Archived OSEU-aligned Lesson
Manifest Destiny Math
Combined WoLakota archive · IDM lessons
OSEU 1Mathematics
Grade level: Grade 4
Compelling question
Was Manifest Destiny and Imperialism a positive movement for everyone?
Standards & practices
4.NF.3 Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b. For example, 4/5 =
1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 a. Add and subtract of fractions e.g., joining and separating parts
referring to the same whole. b. Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with like
denominators in more than one way, recording each decomposition by an equation. Justify
decompositions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.
4.NF.5 Express a fraction with denominator 10 as an equivalent fraction with denominator
100, and use this technique to add two fractions with respective denominators 10 and 100.
For example, express 3/10 as 30/100, and add 3/10 + 4/100 = 34/100
4.NBT.5 . Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and
multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties
of operations. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays,
and/or area models
Staging the question
Not specified in the archived lesson.
Supporting inquiries
Were there already people settled
across the West?
Map Indigenous areas across U.S.
www.wolakotaproject.org/native-
land-loss-across-the-us/
Supporting question 2
Can land be taken by the
government?
Formative performance task
Map original Indigenous original
area across South Dakota
Figure area and perimeter of areas
Featured sources
www.wolakotaproject.org/native-
land-loss-across-the-us/
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/o
ceti-sakowin-essential-
understanding-one/oseu-one-
interview-with-joseph-marshall-iii/
Supporting question 3
Was there a hidden agenda in the
Dawes Act?
Formative performance task
Map current indigenous areas
across South Dakota
Figure area and perimeter of areas
Is there a difference between the
past lesson?
Featured sources
http://www.sdibaonline.org/resma
p.htm
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/d
oc.php?flash=false&doc=50
Summative performance task · Argument
Construct an argument whether Manifest Destiny was a positive experience for
everyone involved. Was the only purpose of Manifest Destiny Westward
Performance
Task
expansion? Do you feel the name “Manifest Destiny” was coined to romanticize
what the reality of Westward expansion really was?
Extension
Not specified in the archived lesson.
Taking informed action
Research whether the Oceti Sakowin people were in support or not of Manifest Destiny and
the Dawes Act.
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: Joseph Marshall III. A specific video was not identified for these references.
Original text & supporting materials
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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Manifest Destiny Math” | OSEU 1: Lands & Environment
Compelling
Question
Was Manifest Destiny and Imperialism a positive movement for everyone?
Standards and
Practices
4.NF.3 Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b. For example, 4/5 =
1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 a. Add and subtract of fractions e.g., joining and separating parts
referring to the same whole. b. Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with like
denominators in more than one way, recording each decomposition by an equation. Justify
decompositions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.
4.NF.5 Express a fraction with denominator 10 as an equivalent fraction with denominator
100, and use this technique to add two fractions with respective denominators 10 and 100.
For example, express 3/10 as 30/100, and add 3/10 + 4/100 = 34/100
4.NBT.5 . Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and
multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties
of operations. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays,
and/or area models
Staging the
Question
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
Were there already people settled
across the West?
Can land be taken by the
government?
Was there a hidden agenda in the
Dawes Act?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Map Indigenous areas across U.S.
Map original Indigenous original
area across South Dakota
Figure area and perimeter of areas
Map current indigenous areas
across South Dakota
Figure area and perimeter of areas
Is there a difference between the
past lesson?
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
www.wolakotaproject.org/native-
land-loss-across-the-us/
www.wolakotaproject.org/native-
land-loss-across-the-us/
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/o
ceti-sakowin-essential-
understanding-one/oseu-one-
interview-with-joseph-marshall-iii/
http://www.sdibaonline.org/resma
p.htm
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/d
oc.php?flash=false&doc=50
Summative
Argument
Construct an argument whether Manifest Destiny was a positive experience for
everyone involved. Was the only purpose of Manifest Destiny Westward
Performance
Task
expansion? Do you feel the name “Manifest Destiny” was coined to romanticize
what the reality of Westward expansion really was?
Extension
Taking
Informed
Action
Research whether the Oceti Sakowin people were in support or not of Manifest Destiny and
the Dawes Act.