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The Three Sister Plants Do you know about the three sisters? Native Americans have known about them for thousands of years. The three sisters are _______, ________, and ______. Many Native Americans planted this trio. First, corn seeds were planted in a hill of soil. When the corn shoots were a few inches high, bean and squash seeds were planted around them. The beans sprouted quickly. As they grew, their vines needed to wind around something so they ________ on the taller corn stalks. The roots of the bean plants attracted nitrogen in the soil. Nitrogen is an important _________ that all plants need to grow, so this helped all three sisters by feeding them. The _______ leaves of the squash plant _________ the roots of the other plants, protecting them from getting too hot. The shade kept the soil from drying out too quickly. It also helped prevent _______ from growing. The three sisters made good sense nutritionally, too. Corn has carbohydrates for energy, beans have protein to build muscles, and squash gives us vitamins. If you eat all three, you get most of the things your _______ needs to stay healthy and strong. Word Bank: BODY CLIMBED WEEDS SHADED BEANS CORN SQUASH WIDE NUTRIENT Adapted from: http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_54_4065.html Thinking about the Wampanoags 1) Why do you think the Wampanoags and other Native Americans called corn, beans, and squash “sisters”? 2) How did planting these three crops together make life easier for the Wampanoags? 3) The Pilgrims were used to planting each crop separately in rows. Find an example of that in our garden and write down at least two observations about what you see. 4) Imagine that you are a Wampanoag child, who is used to growing the Three Sisters together. When you see the way the Thinking about the Wampanoags Pilgrims grow their crops for the first time, what might you think? 5) Imagine that you are a Pilgrim and have just arrived in the New World. Winter is coming soon, but you are used to planting your food in the spring and harvesting it in the fall. What might be challenging about your first year? Links to versions of The Legend of the Three Sisters - http://www.reneesgarden.com/articles/3sisters.html - http://blogs.cornell.edu/garden/get-activities/signatureprojects/the-three-sisters-exploring-an-iroquoisgarden/a-legend/ - http://www.ncdcr.gov/Portals/7/Collateral/Database/F 05.legend.three.sisters.pdf