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Paper. — Descriptions of different kinds of shelter used by primitive 

 women in America, such as the snow igloo, the bark house, the skin 

 tent, and the pueblo. Illustrations and ground plans drawn either on 

 the blackboard or on large sheets of paper should be used to illustrate 

 this paper. 



Paper. — ■ Furniture in ])rimitive houses. 



STUDY TOPICS FOR PROGRAM 9 



Determining factors in the shelter 

 of ]3rimitive people: 



1. Natural conditions and re- 

 sources; that is, climate, 

 supply of wood, snow, skins, 

 and granite. 



2. Race habits; that is, whether 

 the peoples are sedentary or 

 nomadic. 



Ground plans and illustrations for 

 the kinds of shelter made by 

 primitive peoples in America, 

 Africa, and the Philippines. 



Necessary furniture; details of pat- 

 tern, material, and arrangement. 



Accommodations for the children 

 of the primitive family. 



PROGRAM 10 



PRIMITIVE WOMAN AS HOME 

 MAKER 



Roll call. — Members should respond 

 by mentioning one duty of any 

 woman as home maker in her 

 efforts to secure the well-being 

 of her family. 

 Paper. — A brief sum.mar\^ of a 

 primitive woman's duties and 

 privileges in securing creature 

 comforts for her family through 

 cooking, planting, storing, spin- 

 ning, weaving, skin dressing, basket and pottery making, with the aid 

 of her children. 

 Paper. — The education of the Indian girl in arts and crafts by her mother. 

 Discussion. — Why civilized woman ought to respect primitive woman as 

 a housekeeper and a home maker. 



Fig. 45. — Statue of Sacajawea, who guided 

 Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the 

 Northwest 



