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Compelling question
How can knowing about the 7 sacred sites, and the established US treaties and
laws help us grow in understanding of our neighbors?
Is it valuable to learn two sides of history when it affects so many different
people?
Standards & practices
4.H.1.1 Analyze the impact of significant historical events on the
development of cultures in South Dakota
4.H.1.2 Generate questions about multiple historical sources and their
relationships to particular historical events and developments
4.H.2.1 Explain the effects of conflicts and the establishment of reservations
on the American Indians culture
OSEU 5.1 History told from the Oceti Sakowin perspective, through oral
tradition and written accounts, frequently conflicts with the stories
mainstream historians tell and becomes subjective information. Currently
historical perspective is being revisited to be more inclusive.
OSEU 6.2 and 6.3 Federal policies and treaties put into place throughout
American history have affected Oceti Sakowin people adversely. Tribes as
sovereign nations have the authority to enter into government to government
relationships. Currently, the relationships with the States are not the same for
each tribe.
Staging the question
How was the Oceti Sakowin effected by the many laws and treaties put into
place by the US Government?
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
Why did the Ft. Laramie
Treaties of 1851 and 1858
begin the great loss of land for
the Lakota Nation?
What was the catalyst at the
heart of the US failing to keep
their Treaties?
Formative performance task
Create a T-chart labeled
“Positive and Negative”
aspects of each treaty item.
Featured sources
https://www.ndstudies.gov/gr
8/content/unit-iii-waves-
development-1861-
1920/lesson-4-alliances-and-
conflicts/topic-2-sitting-bulls-
people/section-3-treaties-fort-
laramie-1851-1868
https://docs.google.com/docu
ment/d/1FyGkZX3LIIuQtjKvgB4
1SJFS9i9e9lEZZr4zSBT4Wfc/edi
t?usp=sharing
Text copies from the Lakota
Lands and Identities class.
Supporting question 2
How did the Homestead Act and
the Manifest Destiny idea impact
the Treaties of 1851 and 1858?
Formative performance task
*(A great deal of front loading and
visualizations and literature will
make this a more realistic
experience)
Journal about how it would feel to
be an immigrant family “getting a
new chance at life” by moving west
and gaining land and a way to
make a living.
Journal on another page what it
would feel like to be a Lakota
watching people moving into a land
you once shared with everyone,
that no one owned, and being told
it was no longer accessible, and you
could be arrested or more likely
killed if you went on this land.
Compare/contrast these two
journals in a Venn Diagram.
Featured sources
https://docs.google.com/documen
t/d/1FyGkZX3LIIuQtjKvgB41SJFS9i9
e9lEZZr4zSBT4Wfc/edit#heading=h.
d0pp1qmpk6by
Book ideas:
How Many Days to America: A
Thanksgiving Story by Eve Beck
A True Book – Westward Expansion
by Teresa Domnauer
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth
George Speare
Thunder on the Plains The Story of
the American Buffalo
By:
Ken
Robbins
Cassie’s Journey: Going West in the
1860s
by Brett Harvey and Deborah
Kogan Ray
If You Lived With the Sioux
Indians By: Ann McGovern
Expansion in the United States: A
Perspectives Flip Book By Nell
Musolf
*High level – use excerpts maybe:
Saga of the Sioux: An Adaptation
from Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at
Wounded Knee
by Dee Brown,
Dwight Jon Zimmerman (Adapter)
Supporting question 3
How does gaining the knowledge of
the 7 Sacred Sites of the Lakota and
the Ft. Laramie treaties of 1851 and
1858, help us understand the
continued racism that is prevalent in
the Black Hills and surrounding
areas in the present day?
Formative performance task
Make a flow chart or chain
reaction/cause and effect chart with
the events leading to the present
time.
Compose a written reaction about
how the events have led to racism in
the Black Hills area. Support your
reaction with text evidence.
Featured sources
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikip
edia/commons/b/bf/Indian Land f
_ _
or Sale.jpg
_
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/os
eu-five-whitney-rencountre-why-
isnt-this-taught/
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/os
eu-six-interview-with-joseph-
marshall-iii/
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/os
eu-five-drs-sherry-johnson-nadine-
eastman-biased-history-texts/
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/os
eu-six/oseu-six-interview-with-
stephanie-charging-eagle/
Summative performance task · Argument
Do you think the treaties were written in a misleading style?
Why or Why not? How were they translated?
Extension
What was the impact of not all of the Oceti Sakowin Chiefs
signing the treaties? Find reasons why they did or did not
sign the treaties.
Taking informed action
Research which Oceti Sakowin Chiefs signed and did not sign the treaties and
which tribes they lead.
Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Part 3 Treaty and Law effects” | OSEU 6: Sovereignty & Treaties
“Part 3 Treaty and Law effects” | OSEU 7: Way of Life & Development
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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Part 3 Treaty and Law effects” | OSEU 6: Sovereignty & Treaties
“Part 3 Treaty and Law effects” | OSEU 7: Way of Life & Development
Compelling Question
How can knowing about the 7 sacred sites, and the established US treaties and
laws help us grow in understanding of our neighbors?
Is it valuable to learn two sides of history when it affects so many different
people?
Standards and Practices
4.H.1.1 Analyze the impact of significant historical events on the
development of cultures in South Dakota
4.H.1.2 Generate questions about multiple historical sources and their
relationships to particular historical events and developments
4.H.2.1 Explain the effects of conflicts and the establishment of reservations
on the American Indians culture
OSEU 5.1 History told from the Oceti Sakowin perspective, through oral
tradition and written accounts, frequently conflicts with the stories
mainstream historians tell and becomes subjective information. Currently
historical perspective is being revisited to be more inclusive.
OSEU 6.2 and 6.3 Federal policies and treaties put into place throughout
American history have affected Oceti Sakowin people adversely. Tribes as
sovereign nations have the authority to enter into government to government
relationships. Currently, the relationships with the States are not the same for
each tribe.
Staging the Question
How was the Oceti Sakowin effected by the many laws and treaties put into
place by the US Government?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
Why did the Ft. Laramie
Treaties of 1851 and 1858
begin the great loss of land for
the Lakota Nation?
What was the catalyst at the
heart of the US failing to keep
their Treaties?
How did the Homestead Act and
the Manifest Destiny idea impact
the Treaties of 1851 and 1858?
How does gaining the knowledge of
the 7 Sacred Sites of the Lakota and
the Ft. Laramie treaties of 1851 and
1858, help us understand the
continued racism that is prevalent in
the Black Hills and surrounding
areas in the present day?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Create a T-chart labeled
“Positive and Negative”
aspects of each treaty item.
*(A great deal of front loading and
visualizations and literature will
make this a more realistic
experience)
Journal about how it would feel to
be an immigrant family “getting a
new chance at life” by moving west
and gaining land and a way to
make a living.
Journal on another page what it
would feel like to be a Lakota
watching people moving into a land
you once shared with everyone,
that no one owned, and being told
it was no longer accessible, and you
could be arrested or more likely
killed if you went on this land.
Compare/contrast these two
journals in a Venn Diagram.
Make a flow chart or chain
reaction/cause and effect chart with
the events leading to the present
time.
Compose a written reaction about
how the events have led to racism in
the Black Hills area. Support your
reaction with text evidence.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
https://www.ndstudies.gov/gr
8/content/unit-iii-waves-
development-1861-
1920/lesson-4-alliances-and-
conflicts/topic-2-sitting-bulls-
people/section-3-treaties-fort-
laramie-1851-1868
https://docs.google.com/docu
ment/d/1FyGkZX3LIIuQtjKvgB4
1SJFS9i9e9lEZZr4zSBT4Wfc/edi
t?usp=sharing
Text copies from the Lakota
Lands and Identities class.
https://docs.google.com/documen
t/d/1FyGkZX3LIIuQtjKvgB41SJFS9i9
e9lEZZr4zSBT4Wfc/edit#heading=h.
d0pp1qmpk6by
Book ideas:
How Many Days to America: A
Thanksgiving Story by Eve Beck
Cassie’s Journey: Going West in the
1860s by Brett Harvey and Deborah
Kogan Ray
A True Book – Westward Expansion
by Teresa Domnauer
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth
George Speare
Thunder on the Plains The Story of
the American Buffalo By: Ken
Robbins
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikip
edia/commons/b/bf/Indian_Land_f
or_Sale.jpg
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/os
eu-five-whitney-rencountre-why-
isnt-this-taught/
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/os
eu-six-interview-with-joseph-
marshall-iii/
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/os
eu-five-drs-sherry-johnson-nadine-
eastman-biased-history-texts/
If You Lived With the Sioux
Indians By: Ann McGovern
Expansion in the United States: A
Perspectives Flip Book By Nell
Musolf
*High level – use excerpts maybe:
Saga of the Sioux: An Adaptation
from Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at
Wounded Knee
by Dee Brown,
Dwight Jon Zimmerman (Adapter)
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/os
eu-six/oseu-six-interview-with-
stephanie-charging-eagle/
Summative
Performance Task
Argument
Do you think the treaties were written in a misleading style?
Why or Why not? How were they translated?
Extension
What was the impact of not all of the Oceti Sakowin Chiefs
signing the treaties? Find reasons why they did or did not
sign the treaties.
Taking Informed Action
Research which Oceti Sakowin Chiefs signed and did not sign the treaties and
which tribes they lead.