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Trade

Combined WoLakota archive · IDM lessons

OSEU 7Social studies

Grade level: Grade 5

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Compelling question

Is money the only way of obtaining what individuals need?

Standards & practices

OSEU 7.3 Students will identify ways that the Oceti Sakowin values provide resiliency in keeping the Oceti Sakowin way of life. 5.E.1.2 Explain the role of money as a means of trade between individuals and/or groups. 5.E.5.1 Describe the role of trading in early US History.

Staging the question

How do you get what you need or want? What if you didn’t have any money?

Supporting inquiries

Supporting question 1

How our economy today is compared to historical economies?

Formative performance task

Students will engage in the Bartering System and play the game Would You Survive? Afterwards, the students will create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast bartering/trade to how they get items of need today.

Featured sources

Before the activities, watch “Moccasin Economy” by Lowell Amiotte http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oseu-seven-lowell- amiotte-moccasin-economy / Bartering – A system of exchange http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3589 Would You Survive? game http://cf.ltkcdn.net/kids/files/882-Bartering-Game.pdf

Supporting question 2

How did the United States economy develop?

Formative performance task

(**This task could be the first of two from before the Civil War and after the Civil War) Students will create a non-traditional timeline of the US economy development. They will use the following sources, plus others to be able to create their timelines. Examples: Timeline App http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom- resources/student-interactives/timeline-30007.html 3-D Version

Featured sources

The Fur Trade: Our People's story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HHGmxQ2C4w The Red Sash by Jean E. Pendziwol https://www.amazon.com/Red-Sash-Jean- Pendziwol/dp/088899589X The Fur Trade Game https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Fur- Trade-Game-1181608 War of 1812 Time of Major Events http://www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/timeline / War of 1812 http://www.american-historama.org/1801-1828- evolution/facts-about-war-of-1812.htm US History War of 1812 http://www.ducksters.com/history/us 1800s/war of 1812. _ _ _ php

Summative performance task · Argument

Ask students to think, pair, and share this question. Does a society need to have money or something in the place of money to be able to prosper?

Extension

Students will create their own trade game (board game, card game, and app). They must establish the setting, characters, time frame, currency type, and situations in which the characters have to trade.

Taking informed action

Students will start their own “trading” center where the school/community may bring in usable items they do use or need and donate it or trade it with something they could use.

Elder sources included in this lesson

Moccasin Economy

Lowell Amiotte

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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “Trade” | OSEU 7: Way of Life & Development Compelling Question Is money the only way of obtaining what individuals need? Standards and Practices OSEU 7.3 Students will identify ways that the Oceti Sakowin values provide resiliency in keeping the Oceti Sakowin way of life. 5.E.1.2 Explain the role of money as a means of trade between individuals and/or groups. 5.E.5.1 Describe the role of trading in early US History. Staging the Question How do you get what you need or want? What if you didn’t have any money? Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 How our economy today is compared to historical economies? How did the United States economy develop? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Students will engage in the Bartering System and play the game Would You Survive? Afterwards, the students will create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast bartering/trade to how they get items of need today. (**This task could be the first of two from before the Civil War and after the Civil War) Students will create a non-traditional timeline of the US economy development. They will use the following sources, plus others to be able to create their timelines. Examples: Timeline App http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom- resources/student-interactives/timeline-30007.html 3-D Version Featured Sources Featured Sources Before the activities, watch “Moccasin Economy” by Lowell Amiotte http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oseu-seven-lowell- amiotte-moccasin-economy / Bartering – A system of exchange http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3589 Would You Survive? game http://cf.ltkcdn.net/kids/files/882-Bartering-Game.pdf The Fur Trade: Our People's story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HHGmxQ2C4w The Red Sash by Jean E. Pendziwol https://www.amazon.com/Red-Sash-Jean- Pendziwol/dp/088899589X The Fur Trade Game https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Fur- Trade-Game-1181608 War of 1812 Time of Major Events http://www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/timeline / War of 1812 http://www.american-historama.org/1801-1828- evolution/facts-about-war-of-1812.htm US History War of 1812 http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1800s/war_of_1812. php Summative Performance Task Argument Ask students to think, pair, and share this question. Does a society need to have money or something in the place of money to be able to prosper? Extension Students will create their own trade game (board game, card game, and app). They must establish the setting, characters, time frame, currency type, and situations in which the characters have to trade. Taking Informed Action Students will start their own “trading” center where the school/community may bring in usable items they do use or need and donate it or trade it with something they could use.

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