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Lesson / Document · South Dakota · OSEU 1 · OSEU 3

Themes: Land & stewardship, Language & revitalization, Identity & belonging, Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Culture & continuity, Arts & expression, Community & responsibility, Listening & observation

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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ SD OSEU | OSEU 3: Culture & Language The origin, thought and philosophy of the Oceti Sakowin continues in the contemporary lifestyles of Tribal members. Tribal cultures, traditions and languages are incorporated and observed by many Tribal members both on and off the reservations. (*This Unit Plan is tentatively based on student performance and schedule changes due to weather. Planned for Week 9 Quarter 3 through Week 1 Quarter 4.) Compelling Question What are the sacred sites of the Oceti Sakowin and where are they located? 6.NS.6c – Find and position integers and other rational numbers on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram; find and position pairs of integers and other rational numbers on a coordinate plane. 6.EE.9 – Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another; write an equation to express one quantity, thought of as the dependent variable, in terms of the other quantity, Standards and Practices thought of as the independent variable. Analyze the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs, tables, and relate these to the equation. OSEU Standard 3.3 – Recall Oceti Sakowin sacred sites, creation stories, and star knowledge and describe how they relate to each other, and how they are still used today on and off the reservation. How many of you have been to Bear Butte, Pe’ Sla, Inya Kaga, (Devils Tower), Staging the Question Wind Cave, Black Elk Peak? Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 How long would it take to travel to Where are the Oceti Sakowin sacred Can you use coordinates to locate the the sacred sites from the Todd sites? Oceti Sakowin sacred sites on a map? County Middle School? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Day 3 Day 1 Day 2 1. Calculate student rate of 1. Students listen to the Lakota 1. Review x and y-axis, the four speed in miles per hour (walk Origin and Sacredness of quadrants on a grid, ordered 1 time around the track and Water stories by Duane pairs, and how to name points multiply by 4) Hollow Horn Bear and Velma on a grid (coordinates). 2. Use their speed to create a Killsback: Bear Butte & 2. Using paired coordinates, table using an independent Cekpapi to build background students will locate the Oceti variable – time (x) and of Lakota culture and origin of Sakowin sacred sites on a dependent variable (y) – the Sacred Sites. map. distance. 2. Read Lakota Origin Story by 3. Using a grid map, students will 3. Use data from the table to Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe name the coordinates of the make a graph that represents 3. Use a map of South Dakota Oceti Sakowin sacred sites. the time it takes to walk to and Western Wyoming to each of the Oceti Sakowin locate the Oceti Sakowin sacred sites. sacred sites. 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Students create a animal from the story: The Great Race using coordinates and plotting them correctly on a graph. 1. Create a map with a grid of the Rosebud Reservation. The map must include coordinates for your community, Todd County Middle School, IHS, Buches, Sinte Gleska, Pow-wow Grounds, Crazy Horse Extension Canyon, Casino, Buecher Memorial Lakota Museum, and these communities: Parmelee, Antelope, Rosebud, Okreek, Saint Francis and Olsonville. 2. Write the coordinates of each location from the map. Show others how to us a graph, map and coordinates to locate places of Taking Informed Action interest.

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