The Three Sisters

Katie Kelley came to our classroom Friday!

Ms. Kelley is the Monroe County Agriculture Literacy Coordinator.

She taught us about the importance of crops to Native Americans.

Corn, beans, and squash were sometimes called the "Three Sisters".

Corn was planted first. 

When the corn started to grow, the women planted beans that grew up around the cornstalks

Later, the women planted pumpkins and other types of squash. 

The vines from the plants covered the ground between the cornstalks-- helping to keep the weeds away. 

To read more about this and more Native American topics - see page 59 in the social studies textbook.

Also learn more by reading the Pumpkin "Ag Mag" that she gave us!