Lesson / Document · South Dakota · OSEU 2
Themes: Identity & belonging, Education & learning, Boarding schools & assimilation, Healing & resilience, Spirituality & ceremony, Values & generosity, Culture & continuity
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Todd County Middle School: My Journey health curriculum
Quarter 1 Week 1 Day
Medicine Wheel As a Guiding Symbol Module 1 Lesson 2| OSEU 2: Identity &
Resiliency
Compelling
Where do you see the medicine Wheel represented?
Question
OSEU 2
Standard 2.1 –Demonstrate knowledge of the Oceti Sakowin people’s understanding of the
interrelationship of spiritual, physical, social and emotional health.
• Standard 2.2 –Describe the impact of Euro-American ideals, values, rights, philosophy, and
beliefs, upon Oceti Sakowin people as tribal, state, and US citizens.
• Standard 2.3 --Recognize that there is a continuum of tribal identity, ranging from assimilated
to traditional lifestyle, that includes each unique subculture or individual member within the
Standards and
Practices Oceti Sakowin.
Key Concepts:
Symbol – an object that represents, stands for, or suggests an idea, visual image, belief, action,
or material entity.
Medicine Wheel
Balanced Person
Staging the
Are there any ideas what the symbol means?
Question
Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3
What are some examples of ways
What does the cross you have seen the four quadrants
What does the circle mean to mean to you? What of the Medicine Wheel used?
you? What does it represent? does it represent?
Formative Performance
Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task
Task
Understanding Balance (use red, black, white,
Jigsaw Groups Jigsaw Groups yellow balloons). See page 19 for class group
activity.
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My Journey curriculum
My Journey curriculum pg 15-22 My Journey curriculum pg 15-22
pg 15-22
Summative Argument Was balancing one balloon as a team hard? What about two?
Performance What about three? How difficult was balancing all four balloons?
Task
Extension
Taking Informed
Action