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Compelling question
What is the most reliable form of recording history? Why?
Standards & practices
OSEU 5.1, Identify element of Oceti Sakowin culture within oral tradition, written account
and primary source information and compare them to written accounts by mainstream
historians.
7.G.7.2 Articulate how changes in technology influence the spatial connections among
human settlements and affect the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.
Staging the question
Does bias happen in all forms of communication?
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
What is bias?
Formative performance task
Create poster with examples of bias.
Featured sources
Magazines, newspapers, & online
samples.
Supporting question 2
Are there issues with oral
communication?
Formative performance task
Telephone game.
Featured sources
Jace DeCory interview:
Supporting question 3
Issues with written communication
Formative performance task
Looking at several sources: history book,
internet sites, Facebook/Twitter etc.
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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
“Oral vs. Written” | OSEU 5: Oral Tradition & Story
Compelling Question
What is the most reliable form of recording history? Why?
Standards and
Practices
OSEU 5.1, Identify element of Oceti Sakowin culture within oral tradition, written account
and primary source information and compare them to written accounts by mainstream
historians.
7.G.7.2 Articulate how changes in technology influence the spatial connections among
human settlements and affect the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.
Staging the Question
Does bias happen in all forms of communication?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
What is bias?
Are there issues with oral
communication?
Issues with written communication
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Create poster with examples of bias.
Telephone game.
Looking at several sources: history book,
internet sites, Facebook/Twitter etc.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Magazines, newspapers, & online
samples.
Jace DeCory interview:
http://glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/00
78912504/index.html
Summative
Performance Task
Argument
Extension
Interview an older relative about an important event in their lifetime.
Compare it to a history textbooks recording of the same event.
Taking Informed
Action
Children of the Plains video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GACcBe9Be58
More than that: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhribaNXr7A