Stories

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “Stories” | OSEU 2: Identity & Resiliency “Stories” | OSEU 5: Oral Tradition & Story Compelling Question How are stories told differently? Standards and Practices OSEUS 2.2 Describe the impact of Euro-American ideals, values, rights, philosophy and beliefs upon Oceti Sakowin people as tribal, state and US citizens. OSEUS 5.1 Identify elements of Oceti Sakowin culture citizens with oral, written accounts and primary source information, and compare them to written accounts by mainstream historians. 8.H.2.2 Analyze how westward expansion was motivated by economic gain and Manifest Destiny. 8.H.4.7 Describe ways in which migration led to conflicts between Anglo-European and Native American culture. 8.C.1.2 Explain how government decisions impact people, places, and history. Staging the Question Do people tell the same story differently? Why does this happen? Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 How do the accounts of the Trail of Tears vary between the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and the US Army? What arguments were made in favor and opposing the relocation of the Oceti Sakowin people? How did laws made by the US government impact the Oceti Sakowin people? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Students will be reading accounts of the Trail of Tears using primary sources from different perspectives and compare and contrast those stories. Students will be broken up into 4 different groups and asked to share how the story of the group they read about Read excerpts from the Congressional debate on the Indian Removal Act and identify 5 arguments made in favor of the act and 5 against the act Watch the interview with David Bald Eagle and listen to how laws made by Europeans effected the Oceti Sakowin people. Develop a list of 3 laws that directly affected the Oceti Sakowin people and give a brief 3-5 sentence summary of how they were perceived by the Oceti Sakowin people and other Americans Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources Primary Source Documents: I Think US History: Manifest Destiny pages 57-61 http://www.learnnc.org/lp/edition s/nchist-newnation/4532 Primary Source Documents: https://www.loc.gov/rr/progra m/bib/ourdocs/Indian.html Video Source: Interview with David Bald Eagle http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oseu -two/oseu-two-interview-with-david- bald-eagle/ Summative Performance Task Argument Create an argument opposing the Indian Relocation Act citing information and accounts mentioned in the primary source material. Extension Research other laws passed by the US government and write a report that discusses how these laws impacted the Oceti Sakowin people. Taking Informed Action Have students share the stories of these groups (Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw or US Soldiers) on the Trail of Tears with a family member and come up with a news story from today that is similar and present it to the class.