Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ Thirteen Moons on Turtles Back NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” Compelling Question How can you keep track of time if you don’t have a watch or calendar? Standards and Practices ND Social Studies Standards: H.K_2.1 Compare perspectives of people in the past to those of people in the present. G.K_2.1 Describe how the physical environment affects people and how people affect the physical environment. Staging the Question How did early Indigenous people keep track of time? Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 Read the book, Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back by Joseph Bruchac. What does each legend have in common? Can you locate the geographical region of each “moon” tribe based upon clues within the legend? Why did some Native people use a turtle’s back as a calendar? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Using a Venn diagram, choose two legends and list differences in each legend plus commonalities. Find the geographical location of three of the legends using clues held within the legend. Use a search engine to confirm your hunch and bookmark the website or copy and paste the link into a document. Read “A Note About This Book” on the last page of Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back. Using a search engine, find other moon legends or names that may not have been listed in Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back. Write a short summary about one of the stories that you find using your own words or make a list of other moon names and state the tribe. Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources https://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Moons-Turtles-Back-American/dp/0698115848/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26XGWENG6ER8&dchild=1&keywords=thirteen+moons+on+turtles+back&qid=1595963478&sprefix=thirteen+moo%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-1 None https://www.wwu.edu/planetarium/a101/indianmoons.shtml#Sioux SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Supported Claim (written/spoken) or Demonstration of Process (project-based) Which moons legend originated in North Dakota? State the legend and support your reasoning with facts. SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Extension Create a calendar using symbols from the thirteen moons listed in Joseph Bruchac’s book. Taking Informed Action / Real World Application Compare and contrast the Indigenous moon names to the current lunar calendar. https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/