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Todd County Middle School · OSEU 2 · LakotaCulture

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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.

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