Iroquois+Houses


 * Iroquous Houses**
 * PASSAGE THREE**
 * Page 154**
 * Questions 5 and 6. Listen to a lecture in a course on**
 * Native American studies.**
 * Our topic for today is Iroquois villages, and I'm going to have a rather unusual assignment for you based on this topic, so you need to listen carefully to the**
 * information. First of all, I'll be describing an Iroquois village, and then, for your assignment, I want you to draw a village, Excuse me, Dr. Thomas. You want us to**
 * draw an Iroquois village?**
 * Yes, thars exactly what I want you to do. I think this will help you to understand**
 * the efficient simplicity of the design of an**
 * Iroquois village.**
 * Now, let me describe an Iroquois**
 * village and what makes it so special. An**
 * Iroquois village consisted of a number**
 * of longhouses. Iroquois longhouses were long, Single-story houses with Il-shaped roofs. and they were very elegant in their simplicity. Iroquois villages were also well defended. Around an Iroquois village, there was usually a stockade, which is a defensive wall or barrier made of wooden posts. The stockade around an Iroquois village was typically hexagonal in shape, which means that it was six-sided. It had vertical wood posts around the outside**
 * of the stockade, and these posts had sharpened ends pointing upward for further protection.**
 * Now, for the assignment ... your assignment is to create a pencil drawing of an Iroquois village. You can use the information I just provided, and you can find more information in Chapter 22 of the text.**
 * But. Dr. Thomas, what if I can't draw? I'm not very good at drawing.**
 * Well. just try your best. I want you to**
 * make a good effort.**
 * Are you expecting just a simple**
 * drawing, or does the drawing need to be complicated?**
 * I'd like you to do the best you can do. Well, for me, my best might not be what you're expecting.**
 * Our topic for today is Iroquois villages, and I'm going to have a rather unusual assignment for you based on this topic, so you need to listen carefully to the**
 * information. First of all, I'll be describing an Iroquois village, and then, for your assignment, I want you to draw a village, Excuse me, Dr. Thomas. You want us to**
 * draw an Iroquois village?**
 * Yes, thars exactly what I want you to do. I think this will help you to understand**
 * the efficient simplicity of the design of an**
 * Iroquois village.**
 * Now, let me describe an Iroquois**
 * village and what makes it so special. An**
 * Iroquois village consisted of a number**
 * of longhouses. Iroquois longhouses were long, Single-story houses with Il-shaped roofs. and they were very elegant in their simplicity. Iroquois villages were also well defended. Around an Iroquois village, there was usually a stockade, which is a defensive wall or barrier made of wooden posts. The stockade around an Iroquois village was typically hexagonal in shape, which means that it was six-sided. It had vertical wood posts around the outside**
 * of the stockade, and these posts had sharpened ends pointing upward for further protection.**
 * Now, for the assignment ... your assignment is to create a pencil drawing of an Iroquois village. You can use the information I just provided, and you can find more information in Chapter 22 of the text.**
 * But. Dr. Thomas, what if I can't draw? I'm not very good at drawing.**
 * Well. just try your best. I want you to**
 * make a good effort.**
 * Are you expecting just a simple**
 * drawing, or does the drawing need to be complicated?**
 * I'd like you to do the best you can do. Well, for me, my best might not be what you're expecting.**
 * . LISTEN AGAINTO PARTOF THE LECTURE. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTION.**
 * //(professor)// Now, let me describe an Iroquois village and what makes it so special. An Iroquois village consisted of a number**
 * of longhouses. Iroquois longhouses were long, single-story houses with U-shaped roofs, and they were very elegant in their simplicity. Iroquois villages were also well defended. Around an Iroquois village,**
 * there was usually a stockade, which is a**
 * defensive wall or barrier made of wooden posts.**
 * HOW DOES THE PROFESSOR SEEM TO FEEL ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE IROQUOIS VILLAGE?**
 * 6. USTEN AGAIN TO PART OF THE LECTURE.**
 * ANSWER THE QUESTION**
 * But, Dr. Thomas,**
 * what if Ican't draw?**
 * not very good at drawing.**
 * Well, just try your best. Iwant make a good effort.**
 * Are you expecting just a simple**
 * drawing, or does the drawing need to be**
 * complicated?**
 * I'd like you to do the**
 * Well, for me, my best might not be what**
 * you're expecting.**
 * WHICH SENTENCE BEST EXPRESSES HOW**
 * The student seems to feel about the assignment?**