Native AmericanPictograph

Native Americans often communicated and told stories using pictographs. A pictograph or pictogram is a symbol representing a concept, object, place or activity. Pictographs were invented by the Sumerians 3,000 year ago. Native Americans living in early America used pictographs as their writing system. Some Native Americans still use pictographs today.

One morning, the people of the village decided to travel far across the

mountains to find fresh water and more food. Finally, they found a river

and caught many fish. That night, they celebrated their good fortune.

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Create your own original pictograph symbols and place them in the blank pictograph squares. Create a story using a combination of the pictograph symbols provided and your created symbols. Write your story in pictograph symbols on the hide and write out the story in words on the lines provided.

Native AmericanPictograph

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