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Compelling question
How do changes in land change human populations?
Standards & 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).
SS 9-12.G.5.1 - Analyze the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations.
SS 9-12.G.6.2 - Evaluate how different cultures identify and utilize natural resources.
Staging the question
Describe the importance of land (i.e. natural resources, flora, fauna) to people.
Evaluate how environments change over time.
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
What role do food sources play in the
distribution and migration of
populations?
Formative performance task
Evaluate and reflect on the role of
animals to the Oceti Sakowin as
portrayed by George Catlin.
Featured sources
George Catlin Paintings & Descriptions:
Antelope Shooting, Decoyed Up:
(http://americanart.si.edu/collections/
search/artwork/?id=3872)
Sioux Indians on Snowshoes Lancing
Buffalo:
(http://americanart.si.edu/collections/
search/artwork/?id=4369)
Medicine Buffalo of the Sioux:
(http://americanart.si.edu/collections/
search/artwork/?id=4269)
Supporting question 2
How have indigenous groups changed
their traditional ways of life because
of resource availability?
Formative performance task
Write a short reaction paper focused
on the calls for reform raised by
Peru’s indigenous populations.
Featured sources
PBS NewsHour’s Peru’s Indigenous
People Call for Environmental
Change:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=SPzBf-PKcLs)
Supporting question 3
How have changes in land rights
impacted people groups?
Formative performance task
Create a timeline of major land
losses in North America and how
that impacted native peoples,
paying particular attention to the
Oceti Sakowin.
Featured sources
Invasion of America Map:
(http://invasionofamerica.ehistory.o
rg)
Summative performance task · Argument
Construct a visual slide show that addresses the compelling question utilizing
Performance
Task
information from relevant sources, both historical and contemporary.
Extension
Create a map illustrating changes in population centers and populations over the past
10,000 years. Include descriptions of how resource use and availability has played a
part in these changes.
Taking informed action
Create an “Ad campaign style” poster encouraging resource conservation habits and display them at
the school.
Elder sources included in this lesson
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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Populations” | OSEU 1: Lands & Environment
Compelling
Question
How do changes in land change human populations?
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).
SS 9-12.G.5.1 - Analyze the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations.
SS 9-12.G.6.2 - Evaluate how different cultures identify and utilize natural resources.
Staging the
Question
Describe the importance of land (i.e. natural resources, flora, fauna) to people.
Evaluate how environments change over time.
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
What role do food sources play in the
distribution and migration of
populations?
How have indigenous groups changed
their traditional ways of life because
of resource availability?
How have changes in land rights
impacted people groups?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Evaluate and reflect on the role of
animals to the Oceti Sakowin as
portrayed by George Catlin.
Write a short reaction paper focused
on the calls for reform raised by
Peru’s indigenous populations.
Create a timeline of major land
losses in North America and how
that impacted native peoples,
paying particular attention to the
Oceti Sakowin.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
George Catlin Paintings & Descriptions:
Antelope Shooting, Decoyed Up:
(http://americanart.si.edu/collections/
search/artwork/?id=3872)
Sioux Indians on Snowshoes Lancing
Buffalo:
(http://americanart.si.edu/collections/
search/artwork/?id=4369)
Medicine Buffalo of the Sioux:
(http://americanart.si.edu/collections/
search/artwork/?id=4269)
PBS NewsHour’s Peru’s Indigenous
People Call for Environmental
Change:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=SPzBf-PKcLs)
Invasion of America Map:
(http://invasionofamerica.ehistory.o
rg)
Summative
Argument
Construct a visual slide show that addresses the compelling question utilizing
Performance
Task
information from relevant sources, both historical and contemporary.
Extension
Create a map illustrating changes in population centers and populations over the past
10,000 years. Include descriptions of how resource use and availability has played a
part in these changes.
Taking Informed
Action
Create an “Ad campaign style” poster encouraging resource conservation habits and display them at
the school.