

10. Here are some other neighborhoods and homes that people can live in: IgloosGrass and Mud homes How are these homes kept warm or cool enough to be lived in? About how many people could live in each of these homes?

11. Here are some other neighborhoods and homes that people can live in: apartment buildings How are these homes kept warm or cool enough to be lived in? How many people would you guess live in each building? Hint

12. Here are some other neighborhoods and homes that people can live in: modern earth- sheltered home How do you think this home is kept warm or cool enough to be lived in?

13. Here are some other neighborhoods and homes that people can live in: mobile home park How do these neighborhoods affect the local area?

14. Here are some other neighborhoods and homes that people can live in: houses How do these neighborhoods affect the local area? How many people do you think live in each building?

15. Which homes and neighborhoods are permanent? Which are temporary, or easily taken down and moved?

16. What sorts of homes and neighborhoods do you think change the surrounding area the most when they are built? Which change the area the least? What are the advantages of changing the surrounding area? What are the disadvantages of changing the surrounding area? Are these changes permanent or temporary?

17. Photo Credits HUD NPS Courtesy of Dr. MJ Mahoney, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology NASA Library of Congress, Images from the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's 'The North American Indian': the Photographic Images, 2001.