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Compelling question
How is the connections made between people/groups often correlated with connections
made with the land?
Standards & practices
OSEU 1.3-Demonstrate understanding of the interrelationships of Oceti Sakowin people,
places, and environments within all tribal lands in South Dakota.
7.G.3.3 Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are
connected to human identities and cultures
Staging the question
What does it mean to be connected to each other? What does it mean to be connected to
the land?
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
How do names help us connect to
the land?
Formative performance task
Research your name.
Graph areas of names.
Practice telling your name in Lakota
Nancy Lebeau emaciyapi (ee-ma-
chee-yah-pee)
In what ways did the
Lakota/Dakota people take care of
the land before technology?
Formative performance task
List some Natural Resources.
How was the earth then before we
started exploiting / taking/
disrespecting the earth?
How is the earth today?
What did Chief Seattle mean in his
letter to the “Great White Chief?”
What is tiospaye?
What are some values/traditions
taught using the kinship system?
Formative performance task
Learn about the kinship system of
the Lakota/Dakota.
Featured sources
Waterlily by Ella Deloria
Use the wolakota site to view the
Essential Understandings 1 like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=3vUviRPQ-1c
Summative performance task · Argument
Knowing where you are from helps to connect to that place. The Lakota people
know that there is power in place. How do we get people to connect to the
earth again and respect her?
Extension
Research the DAPL movement of the Water Protectors. (6.H.4.1 Consider
alternative courses of action or outcomes for historical events X X X 6)
Read Waterlily and discuss the lessons about values/traditions after each
chapter.
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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Emaciyapi ” | OSEU 1: Lands & Environment
Compelling
Question
How is the connections made between people/groups often correlated with connections
made with the land?
Standards and
Practices
OSEU 1.3-Demonstrate understanding of the interrelationships of Oceti Sakowin people,
places, and environments within all tribal lands in South Dakota.
7.G.3.3 Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are
connected to human identities and cultures
Staging the
Question
What does it mean to be connected to each other? What does it mean to be connected to
the land?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
How do names help us connect to
the land?
In what ways did the
Lakota/Dakota people take care of
the land before technology?
What is tiospaye?
What are some values/traditions
taught using the kinship system?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Research your name.
Graph areas of names.
Practice telling your name in Lakota
Nancy Lebeau emaciyapi (ee-ma-
chee-yah-pee)
List some Natural Resources.
How was the earth then before we
started exploiting / taking/
disrespecting the earth?
How is the earth today?
What did Chief Seattle mean in his
letter to the “Great White Chief?”
Learn about the kinship system of
the Lakota/Dakota.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/o
seu-one-lowell-amiotte-
connections-to-land-and-people/
http://www.halcyon.com/arborhts
/chiefsea.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Bu76ewMl7-E
Waterlily by Ella Deloria
Use the wolakota site to view the
Essential Understandings 1 like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=3vUviRPQ-1c
Summative
Performance
Task
Argument
Knowing where you are from helps to connect to that place. The Lakota people
know that there is power in place. How do we get people to connect to the
earth again and respect her?
Extension
Research the DAPL movement of the Water Protectors. (6.H.4.1 Consider
alternative courses of action or outcomes for historical events X X X 6)
Read Waterlily and discuss the lessons about values/traditions after each
chapter.
Taking Informed
Action