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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Boarding School” | OSEU 6: Sovereignty & Treaties
Compelling
Question
What were Reservation Boarding Schools? What other actions did the US government do to
assimilate the people of the Oceti Sakowin?
Standards and
Practices
USEU 6.4
Math Practice 1, 4 and 5
Staging the
Question
Imagine you were taken away from your family at a very young age and taken to a strange place,
where no one spoke the same language as you.
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
How long were board schools in use?
What are treaties?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Students will articulate how long board schools were in
use for students from the reservations across the US.
Some research will be involved.
Students will articulate the different treaties presented in
the video and answer 2 of questions in the video.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Waylon Black Crow
Drs. Sherry Johnson & Nadine Eastman
Summative
Performance
Task
Argument
Students will write a brief essay on their findings here and how it relates to their life.
Extension
Students can video interview community members who attended boarding schools.
Taking Informed
Action
Show the video to their parents and community members at family nights.