Todd County Middle School · OSEU 1 · Reading

Estimated Use: Middle 2 weeks of Quarter 2 – beginning of December – approximately 6-8 days Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “Death of the Iron Horse” | OSEU 1: Lands & Environment Compelling After reading Death of the Iron Horse by Paul Goble, can we appreciate the balance needed Question between interconnectedness and the introduction of machines and technology in society? Standards and 7.RL.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as Practices well as inferences drawn from the text. Staging the How are we connected to the earth? How are we connected to technology? Where have you Question heard stories about the impact of technology on the earth? Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 How did the relationship Does the difference between man-made between the connection to How does the relationship between the law and the law of nature matter in daily earth and the expansion of connection to earth and the expansion life? technology affect the people of of technology affect us today? the past? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Do a close read of Death of the Iron Horse. Look for evidence of the connection between the Make an outline of your typical day. Before reading Death of the Iron Horse, characters and the earth. Then Mark how often you interact with students will watch the attached video. look for conflict created by the technology. Then mark how often you After watching, students will journal incorporation of technology. interact with earth, nature, and other about their ideas that answer the question Make a T chart of the benefits people. Journal briefly if you feel that “What is the difference between man- and the challenges created by you have good balance with these made law and the law of nature?” the introduction of the things. locomotive to the Native people. Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oceti- http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oceti- sakowin-essential-understanding- Text of Death of the Iron Horse sakowin-essential-understanding- one/oseu-one-interview-with-david-bald- by Paul Goble one/oseu-one-interview-with-gladys- eagle-2/ hawk/ Create a medicine wheel that depicts a balance between interconnectedness with other people and earth and the incorporation of machines and technology in our Argument world today. Focus on the balance that you want to find as you finish middle Summative school and high school. When you’re done with the balance portion, write a Performance Task concluding statement that explains why you feel this is the best balance. Conduct research on other times that technology was introduced to a new society Extension that was unfamiliar with it. Compare and contrast these events with the introduction of the locomotive to the Native people. Address causes and effects in  the compare and contrast. Taking Informed Replace one activity that you normally do on technology each day this week with a walk in nature, Action a conversation in person with a friend, or an outdoor activity.