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Compelling question
Do you have stories that have been passed down in your family?
Standards & 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.
3.H.2.3 Analyze a community’s culture and history
Staging the question
Why is oral story telling important to the Oceti Sakowin people?
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
What is a primary source?
What is a secondary source?
Formative performance task
Discuss the difference
between primary and
secondary sources, and
show examples of each.
What are some of the oral traditions and
stories of the Oceti Sakowin people?
Are their different versions of the same
story?
Formative performance task
Listen to several elder interviews related to
Oral Story Telling: “Storytelling and Oral
Tradition,” “Appreciating Multiple Versions
of Stories,” “The Story of Iktome and the
Ducks,” & “Iktome Stories.”Read The Lakota
Way as read aloud throughout this unit.
Students will read different Lakota Stories
Featured sources
“Storytelling and Oral Tradition” Elder
Interview:
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oseu-five-
delores-taken-alive-storytelling-oral-
tradition/
“Appreciating Multiple Versions of Stories”
Elder Interview:
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oseu-
five/oseu-five-interview-with-jace-decory/
“The Story of Iktome and the Ducks” Elder
Interview:
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/the-story-
of-iktome-the-ducks-by-janet-claymore-ross/
“Iktome Stories” Elder Interview:
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/lakota-
stories/
The Lakota Way
https://www.amazon.com/Lakota-Way-
Stories-Lessons-
Compass/dp/0142196096/ref=sr 1 1?ie=UTF
_ _
8&qid=1481057161&sr=8-
1&keywords=The+Lakota+Way
Lakota Stories Website:
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/lakota-
stories/
Supporting question 3
What is a life lesson or moral that is
important to you?
Formative performance task
Students will think of an important
lesson they have learned and want to
share with others. Students will plan,
draft, write, and rehears a story with a
moral or lesson. Students will practice
their story so that they can story tell it
in front of the class.
Featured sources
Not specified in the archived lesson.
Summative performance task · Argument
Is your oral story telling a primary or secondary source? How do you
know the difference between a primary and secondary source?
Extension
Invite guest speaker from Mt. Rushmore to give presentation to our
class on Lakota Oral Story Telling (the presentations get posted in
January).
https://www.nps.gov/moru/learn/education/classrooms/guestspeaker
s.htm
Taking informed action
Students will present their oral stories to our Kindergarten Buddies.
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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Oral Story Telling” | OSEU 5: Oral Tradition & Story
Compelling Question
Do you have stories that have been passed down in your family?
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.
3.H.2.3 Analyze a community’s culture and history
Staging the Question
Why is oral story telling important to the Oceti Sakowin people?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
What is a primary source?
What is a secondary source?
What are some of the oral traditions and
stories of the Oceti Sakowin people?
Are their different versions of the same
story?
What is a life lesson or moral that is
important to you?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Discuss the difference
between primary and
secondary sources, and
show examples of each.
Listen to several elder interviews related to
Oral Story Telling: “Storytelling and Oral
Tradition,” “Appreciating Multiple Versions
of Stories,” “The Story of Iktome and the
Ducks,” & “Iktome Stories.”Read The Lakota
Way as read aloud throughout this unit.
Students will read different Lakota Stories
Students will think of an important
lesson they have learned and want to
share with others. Students will plan,
draft, write, and rehears a story with a
moral or lesson. Students will practice
their story so that they can story tell it
in front of the class.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
“Teaching Primary and
Secondary Sources”:
https://www.georgewbushli
brary.smu.edu/~/media/GW
BL/Files/Education%20pdfs/
ElementaryLP_PrimarySecon
darySources_Web.ashx
“Storytelling and Oral Tradition” Elder
Interview:
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oseu-five-
delores-taken-alive-storytelling-oral-
tradition/
“Appreciating Multiple Versions of Stories”
Elder Interview:
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oseu-
five/oseu-five-interview-with-jace-decory/
“The Story of Iktome and the Ducks” Elder
Interview:
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/the-story-
of-iktome-the-ducks-by-janet-claymore-ross/
“Iktome Stories” Elder Interview:
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/lakota-
stories/
The Lakota Way
https://www.amazon.com/Lakota-Way-
Stories-Lessons-
Compass/dp/0142196096/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF
8&qid=1481057161&sr=8-
1&keywords=The+Lakota+Way
Lakota Stories Website:
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/lakota-
stories/
Summative
Performance Task
Argument
Is your oral story telling a primary or secondary source? How do you
know the difference between a primary and secondary source?
Extension
Invite guest speaker from Mt. Rushmore to give presentation to our
class on Lakota Oral Story Telling (the presentations get posted in
January).
https://www.nps.gov/moru/learn/education/classrooms/guestspeaker
s.htm
Taking Informed Action
Students will present their oral stories to our Kindergarten Buddies.