Winter Counts

Based on the selection, what can the reader infer about the job of the keeper?

• Selecting someone for the position was often a complicated process.

• The duties were so demanding that the keeper had no other position.

• All of the men in the tribe were considered for the job of keeper.

• The person who had the job had to be dedicated to the task

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What are paragraphs 1 and 2 mostly about?

• The Lakota lived on the grassy plains in the western part of the country.

• The Lakota used pictures in place of a writing system.

• The Lakota had a special way to keep track of important events.

• The Lakota measured years from snowfall to snowfall.

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The author’s use of comparison and contrast in paragraph 9 helps the reader

understand that winter counts —

• were cared for by many different keepers

• provided information about a tribe’s members

• had unique designs but served the same purpose

• were used as calendars and to tell people’s ages

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In which section would the reader find information about why winter counts remained

important even after the Lakota learned to write?

• The introductory paragraph

• The Keeper’s Role

• Ordering the Years

• A New Purpose

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Part B: What are the details from the selection that help you prove winter counts remained

important even after the Lakota learned to write?

• Historians have learned many things about the Lakota by

  studying their winter counts.

• If a woman had been born in “the year when

  everyone was very sick,” for example, she found that picture.

• By the 1930s, most Lakota had learned to write, which gave them a new

  way to document their history.

• Their information, however, is still

  valuable.

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The author wrote this selection most likely to —

• tell the reader about how one American Indian tribe recorded its history

• encourage the reader to visit a museum that displays American Indian artifacts

• share important events that happened to a particular American Indian tribe

• show how modern calendars are similar to those kept by American Indians

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Which idea about the keeper is emphasized throughout the selection?

• He kept his winter count with his own belongings.

• He served an important role within the community.

• He made simple drawings without many details

• He chose where the drawings were placed on the winter count.

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Which feature of the selection best helps the reader understand how a winter count

was designed?

• The subheadings

• The first photograph

• The caption for the last photograph

• The title

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