PETROGLYPHS PICTOGRAPHS ROCK ART DEFINITIONS Pictographs are pictures

PETROGLYPHS & PICTOGRAPHS ROCK ART

DEFINITIONS Pictographs are pictures or symbols that are painted onto rock. Petroglyphs are pictures or symbols that are carved into rock. Rock Art: a general term for the pecking, incising, or painting of designs onto rock surfaces. Symbol: a thing which represents something else.

FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE & ROCK ART First Nations People in Canada created our first art using rock as their canvas. Because the Canadian Shield region has a lot of rock, much of this historic art is found here. Rock Art was a way of telling stories and recording history

TOOLS Pictographs were painted with natural pigments, like ochres and iron oxides, that resulted in colors including reds, yellows, browns and blacks. The pigments stained the rock, and because rock is porous, they eventually seeped into it and became permanent. Petroglyphs were scratched or carved into rock surfaces, usually with a simple stone or bone tool.

PETERBOROUGH PETROGLYPHS PROVINCIAL PARK • Located in Woodville Ontario (Northeast of Peterborough) • Home to the largest collection of ancient First Nations petroglyphs (rock carvings) in Ontario • Considered a sacred site by many Indigenous people • called the teaching rocks or Kinomagewapkong) and used for ceremonial purposes year round • Over 900 images that help us to better understand Indigenous worldview • Dated to between 600 -1100 years ago • Carved by the Algonquin people

OJIBWE & NORTHWEST COAST

“It is very important that people understand about the pictographs on the rock. Native people did not write, but drew pictographs; it is part of their oral history. Pictographs explain how the young people were taught to go out in the country and live. It explains the young peoples’ vision quest at certain ages. The pictographs are drawing of the dreams of the young people, of the animals they see in their dreams, and what they will follow in life. They will also dream about people who guide them. The pictographs are drawn to look at, to read and to understand. They are for others who come to the mountain to prepare themselves for their vision quest and follow the patterns the others took. The pictographs were drawn on the safest spot, on the spot that would last for years. ” Jimmy Jack, Elder

YOUR TASK: Create your own modern day pictograph using oil pastels on coloured paper Write a short story and tell it using symbols You have to use at least 10 symbols, from any culture Your story must have 3 paragraphs and include a hero/main character, a setting, an event/conflict/antagonist, and a resolution (intro, middle, end) You can organize your story however you choose Fill up the page

MARKING SCHEME: Foundations Work ethic, deadline, staying on task, followed directions, fulfilled criteria ------/10 Creation Images/symbols well drawn, good use of space, thoughtful composition, thoughtful use of colours, no smudges, no tears or folds, neatness, quality----- /10 Reflection Story includes all necessary elements, story written out and included on back of artwork, creative, unique ------ /10