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Compelling question
Do our history books give us the whole story?
Standards & practices
OSEU 6.1 – Identify historic eras as recorded through Oceti Sakowin Winter Counts, petroglyphs,
and shirt wearer’s shirts (1700-1870).
8.H.1.4 Explain how and why the land west of the Mississippi was acquired and settled
Staging the question
How can we use authentic Oceti Sakowin sources to receive a more comprehensive history of
events?
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
What is reported in the 1804—1806
Oceti Sakowin Winter Counts?
Formative performance task
Students access and examine
Smithsonian Winter Counts, recording
Ocetia Sakowin accounts of
interactions with Lewis and Clark’s
Corps of Discovery.
Featured sources
http://wintercounts.si.edu/index.html
Supporting question 2
What is reported in Lewis and
Clark’s journals from their
Expedition across the western
United States?
Formative performance task
Students read Lewis and Clark’s
journals regarding the Corps of
Discovery on the PBS website.
What agreements can be found
between the Winter Counts and the
Corps’ journals?
Formative performance task
Create a Venn Diagram of reports from
both sides’ on interactions and effects
of Lewis and Clark’s travels through
the Midwest.
Featured sources
Not specified in the archived lesson.
Summative performance task · Argument
Students debate the value of using authentic Oceti Sakowin historic recordings
alongside traditional, written European accounts.
Extension
Students research one event from history that can be superiorly investigated using
Oceti Sakowin Winter Counts, petroglyphs, shirt wearer’s shirts, and/or oral stories
that provide additional or contradictory information from traditional, written
European accounts.
Taking informed action
Where traditional, written European accounts prove to be misinformation, students write to state
legislatures requesting more comprehensive accounts to be published and used as mainstream
curriculum in American history classes.
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“Oceti Sakowin Sources” | OSEU 6: Sovereignty & Treaties
Compelling
Question
Do our history books give us the whole story?
Standards and
Practices
OSEU 6.1 – Identify historic eras as recorded through Oceti Sakowin Winter Counts, petroglyphs,
and shirt wearer’s shirts (1700-1870).
8.H.1.4 Explain how and why the land west of the Mississippi was acquired and settled
Staging the
Question
How can we use authentic Oceti Sakowin sources to receive a more comprehensive history of
events?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
What is reported in the 1804—1806
Oceti Sakowin Winter Counts?
What is reported in Lewis and
Clark’s journals from their
Expedition across the western
United States?
What agreements can be found
between the Winter Counts and the
Corps’ journals?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Students access and examine
Smithsonian Winter Counts, recording
Ocetia Sakowin accounts of
interactions with Lewis and Clark’s
Corps of Discovery.
Students read Lewis and Clark’s
journals regarding the Corps of
Discovery on the PBS website.
Create a Venn Diagram of reports from
both sides’ on interactions and effects
of Lewis and Clark’s travels through
the Midwest.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
http://wintercounts.si.edu/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
archive/index.html
Summative
Performance
Task
Argument
Students debate the value of using authentic Oceti Sakowin historic recordings
alongside traditional, written European accounts.
Extension
Students research one event from history that can be superiorly investigated using
Oceti Sakowin Winter Counts, petroglyphs, shirt wearer’s shirts, and/or oral stories
that provide additional or contradictory information from traditional, written
European accounts.
Taking Informed
Action
Where traditional, written European accounts prove to be misinformation, students write to state
legislatures requesting more comprehensive accounts to be published and used as mainstream
curriculum in American history classes.