Option #3 Due:October 31, 2016 Value: Understanding how the arts have functioned to record and transmit history in culures with oral, rather than literate, traditions. Cross-cultural comparison of images and symbols that convey meaning. Learning about your own history. Instructions: First: Listen to the class discussion on Plains cultures and arts. Next: Visit the "Lakota Winter Counts" on-line exhibit. Review the "Who are the Lakota" and "What are Winter Counts" sections before you actually view the Winter Counts themselves. Note that you can zoom in and move around each of the the Winter Counts. Think about the iconography of the Winter Counts--how one symbol captured a year in time for the Lakota artist and Winter Count keeper who painted these Lakota calendars. Then: Create your own version of a Winter Count for at least 6 years of your life. Select a symbol to summarize each year (you will have a total of 6 images). You may complete this in any medium you feel is appropriate for you. Write a brief, typed paper that addresses the following: What did you learn about Lakota Winter Counts from the on-line exhibit? What impressed you most about these records? What would be the strengths and weaknesses of this way of keeping a people's history? What are the events that you have represented? Are these personal or communal events? How did you organize your Winter Count (ie. chronologically? In a line? In a circle?). How is this similar or different from the Winter Counts you viewed in the exhibit? What medium did you use for your Winter Count? Is the medium you chose different from that of the Winter Counts in the exhibit? What are the other similarities and differences you see between your Winter Count and those of the exhibit?

Option #3 Due:October 31, 2016 Value: Understanding how the arts have functioned to record and transmit history in culures with oral, rather than literate, traditions. Cross-cultural comparison of images and symbols that convey meaning. Learning about your own history. Instructions: First: Listen to the class discussion on Plains cultures and arts. Next: Visit the "Lakota Winter Counts" on-line exhibit. Review the "Who are the Lakota" and "What are Winter Counts" sections before you actually view the Winter Counts themselves. Note that you can zoom in and move around each of the the Winter Counts. Think about the iconography of the Winter Counts--how one symbol captured a year in time for the Lakota artist and Winter Count keeper who painted these Lakota calendars. Then: Create your own version of a Winter Count for at least 6 years of your life. Select a symbol to summarize each year (you will have a total of 6 images). You may complete this in any medium you feel is appropriate for you. Write a brief, typed paper that addresses the following: What did you learn about Lakota Winter Counts from the on-line exhibit? What impressed you most about these records? What would be the strengths and weaknesses of this way of keeping a people's history? What are the events that you have represented? Are these personal or communal events? How did you organize your Winter Count (ie. chronologically? In a line? In a circle?). How is this similar or different from the Winter Counts you viewed in the exhibit? What medium did you use for your Winter Count? Is the medium you chose different from that of the Winter Counts in the exhibit? What are the other similarities and differences you see between your Winter Count and those of the exhibit?