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Lesson 7 | Read the World CLIL Geography and History

1 Look at the photos. Where in the world are these old buildings?
2 6.13 Listen and read. What is Mesa Verde?

Mesa
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V V erde

There are 600 different buildings in the
canyon! There are small houses and even
towers. There is one huge building, the Cliff
Palace, with 150 rooms for around 100
people. It was an important place for the
In 1888, two cowboys were in a canyon. Pueblo People.
Their cows were lost. Suddenly, they were
very surprised! On the other side of the The buildings were very strong. They were
canyon, there was a whole village hiding in a mix of stone, soil, and ash from fires.
the rock wall! Today, Mesa Verde is still an important
The name of the village was Mesa Verde. place. People can visit this special place to
This means “green table” in Spanish. Mesa learn about the past and the heritage of
Verde was the ancient home of the Pueblo the Pueblo People.
People. Mesa Verde is in Colorado in the
United States.
For thousands of years, the Pueblo People’s
villages were on top of the mesa. Then,
around the year 1200, their villages were
under the mesa, in rooms and homes inside
the rock walls. It was now too hot and dry on
the mesa.

88 I can read an brochure about Mesa Verde.