Lesson / Document · South Dakota · OSEU 2 · OSEU 3 · OSEU 5
Themes: Kinship & family, Identity & belonging, Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Healing & resilience, Spirituality & ceremony, Culture & continuity
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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Who Am I” | OSEU 2: Identity & Resiliency
Compelling
Who am I?
Question
OSEU 2.1 Demonstrate knowledge of the Oceti Sakowin people’s understanding of the interrelationship of
spiritual, physical, social and emotional health.
Standards and OSEU 3.3 Recall Oceti Sakowin sacred sites, creation stories, and star knowledge and describe how they
Practices relate to each other, and how they are still used today on and off the reservation.
OSEU 5.1 Identify elements of Oceti Sakowin culture within oral tradition, written accounts and primary
source information, and compare them to written accounts by mainstream historians.
Staging the
Where do I come from?
Question
Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3
Where do I come from spiritually? Where do the Lakota come from? Who are my family?
Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task
Compare and Contrast Creation stories
using a two circle Venn Diagram
First People’s Graphic Organizer
Traditional Family Tree
Compare and Contrast Creation Stories Early Lakota History Guided Notes
Draw a Family Constellation
to Scientific Explanations using a 3
circle Venn Diagram
Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources
Lakota Creation Story
Early History of the Lakota – Victor
Creation Stories
Douville Powerpoint
First Peoples: America PBS Nova Video
What theory for how Native Americans got to the Americas makes the most sense to
Summative Argument you and why? Be specific and use examples of things that you think support your
theory and do not support other theories.
Performance
Task Do you feel one style of family tree is more useful than the other? Why or why not?
Extension
What could these family trees be used for?
Taking Informed Create a poster advertising the theory of your choice that includes the argument as to why your
Action theory is the best explanation.