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Lesson plan · North Dakota · NDNAEU 1 · NDNAEU 2

Themes: Land & stewardship, Kinship & family, Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Culture & continuity, Food & plants

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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ Needs & Wants NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling” Compelling Question What are the essential needs in our lives? Standards and Practices ND Health Standard 4 Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks 4.2.1 Demonstrate healthy ways to express needs, wants, feelings, and emotions. Staging the Question If you were lost in a forest, what would be important to have with you? Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 What is a want? What is a need? What were the traditional wants and needs of the Indigenous People of North Dakota? How have wants and needs changed throughout time? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Given examples of wants and needs, students will sort items by correct category. Compare your wants and needs with the traditional wants and needs of the Indigenous People of North Dakota. Create a Past/Present T chart. Discuss differences between traditional and contemporary wants and needs. Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources Arthur’s TV by Marc Brown: https://www.amazon.com/ArthursTrouble-Adventure-HardcoverSeptember/dp/B010EWDQSG/ref=sr_ 1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470336 805&sr=1- 9&keywords=arthur%27s+tv+books Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco: https://www.amazon.com/ChickenSunday-PatriciaPolacco/dp/0698116151/ref=sr_1_1? s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470336859& sr=1- 1&keywords=chicken+sunday+books Max’s Dragon Shirt by Rosemary Wells: https://www.amazon.com/MaxsDragon-Shirt-RosemaryWells/dp/0140567275/ref=sr_1_1?s= books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470336902&sr =1- 1&keywords=Max%E2%80%99s+Drag on+Shirt++books Nothing by Jon Agee: https://www.amazon.com/NothingJonAgee/dp/0786836946/ref=sr_1_1?s=b ooks&ie=UTF8&qid=1470336951&sr= 1-1&keywords=nothing++Jon+Agee Need and Wants sorting activity: https://www.teacherspayteachers.co m/Product/Wants-and-NeedsFreebie-1641427 Pebble Books on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/NeedsWants-PebbleBooksGillia/dp/1429617071/ref=sr_1 _1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=14703262 08&sr=1- 1&keywords=needs+and+wants+pebble+books The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein: https://www.amazon.com/GivingTree-ShelSilverstein/dp/0060256656/ref=sr_1_ 1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=147033698 1&sr=1- 1&keywords=the+giving+tree+by+she l+silverstein How People Learned to Fish Iktomi’s Blanket SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Supported Claim (written/spoken) or Demonstration of Process (project-based) During a class discussion, have students explain how one item can be both a need and a want. SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Extension After creating a list of wants and needs, justify your answers through discussion. Have the students who are confused talk though their process to see if they understand the needs vs. the wants. Taking Informed Action / Real World Application Class research or discuss how do we keep our essential needs accessible to us (land, air, food and water). How can they start helping these essential needs?

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