Lesson / Document · South Dakota · OSEU 2
Themes: Kinship & family, Identity & belonging, Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Healing & resilience, Values & generosity, Culture & continuity, Humor & play
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What does it mean to be human?
“Defining an Individual” | OSEU 2: Identity & Resiliency
Compelling
Where Do I Go From Here?
Question
SD 8.RL.3: Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action,
Standards reveal aspects of character, or provoke a decision.
and
OSEU2.2: Describe the impact of Euro-American ideals, values, rights, philosophy, and beliefs upon
Practices
Oceti Sakowin people as tribal, state, and US citizens.
Family, identity, and culture tie together to form who we are as individuals and people who belong to tribe, state, and
Staging the country. The traditional Oceti Sakowin family structure shares much in common with other contemporary family
Question structures in America, which primarily come from Europe. In what ways do Euro-American ideals, values, rights,
philosophy, and beliefs compare to the Oceti Sakowin family structure?
Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3
How do the rights of the Oceti What are the traditional Oceti How have traditional Oceti Sakowin values
Sakowin people differ under Sakowin values? How do those
been impacted by Euro-American values?
Tribal, state, and country values compare to
structures? contemporarily Euro-American In what ways, do the traditional and the
values? contemporary stand in opposition to one
another?
Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task
Discussion: What are your Discussion: Where do our values Play several round of the Sociology game,
rights as a citizen of the Tribe, come from? How are values set
SIMSOC, Simulated Society
state, and United States. by a society?
(by Simon & Shuster)
What are the 12 primary Oceti
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Sakowin values.
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contemporary Euro-American
Discussion: What did you learn from playing
society?
the game?
Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources
OSEU2: “Interview with Gladys OSEU2: “There Is No Generic SIMSOC, Simulated Society
Hawk” Indian with Lydia Whirlwind (http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/SIMSOC-
(http://www.wolakotaproject. Soldier” Simulated-Society-Participants-Manual/William-A-
org/oseu-two/oseu-two- (http://www.wolakotaproject.or Gamson/9780684871400)
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lydia-whirlwind-soldier/)
We are all a combination of our experiences and beliefs. What factors have
Argument shaped your values? In what ways have contemporary American family values
Summative
Performanc influenced your Lakota values?
e Task
Chart the values unique to traditional Lakota family values and contemporary
Extension
American values. How are the similar? How are they different?
Write a narrative answering the question: “How does one maintain traditional Oceti Sakowin family
Taking
Informed values while living in a contemporary American family culture?
Action