WebQuest 5
The Woodland Period in the Eastern US and North Carolina
Directions
1.) Complete the WebQuest exactly as posted on Haiku (Parts 1-3 in order)
2.) Try to fill out all the information, even if you do not think you are right.
3.) Proofread your answers and upload your completed WebQuest 5 in DropBox on Haiku.
Part 1: Quick Study-Woodland Period in the East and North Carolina
Follow the link in Part 2 on Haiku, read the article from Learn NC, “Quick Study: Woodland Period,” and
answer the questions below.
1.) What are the three (3) traits that mark the presence of the Woodland Period in the East and North
Carolina?
2.) When did the Woodland traits listed above begin to appear in North Carolina? When do
archaeologists say they ended and why is there debate over this?
3.) What happens to settlement patterns and the population? In other words, what types of villages did
they live in, where did they settle, and how does this influence population size?
4.) Woodland Indians were horticulturalists. What types of plants did Woodland Indians purposely grow
and harvest? What crop was acquired by trade in AD 200?
5.) Although Woodland Indians began growing crops, what was their primary method for acquiring food
and what foods made up most of their diet?
6.) What technological advancement becomes widespread during the Woodland Period and why do
archaeologists think Woodland Indians began using this advancement?
7.) What replaces the spear and atlatl in the Middle Woodland Period and how do archaeologists note
this change?
8.) American Indians in the Appalachian Mountains get drawn into what trade / religious network? How
does being in this trade / religious network transform the cultures in the Appalachian Mountains of NC?
Part 2: The Pottery Makers: The Woodland Period in NC from the Coastal Plain to the Mountains
Archaeologists study the Woodland Period regionally, meaning they look at how Woodland cultural
traits are found in the Piedmont, Mountains, and Coastal Plain. Archaeologists also use POTTERY as the
key to understanding how cultures in the Woodland period changed. Pottery is key to this part of the
WebQuest and is discussed in length.
Part 2 takes you to a fabulous website created by UNC's Research Laboratories of Archaeology. The
article on the site is long and has some complicated language. Please only read the following sections.
You will have to scroll down to locate these sections.
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Read the section entitled "The Piedmont" (you will need to scroll down the page)
Read the section entitled "The Mountains" (after "The Piedmont")
Read the section entitled "The Coastal Plain" (after "The Mountains")
As you read the sections, complete the chart located below.
The Piedmont
The Mountains
The Coastal Plain
Settlement Patterns
(What type of camps
or villages? Where did
they settle on the
land? Example: near
rivers)
Pottery Evidence
(Explain what pottery
tells archaeologists)
*mention techniquesdifferent ways of
making pottery, why
they were used, write
the names
archaeologists give the
different pottery
styles*
Subsistence Patterns
(How did they get
food? List the foods.)
Important Places
Example: Badin
Pottery
Example:
Swannanoa
Example:
(Important
archaeological sites)
*if mentioned*
Other Cultural
Developments
(Burial practices,
religion, building
methods, etc.)
Other Technological
Developments
(Examples: stone
tools, weapons)
Part 3: Hopewell Interaction Sphere
Follow the link listed in Part 3 of the Haiku WebQuest 5 page. The link takes you to an article about the
Hopewell Interaction Sphere. Look at the beautiful images at the top of the article and then read the
article, answering the following questions.
1.) Where and during what time period did the Hopewell tradition exist?
2.) At the large earthworks in Ohio, what items have been discovered at archaeological digs? Be sure to
tell me where the items were thought to come from.
3.) The article presents 2 different theories about the Hopewell Interaction Sphere. What are the two
theories and which theory do archaeologists believe is the best?
4.) Look at the map at the top of the article, what material came from the mountains of NC?