Lesson / Document · South Dakota · OSEU 6
Themes: Kinship & family, Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Treaties & sovereignty, Listening & observation
Resource text
Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Lesson Title” | OSEU 6: Sovereignty & Treaties
Compelling
Is there only one way to record history?
Question
OSEU Standard 6.1 – Identify historic eras as recorded through Oceti Sakowin Winter Counts,
petroglyphs, and shirt wearer’s shirts (1700-1870).
Standards and K-12.H.2 Students will analyze and evaluate the impact of people, events, ideas and symbols
Practices upon history using multiple sources.
Staging the Students will journal about how they have learned about history. (What is the most common way
Question history is passed down from generation to generation?)
Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3
How were winter counts
used and interpreted,
How are textbooks and history
What are Winter Counts? and what can they tell us
books helpful to us?
about Oceti Sakowin
people?
Formative Performance
Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task
Task
Students will come into
Students will view a powerpoint on the basics of winter
class and observe the
Students will read a piece of counts. They will then create and sketch a symbol for
winter count on the
information out of their what they believe is the most significant event of the
board. Each student will
textbooks, and out of a primary year. They will also include a description on the back.
get a write up of what
history book. They will discuss in Students will get with a partner to review each others
each symbol meant. The
groups what they learned from winter counts. Then make inferences on what each of
students will get a
each section. As a whole class, your partners symbols represent. Then present your
partner and find three
we will discuss the positives and inferences to the class, along with what your partner’s
things they can learn
negatives of this form of history description. As a class we will discuss the positives and
about Oceti Sakowin
keeping. (Day 1) negatives of this form of record keeping, and what the
people from the winter
key elements are in using it. (Day 2)
count. (Day 3)
Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources
The Lakota Way: Stories and https://sdpb.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/11e492e2-
Lessons for Living, Class 027d-4058-9fc4-5ede11f82460/winter-count-lesson- ““
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Summative Is there only one way to record history? Why were winter counts so important to the
Argument
Oceti Sakowin people?
Performance
Task Extension Students will write a paragraph on topic above.
Taking
Students will share with their families on the importance of preserving winter counts, and why they
Informed
are important to the Oceti Sakowin people.
Action