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Compelling question
How does geographic region impact human life?
Standards & practices
4.G.3.1 – Describe how natural and human conditions shape places and regions.
Staging the question
Discuss the area in which you live – talk about the natural resources you have, resources that come
to you from far away, and how these resources might be different from someone who lives
elsewhere.
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
How did different regions affect the ways that the Oceti Sakowin lived?
Formative performance task
Write 1-3 paragraphs comparing and contrasting the different ways Native Americans were stewards of the land based on
where they lived.
Understand – Conduct some more in-depth research on each of the ways that geographic regions
impacted the ways that the Oceti Sakowin lived.
Assess – Examine each of the different ways that the Oceti Sakowin lived – if you went back in time
and had the choice, which way do you think you would choose to live?
Act – Based on which way of life you chose, write journal entries for a full week (7 days) describing
your day-to-day life.
Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Geography & Life” | OSEU 1: Lands & Environment
“Geography & Life” | OSEU 3: Culture & Language
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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Geography & Life” | OSEU 1: Lands & Environment
“Geography & Life” | OSEU 3: Culture & Language
Compelling
Question
How does geographic region impact human life?
Standards and
Practices
4.G.3.1 – Describe how natural and human conditions shape places and regions.
Staging the
Question
Discuss the area in which you live – talk about the natural resources you have, resources that come
to you from far away, and how these resources might be different from someone who lives
elsewhere.
Supporting Question
How did different regions affect the ways that the Oceti Sakowin lived?
Formative Performance Task
Write 1-3 paragraphs comparing and contrasting the different ways Native Americans were stewards of the land based on
where they lived.
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Summative
Performance Task
Argument
Extension
Taking Informed
Action
Understand – Conduct some more in-depth research on each of the ways that geographic regions
impacted the ways that the Oceti Sakowin lived.
Assess – Examine each of the different ways that the Oceti Sakowin lived – if you went back in time
and had the choice, which way do you think you would choose to live?
Act – Based on which way of life you chose, write journal entries for a full week (7 days) describing
your day-to-day life.