What is the difference between Lakota drum beats and song lyrics?
Todd County Middle School · 2018
OSEU 3Lakota language
Grade level: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Middle school collection; specific grade not stated.
Archived standards are preserved as originally published and may differ from current standards.
Compelling question
What is the difference between Lakota drum beats and song lyrics?
First quarter
Week 10
3 consecutive lessons (can be extended to 5 lesson plans due to timeframe of transcribing as
it is a long process)
Length – 45 minutes per lesson
Standards & practices
OSEU • Standard 3.4 – Identify Oceti Sakowin songs and categorize them by appropriate
context (ceremony songs, honoring/ celebration songs, and wacipi / powwow songs).
Lakota Language Standard 3
6.3.1 Recite developmentally appropriate songs, proverbs, and poetry of the Lakota cultures
Staging the question
What is the difference between a ceremony song and a social song?
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
What are the lyrical differences between a social
song and a ceremonial song?
Formative performance task
Listen to Earl Bullhead Wankatakiya Ahitunwan
video and view translation. Listen to and watch
Four directions video on YouTube with lyrics
presented as handout in SLO.
Featured sources
Earl Bullhead Song Wankatakiya Ahintunwan with
translation video
OSEU 3
Four directions video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE7YD2dvRJk
Supporting question 2
What is the difference in the drumbeats?
Formative performance task
Listen to the drumbeats found in Earl Bullheads
video. Then listen Sundance Songs video on
YouTube for difference in drum beat.
Featured sources
Sundance Songs Video Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S03llgFtMWw
Earl Bullhead Wankatakiya Ahitunwan video OSEU
3
Supporting question 3
Not specified in the archived lesson.
Formative performance task
Not specified in the archived lesson.
Featured sources
Sources
Summative performance task · Argument
Create a chart explaining the difference in ceremonial songs and powwow
songs. Acknowledging difference in drumbeats and lyrics
Performance Task
Extension
Elaborate on other Earl Bullhead videos and watch other powwow songs
or round dance songs on youtube.
Taking informed action
What did you learn about Lakota songs? Write it down and share with class. Exit ticket.
Elder sources included in this lesson
No specific Elder video could be matched to the archived lesson’s source references.
Also named in the source: Earl Bullhead. A specific video was not identified for these references.
Original text & supporting materials
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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Lesson Title” | OSEU 3: Culture & Language
Compelling Question
What is the difference between Lakota drum beats and song lyrics?
First quarter
Week 10
3 consecutive lessons (can be extended to 5 lesson plans due to timeframe of transcribing as
it is a long process)
Length – 45 minutes per lesson
Standards and Practices
OSEU • Standard 3.4 – Identify Oceti Sakowin songs and categorize them by appropriate
context (ceremony songs, honoring/ celebration songs, and wacipi / powwow songs).
Lakota Language Standard 3
6.3.1 Recite developmentally appropriate songs, proverbs, and poetry of the Lakota cultures
Staging the Question
What is the difference between a ceremony song and a social song?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting
Question 3
What are the lyrical differences between a social
song and a ceremonial song?
What is the difference in the drumbeats?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative
Performance
Task
Listen to Earl Bullhead Wankatakiya Ahitunwan
video and view translation. Listen to and watch
Four directions video on YouTube with lyrics
presented as handout in SLO.
Listen to the drumbeats found in Earl Bullheads
video. Then listen Sundance Songs video on
YouTube for difference in drum beat.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured
Sources
Earl Bullhead Song Wankatakiya Ahintunwan with
translation video
OSEU 3
Four directions video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE7YD2dvRJk
Sundance Songs Video Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S03llgFtMWw
Earl Bullhead Wankatakiya Ahitunwan video OSEU
3
Summative
Argument
Create a chart explaining the difference in ceremonial songs and powwow
songs. Acknowledging difference in drumbeats and lyrics
Performance Task
Extension
Elaborate on other Earl Bullhead videos and watch other powwow songs
or round dance songs on youtube.
Taking Informed Action
What did you learn about Lakota songs? Write it down and share with class. Exit ticket.