Grade 3 Virtual Museum Project

Central Elementary School, Wilmette, IL

The Hopewell Indians

Created by: Isa Q.

This is a picture of some of the places the Hopewell Indians went to and what they got there.

Name of person/event/thing:

The Hopewell Indians

Date:

1000 B.C. to 500 A.D.

Important facts:

The Hopewell Indians were named after the place where they were first found, in Ohio, on the property of Captain M.C. Hopewell. Most of the mounds they built were used for burying important people. The Hopewell traded with many other tribes. Some of the things they traded for were shells from the Gulf of Mexico, mica from the Appalachian Mountains, and bear teeth from the Rocky Mountains.

I think it changed Illinois because...

Before:

All the tribes the Hopewell didn't settle in one place, because they didn't have enough food to store. They had to keep moving. These tribes also did not have time to make exquisite pottery.

After:

The Hopewell Indians set the trend for long trade from Illinois to distant states. Even to this day that trend still exists.

Bibliography:

Scheele, William E. The Mound Builders. 1960.

Stephen William, Fisher Ida, Lewis John, Smoot Mary. Discovering Illinois. Salt Lake City. Gibbs M.Smith, Inc. 1986.

"Hopewell Indians." http://www.ohiokids.org/fkbk/westerville/pages/wray/indians.htm

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Name of person/event/thing:	The Hopewell Indians
Date:	1000 B.C. to 500 A.D.
Important facts:	The Hopewell Indians were named after the place where they were first found, in Ohio, on the property of Captain M.C. Hopewell. Most of the mounds they built were used for burying important people. The Hopewell traded with many other tribes. Some of the things they traded for were shells from the Gulf of Mexico, mica from the Appalachian Mountains, and bear teeth from the Rocky Mountains.