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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Final product from day 2: a map of
the Black Hills correctly labeled with
the 5 mentioned sacred sites,
Summative coordinates that correctly locate
Argument
Performance Task each site on the finished map, and an
explanation on how to use the map
to correctly locate the sacred sites
using coordinates.
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.