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Lesson 1 - Supplementary Lessons

Supplementary Lesson

Distribute the following Glossary of Terms and Information Worksheet to students. Completion of this worksheet will aid them in understanding important terms and information associated with this lesson.

How history can be shared without words

Worksheet and Glossary of Terms

1. What are some alternative ways that history can be preserved and shared without using words? Give three examples.
2. Define oral history.
3. What is an artifact? Why do you think they are important?
4. What is the difference between a petroglyph and a pictograph?
5. How were petroglyphs and pictographs recorded?
6. What is a vision quest?
7. Why do the Blackfoot believe Writing-On-Stone is a significant site?
8. How was rock art influenced by contact with Europeans?
9. What is a natural threat to the existence of petroglyphs and pictorgraphs?
10. Where did the medicine wheel receive its name?
11. Who were the Oxbow people?
12. Give 3 examples of artifacts found in medicine wheel cairns.
13. Has Sundial Hill ever been excavated?
14. Why was Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump so successful?
15. Describe the two stages involved in killing a buffalo at the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump site.
16. How did Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump receive its name?
17. How did contact effect rituals such as the buffalo jump?

Supplementary Lesson

The following diagram depicts eight types of medicine wheel formations. Students will create one of the following types using rocks collected from outside. The students will need a large piece of heavy paper, such as Bristoll board, for this project in order to glue the rocks onto a sturdy surface.

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