Todd County Middle School · OSEU 2 · Music

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “Culture of Indigenous Flute” | OSEU 2: Identity & Resiliency Compelling Exploratory: Week 4 Every Quarter What is the history of the Lakota flute? Question Day-Trip: Week 7 Every Quarter 6-8g.MU.Pr.6.1.a Perform the music with technical accuracy and expression to convey the composer's intent. Standards and 6-8.MUg.Re.9.1.a Apply teacher or personally- developed criteria to evaluate musical works or Practices performances. OSEU 2.1 – Demonstrate knowledge of the Oceti Sakowin people’s understanding of the interrelationship of spiritual, physical, social and emotional health. Staging the What is the difference between the Lakota flute and the flute used in a band in school? Question Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 How did the Lakota people come to have the flute within the What is the flute used for in Lakota society? community? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Students will complete a talk and share with a partner or small Students will read Chapter 2: Indigenous Flute History. group and discuss the purpose the flute played in traditional Students will be able to verbally identify how the Lakota came Lakota society, and discuss where and how they observe the to have the flute, the animal that created it, and the animal flute in modern Lakota culture. that the flute is considered to have come from (as a gift). Students will create a diagram of the information shared Students will create a visual representation of the origin of the amongst the groups presenting how the flute was used in flute. Projects can be a drawing, diorama, or written text. traditional Lakota society and where students see it in Modern Lakota society. Featured Sources Featured Sources Play Along Recorder App on the iPad Siyothanka kin Yazo Po! Learn to the Play the Flute!: Music Siyothanka kin Yazo Po! Learn to the Play the Flute!: Music Lesson Book for the Indigenous North American Flute Lesson Book for the Indigenous North American Flute By: Kevin Locke and Richard Dube – Lesson 2: Indigenous Flute By: Kevin Locke and Richard Dube – Lesson 2: Indigenous Flute History History Use the Play Along Recorder app on the iPad to play an intermediate level song to Argument demonstrate the roles the different parts of the flute work to play different notes. Summative Performance Task Students may elect to learn a song from Siyothanka kin Yazo Po! Learn to the Play the Extension Flute!: Music Lesson Book for the Indigenous North American to play on the recorder or a Lakota flute. Students will research songs that are similar to the courting songs of the Lakota. Students will create a one- Taking Informed page summary of why the song is similar to Lakota courting songs and the intent of the song in modern Action society.