Winter Counts

The author wrote this selection most likely to

• explain how the west was won

• explain the difference between pictures and paintings

• explain how the Lakota Indians kept track of their history

• explain where the start of civilization began

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CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which idea is supported by information found throughout the article?

• Winter counts are not important to the Lakota Indians.

• The winter counts helped the tribe keep track of important events.

• The winter counts helped children grow up to be adults.

• Winter counts held the villagers accountable for all that happened in the village.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

The keeper's larger task was......

• making sure all the pictures were clean.

• make sure the community had pictures and cloth.

• remembering where the money was.

• remembering the community's history.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Based on information in paragraph 4, why did the community listen to the keeper?

• To learn about other people

• To learn how to play different songs

• To learn the history of the village

• To keep all the papers together

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

According to the selection, who do the keepers pass his responsibilities to?

• the oldest in the village

• his son

• the strongest in the village

• his wife

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CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

Lakota Indians roamed the grassy western plains of the United States in the late....

• 1400s and 1500s

• 1800s and 1900s

• 1700s and 1800s

• 1600s and 1700s

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did the keeper do before adding a new picture to the winter count?

• ran around the village until he saw a vision.

• talked with the oldest and wisest members of the community.

• talked to his brothers and sisters before adding a picture.

• talked with the youngest and wisest members of the community.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the best summary of the article?

• Keepers preserved the land in which they lived by using pictures and cloth to make sure everyone knew why things went wrong. They use these every year to create a story.

• Keepers used a piece of buffalo skin, cloth, or paper that is covered with small pictures to measure each year's event from snowfall to snowfall. This allowed villagers to learn the history of the village that was passed down orally.

• Keepers kept ancient artifacts so the villagers could learn the history of the other villages and what happened to them. The pictures are a keepsake of all the events over time.

• All keepers were from different tribes that ranged in age. The keepers wrote things down because they did not use oral communication when passing down the information. This saved them time and effort throughout the year.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

What group of American Indians is this passage about?

• Dakota

• Lakota

• American

• Sioux

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

A winter count is a piece of buffalo skin, cloth, or paper that is covered with

• large pictures

• small artifacts

• small pictures

• large artifacts

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9