Grade inferred from the archived academic standard codes; check suitability for your students.
Archived standards are preserved as originally published and may differ from current standards.
Compelling question
How have different time eras effected the selected figures in his/her life?
Standards & practices
3.H.2.1 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant
historical changes and continuities.
3.H.2.2 Explain the importance of famous American figures including but not limited to
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson.
OSEU 5.3 Compare the diverse cultures within the Oceti Sakowin through oral story tradition
and written accounts.
Staging the question
What can we understand by comparing character traits, accomplishments, and important
events within completed timelines?
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
How has the time-era effected your figure
compared to the other figures presented in the
class?
Formative performance task
Students will order their figures in a sequential
order according to when they lived and post on
larger timeline within the school.
Featured sources
Large timeline on the wall, along with students’
timelines.
Supporting question 2
Did the selected historical figures presented affect/impact
other selected individuals?
Formative performance task
Students will discuss if these impacts were positive or
negative.
Featured sources
Finished timelines on larger timeline wall.
Summative performance task · Argument
How have the selected figure’s actions effected history?
Extension
Students will research events that have happened in history and
add to the larger timeline.
Taking informed action
Students can then further discuss how these figures impacted events in history and vice versa.
Elder sources included in this lesson
No specific Elder video could be matched to the archived lesson’s source references.
Original text & supporting materials
The complete archived text is retained here, including details that may extend beyond the inquiry blueprint.
Read the full archived lesson text
Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Biographies Timelines - Lesson 6” | OSEU 5: Oral Tradition and Story
Compelling
Question
How have different time eras effected the selected figures in his/her life?
Standards and
Practices
3.H.2.1 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant
historical changes and continuities.
3.H.2.2 Explain the importance of famous American figures including but not limited to
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson.
OSEU 5.3 Compare the diverse cultures within the Oceti Sakowin through oral story tradition
and written accounts.
Staging the
Question
What can we understand by comparing character traits, accomplishments, and important
events within completed timelines?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
How has the time-era effected your figure
compared to the other figures presented in the
class?
Did the selected historical figures presented affect/impact
other selected individuals?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Students will order their figures in a sequential
order according to when they lived and post on
larger timeline within the school.
Students will discuss if these impacts were positive or
negative.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Large timeline on the wall, along with students’
timelines.
Finished timelines on larger timeline wall.
Summative
Performance Task
Argument
How have the selected figure’s actions effected history?
Extension
Students will research events that have happened in history and
add to the larger timeline.
Taking Informed
Action
Students can then further discuss how these figures impacted events in history and vice versa.