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Compelling question
What is the difference between stewardship and ownership?
Standards & practices
OSEUS 1.1 – Identify changes from the historic land base to the contemporary nine-reservation
South Dakota land base of the Oceti Sakowin, and analyze the causes and implication of those
changes.
5.H.1.3 Describe the impact other countries had on North America through exploration and
conflict
Staging the question
How is the connection with the land spiritual?
How is identity lost when the land is taken?
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
What is stewardship of the land?
What is ownership of the land?
Formative performance task
Create a poster identifying
2 examples of stewardship and
2 examples of ownership
Featured sources
Watch “Stewardship and the Land”
interview with Stephanie Charging
Eagle
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oc
eti-sakowin-essential-understanding-
one/oseu-one-interview-with-
stephanie-charging-eagle/
Supporting question 2
How did the original land base of the
Oceti Sakowin change over time?
Formative performance task
Label/color 2 maps:
1. Original land base of Oceti
Sakowin in South Dakota
2. 9 reservations in South
Dakota today
Featured sources
SD Indian Tribes and Languages-
Maps of SD showing the original land
base of the Oceti Sakowin in South
Dakota to the 9 reservations today
http://www.native-
languages.org/sdakota.htm
Supporting question 3
What are the misunderstandings that
have happened in South Dakota
because of differences in concepts of
land ownership?
Formative performance task
Do you agree/disagree with this
article? Do you think the Black Hills
claim case will ever be settled?
Why/why not? (5-7 sentences)
Featured sources
Read the article “Reclaiming the
Sacred Black Hills”
http://indiancountrytodaymedianet
work.com/2014/06/28/reclaiming-
sacred-black-hills
Summative performance task · Argument
Write an argument discussing if a person’s connection to the land is spiritual or not.
If it is spiritual, how? If it is NOT spiritual, why not? What is your opinion? (at least 5
sentences)
Extension
Is identity lost when the connection to the land is gone? How would your life be
changed if your home was taken away, and you had to move to a completely
different place? How would your life continue to be the same? Write your thoughts
about the connection to the land in at least 7 sentences.
Taking informed action
Research the Black Hills Claim Case. What is the state of the case today? What is being done to
move the case forward? Write a 3-5 sentence summary of the case as it stands today. Create a
poster promoting the return on the Black Hills claim case.
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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Land Stewardship & Ownership” | OSEU 1: Lands & Environment
Compelling
Question
What is the difference between stewardship and ownership?
Standards and
Practices
OSEUS 1.1 – Identify changes from the historic land base to the contemporary nine-reservation
South Dakota land base of the Oceti Sakowin, and analyze the causes and implication of those
changes.
5.H.1.3 Describe the impact other countries had on North America through exploration and
conflict
Staging the
Question
How is the connection with the land spiritual?
How is identity lost when the land is taken?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
What is stewardship of the land?
What is ownership of the land?
How did the original land base of the
Oceti Sakowin change over time?
What are the misunderstandings that
have happened in South Dakota
because of differences in concepts of
land ownership?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Create a poster identifying
2 examples of stewardship and
2 examples of ownership
Label/color 2 maps:
1. Original land base of Oceti
Sakowin in South Dakota
2. 9 reservations in South
Dakota today
Do you agree/disagree with this
article? Do you think the Black Hills
claim case will ever be settled?
Why/why not? (5-7 sentences)
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Watch “Stewardship and the Land”
interview with Stephanie Charging
Eagle
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oc
eti-sakowin-essential-understanding-
one/oseu-one-interview-with-
stephanie-charging-eagle/
SD Indian Tribes and Languages-
Maps of SD showing the original land
base of the Oceti Sakowin in South
Dakota to the 9 reservations today
http://www.native-
languages.org/sdakota.htm
Read the article “Reclaiming the
Sacred Black Hills”
http://indiancountrytodaymedianet
work.com/2014/06/28/reclaiming-
sacred-black-hills
Summative
Performance
Task
Argument
Write an argument discussing if a person’s connection to the land is spiritual or not.
If it is spiritual, how? If it is NOT spiritual, why not? What is your opinion? (at least 5
sentences)
Extension
Is identity lost when the connection to the land is gone? How would your life be
changed if your home was taken away, and you had to move to a completely
different place? How would your life continue to be the same? Write your thoughts
about the connection to the land in at least 7 sentences.
Taking Informed
Action
Research the Black Hills Claim Case. What is the state of the case today? What is being done to
move the case forward? Write a 3-5 sentence summary of the case as it stands today. Create a
poster promoting the return on the Black Hills claim case.