Oceti Sakowin Culture through Oral Tradition

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “Oceti Sakowin Culture through Oral Tradition” | OSEU 5: Oral Tradition & Story Compelling Question Is Native American oral storytelling still considered a primary source? Standards and Practices OSEU 5.1 Identify elements of Oceti Sakowin culture within oral tradition, written accounts and primary source information, and compare them to written accounts by mainstream historians. 3.H.5.1 Compare information provided by different primary and secondary historical sources about the past. Staging the Question If you were listening to a Native American elder tell an oral story, is that considered a primary source? Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 What is a primary source? What is a secondary source? Who is telling the story to you? Do you think this source is a primary source or a secondary source? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Primary Source: The students orally tell a partner a personal story about themselves. Secondary Source: The students retell their partner’s story to another member of the class. The students brainstorm why the sources are named “Primary” and “Secondary”. Based on their ideas, we will be able to create a definition of the terms as a class. Through the students participating in creating the definitions, they should retain the information better. The students will watch/listen to one of the Elder videos. Through their watching the video, they will be asking themselves “Who is telling the story?” Depending on the Elder video, it may be a primary or secondary source. If the Elder is telling a personal experience story, then it is a primary source. If the Elder is telling a story about their history, then it would be considered a secondary source. Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources Primary Source: Primary Source Video Secondary Source: Secondary Source Video Summative Performance Task Argument Do Native Americans believe that they are the primary source when they are telling an oral story in first person? Extension The students would be allowed to select whether they want to tell an oral story by being the primary source or the secondary source. The students could either write the story or orally tell me the story. Then, they would have to let me know if they were telling the story as a primary or secondary source. Taking Informed Action The students would be able to determine the difference between a primary source and a secondary source. Also, the students would consider and discuss if an oral tradition story told by a Native American in first person was considered a primary source or a secondary source. Finally, the students would show their understanding by telling a story and naming whether they were the primary source or secondary source of the story.