1. Sketch an Olmec Community Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico 900 BCE

2. Draw two mountains – one on the west side and one on the east side, keep a valley in the middle. South Central Mexico

3. Make a valley between the two mountains.

4. Draw 6 huts with thatched roofs in the valley.

5. Draw an opening for each hut.

6. Draw a string/s of chili peppers drying by the door/s..

7. Include house gardens with chili peppers, tomatoes & avocados.

8. Dr aw a nearby communal field of corn, beans and squash.

9. The Three Sisters: companion gardening

10. Add a communal waste area (midden).

11. Near the door, add a storage jar and pottery bowl.

12. Add a pen of turkeys and rabbits

13. Surround this little community with mesquite scrub and prickly pear cactus.

14. Draw a water source beginning in the mountains with snow melt. Draw a fire pit here and there

15. In the distance, draw a towering 8,000’ mountain peak

16. HOMEWORK: …  Write 3 or 4 journal or diary entries as a young person living in this Olmec community circa 900 BCE.  1entry=1paragr.  Re-draw your Olmec community and label all you can. Be creative, colorful…