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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Life Changes” | OSEU 1: Lands & Environment
Compelling
Question
Does the passage of time change the structure in which we live?
Standards and
Practices
OSEUS 1.2 - Describe traditional and contemporary Oceti Sakowin perspectives on communal
stewardship of land and natural resources (flora, fauna, geographic and sacred features)
6.H.1.2 – Examine the chronology of historical events throughout the world to analyze their impact
on the past, present, and future.
7.G.5.3 – Explain how changes in land use affect population distribution patterns.
7.G.6.1 – Clarify how human groups adapt to, and depend upon, the natural environment
8.H.3.2 – evaluate competing ideas about the purposes the government should serve
Staging the
Question
How did the Oceti Sakowin live before and after European contact?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
What is communal living?
What benefit does communal living
have for the Oceti Sakowin?
How did the Oceti Sakowin way of life
change after European contact?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Students will look in an encyclopedia
or google the concept of communal
living. Students will write a paragraph
on what it would be like to live a
communal life. They should include
what differences there would be
compared to the lives they live.
Students will discuss communal life
with a partner and generate
questions to ask an invited Oceti
Sakowin elder. Students will listen
and question the elder about
communal living before European
contact.
Students will watch a video of Joseph
Marshall III. Students will lead a class
discussion on the differences
between before and after European
contact. Students will create a play,
poem, song, picture, or PowerPoint to
demonstrate their understanding of
how time has changed the way
people live.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Encyclopedia or Google
Oceti Sakowin Elder
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oce
ti-sakowin-essential-understanding-
one/
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oce
ti-sakowin-essential-understanding-
one/oseu-one-interview-with-joseph-
marshall-iii/
Summative
Performance
Task
Argument
Students will divide into 2 groups and will gather information on either the European
way of living or the Oceti Sakowin way of living. The students will them form a mock
trial. They will choose a defendant and a plantiff, a judge, lawyers, and jury members.
The case will be be about which way of life is the most supportive of all people in a
society.
Extension
Students can write a paper on how their way of living is different from their
grandparents.
Taking
Informed
Action
By living in a communal life, how did the Tiospaye (extended family members) handle the
stewardship of the land before European contact. Research how the Tiospaye of the Oceti Sakowin
are living a communal life today. Write a paper on comparing pre-contact and post-contact. Also
include one aspect of a current issue that the Oceti Sakowin are dealing with today.
COMBINED ARCHIVE VERSION · pages 286–289
Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Life Changes” | OSEU 1: Lands & Environment
Compelling
Question
Does the passage of time change the structure in which we live?
Standards and
Practices
OSEUS 1.2 - Describe traditional and contemporary Oceti Sakowin perspectives on communal
stewardship of land and natural resources (flora, fauna, geographic and sacred features)
6.H.1.2 – Examine the chronology of historical events throughout the world to analyze their impact
on the past, present, and future.
7.G.5.3 – Explain how changes in land use affect population distribution patterns.
7.G.6.1 – Clarify how human groups adapt to, and depend upon, the natural environment
8.H.3.2 – evaluate competing ideas about the purposes the government should serve
Staging the
Question
How did the Oceti Sakowin live before and after European contact?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
What is communal living?
What benefit does communal living
have for the Oceti Sakowin?
How did the Oceti Sakowin way of life
change after European contact?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Students will look in an encyclopedia
or google the concept of communal
living. Students will write a paragraph
on what it would be like to live a
communal life. They should include
what differences there would be
compared to the lives they live.
Students will discuss communal life
with a partner and generate
questions to ask an invited Oceti
Sakowin elder. Students will listen
and question the elder about
communal living before European
contact.
Students will watch a video of Joseph
Marshall III. Students will lead a class
discussion on the differences
between before and after European
contact. Students will create a play,
poem, song, picture, or PowerPoint to
demonstrate their understanding of
how time has changed the way
people live.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Encyclopedia or Google
Oceti Sakowin Elder
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oce
ti-sakowin-essential-understanding-
one/
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oce
ti-sakowin-essential-understanding-
one/oseu-one-interview-with-joseph-
marshall-iii/
Summative
Performance
Task
Argument
Students will divide into 2 groups and will gather information on either the European
way of living or the Oceti Sakowin way of living. The students will them form a mock
trial. They will choose a defendant and a plantiff, a judge, lawyers, and jury members.
The case will be be about which way of life is the most supportive of all people in a
society.
Extension
Students can write a paper on how their way of living is different from their
grandparents.
Taking
Informed
Action
By living in a communal life, how did the Tiospaye (extended family members) handle the
stewardship of the land before European contact. Research how the Tiospaye of the Oceti Sakowin
are living a communal life today. Write a paper on comparing pre-contact and post-contact. Also
include one aspect of a current issue that the Oceti Sakowin are dealing with today.
Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Life Changes” | OSEU 1: Lands & Environment
Compelling
Question
Does the passage of time change the structure in which we live?
Standards and
Practices
OSEUS 1.2 - Describe traditional and contemporary Oceti Sakowin perspectives on communal
stewardship of land and natural resources (flora, fauna, geographic and sacred features)
6.H.1.2 – Examine the chronology of historical events throughout the world to analyze their impact
on the past, present, and future.
7.G.5.3 – Explain how changes in land use affect population distribution patterns.
7.G.6.1 – Clarify how human groups adapt to, and depend upon, the natural environment
8.H.3.2 – evaluate competing ideas about the purposes the government should serve
Staging the
Question
How did the Oceti Sakowin live before and after European contact?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
What is communal living?
What benefit does communal living
have for the Oceti Sakowin?
How did the Oceti Sakowin way of life
change after European contact?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Students will look in an encyclopedia
or google the concept of communal
living. Students will write a paragraph
on what it would be like to live a
communal life. They should include
what differences there would be
compared to the lives they live.
Students will discuss communal life
with a partner and generate
questions to ask an invited Oceti
Sakowin elder. Students will listen
and question the elder about
communal living before European
contact.
Students will watch a video of Joseph
Marshall III. Students will lead a class
discussion on the differences
between before and after European
contact. Students will create a play,
poem, song, picture, or PowerPoint to
demonstrate their understanding of
how time has changed the way
people live.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Encyclopedia or Google
Oceti Sakowin Elder
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oce
ti-sakowin-essential-understanding-
one/
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oce
ti-sakowin-essential-understanding-
one/oseu-one-interview-with-joseph-
marshall-iii/
Summative
Performance
Task
Argument
Students will divide into 2 groups and will gather information on either the European
way of living or the Oceti Sakowin way of living. The students will them form a mock
trial. They will choose a defendant and a plantiff, a judge, lawyers, and jury members.
The case will be be about which way of life is the most supportive of all people in a
society.
Extension
Students can write a paper on how their way of living is different from their
grandparents.
Taking
Informed
Action
By living in a communal life, how did the Tiospaye (extended family members) handle the
stewardship of the land before European contact. Research how the Tiospaye of the Oceti Sakowin
are living a communal life today. Write a paper on comparing pre-contact and post-contact. Also
include one aspect of a current issue that the Oceti Sakowin are dealing with today.
Source provenance: SS-8-OSEU-1-Life-Changes.pdf · WoLakota Project archive. Reformatted for this collection.