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Todd County Middle School · OSEU 3&7 · Math

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Lesson / Document · South Dakota · OSEU 3 · OSEU 7

Themes: Language & revitalization, Education & learning, Healing & resilience, Culture & continuity, Arts & expression, Economy & livelihoods

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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ Steve Heinert ,Todd County Middle School , Mission, South Dakota Cultural Math Geometric Designs 6 lessons | OSEA 3: Culture and Language and OSEA 7: Ways of Life and Development Compelling Question What are Geometric Shapes? OSEU 3 Culture and Language: Symbols For The Oceti Sakowin Nation Embody Colors, Directions, and Stars. OSEU 7: Ways of Life and Development: 7.3 Identify ways that the Oceti Sakowin provide resiliency in keeping their way of life. SD Common Core: 4.OA.C Generate and Analyze Patterns 4.G.A Draw and identify line, angles, and classify shapes by properties. G-MG Applying Geometric Concepts in Modeling. Standards and Practices These practices will be utilized in the lessons below that involve geometric shapes in quilt making, cake decorating, and dance regalia creation. Staging the Question Where Do You See Geometric Shapes? Supporting Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 3 Question 2 What and how many Where did the dancing regalia maker ingredients What materials are needed to make a Star Quilt? get their inspiration from to make are needed to dancing outfits? decorate a cake? Formative Formative Performance Task Performance Formative Performance Task Task 1) Bring a picture of a Star Quilt or the Quilt. Discuss what A guest 1) Students can bring pictures or the shapes and colors are used in making the quilts. Make a list speaker will actual dancing regalia that they of the shapes and color schemes. be brought in might have to school. Discuss and 2) Invite quest quilter in to give a presentation on Star Quilt to present the note the various colors and shapes making. Students take notes and ask questions. class with a that are included in the dancing 3) Visit Source site and find about the Lakota history of Star demonstration regalia. 2) Guest Speakers will be brought in Quilt making. Take notes on the reasons why they started of decorating to present their dancing regalia making them and the meaning behind the Morning Star. a cake with a that they have designed and made. Native Students can ask questions and American make notes of presentations. design that 3) Students will design and create includes patterns to be used in making various dancing regalia and will use a color shapes. scheme to complete a Star pattern. Students will help assist in the preparation for the cake to be decorated. Students will take notes and ask questions why it is designed this way. Featured Featured Sources Featured Sources Sources http://aktalakota.stjo.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8594 http://www.prairieedge.com/tribe- Eileen Shot ( scribe/what-indians-use-before-beads/ http://www.powwows.com/star-quilt-maker-shares-journey/ Parmelee http://www.mnopedia.org/evolution- Badlands Quilting ( Martin, SDak) SDak) dakota-beadwork Harvest Wind ( Parmelee, SDak.) Linda Douville https://www.huffingtonpost.com/emil- ( Parmelee her-many-horses/remembering-lakota- Mary Guerue (Mission, SDak ) ways_b_2145131.html Dodie Arcoren ( SDak) Janell Stoeger (TCMS in Mission SDak) 856-3504 St. Francis, SDak.) Freda Heinert ( Mission, SDak.) Students will discuss the various shapes and patterns that Argument are used to create a Star Quilt, Cake, or Dancing Regalia. Summative Discuss the history of the Star Quilt made by Lakota. Performance Task Create a pattern on a grid paper that could be used for Extension making a quilt, cake, or dancing regalia. Students will use knowledge from these lessons to help explain in the future, what, why, Taking Informed Action and how geometric patterns are used in the designs of Quilts, Cakes, and Dancing Regalia.

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