We Are All Relatives-Lesson 1 of 2 -Family

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “We Are All Relatives-Lesson 1 of 2 -Family” | OSEU 4: Kinship & Harmony Compelling Question Who are your relatives in the full sense of Mitakuye Oyasin? (me-TOCK-oo-yay oh-yaw-sin) Standards and Practices OSEU 4.1 – Compare and contrast the traditional Oceti Sakowin family structure to contemporary family structures. 4.SL.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions Staging the Question Can friends, neighbors, and pets be “relatives” in the sense of Mitakuye Oyasin? Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 What is Mitakuye Oyasin? What are family members called in the Lakota language? What makes someone or something my “relative,” and can neighbors, friends, and pets be my “relatives” by this definition? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Watch the Joseph Marshall elder interview (link below) and discuss “Learn ABOUT” questions 5, 6, and 7 (provided below). Listen to the song (link below) and then use the chart (provided below) to help students become familiar with Lakota terms for relatives. Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oseu- four-interview-with-joseph-marshall-iii/ https://youtu.be/-YQt5Sv_NqI Questions provided below Summative Performance Task Argument Discuss a broader definition of “relative.” What makes someone or something my “relative,” and can neighbors, friends, and pets be my “relatives” by this definition? Introduce for thought the “Learn FROM” questions 5, 6, 7, and 8 (provided below). To prepare students to personally answer each of these four questions, give each student a piece of paper with instructions to place his or her name in the middle with radiating lines leading to “relatives” in the four categories addressed by the questions. Students may be invited to share their work with the group. Extension Taking Informed Action Students may be encouraged to share their chart of “relatives” with family and extended family.