Community Engagement and Violence

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “Community Engagement and Violence” | OSEU 4: Kinship & Harmony Compelling Question Can policies of improved community/familial engagement have a positive impact on the problems of violence in communities? Standards and Practices 9-12.G.7.3 Critique the role of multiple perspectives in contemporary geographic policies and issues. OSEU Standard 4.2 Describe the traditional behavior patterns, codes of respect and values promoted within the Oceti Sakowin Tiospaye. Staging the Question Can grassroots organizations promote lost kinship ties to help promote nonviolence in areas of high crime and distrust of the police and justice system? Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 How does the status of communities and families correlate to violence and gang membership? Why are Native Americans incarcerated at rates higher than the national average? What is the role of the justice system on tribal lands in solving the problem? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Compare and contrast crime data from areas with different kinship groups using maps and graphs. Create a timeline of events and policies that lead to a breakdown of the community which leads some to crime. Write a song based on the timeline. Write a speech to persuade others that alternatives to current systems of sentencing and incarceration are necessary to promote kinship which will reduce crime. Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c t-chicago-violence-solutions-met- 20161230-story.html http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/16/med ia/anna-deavere-smith-school-prison/ http://www.attn.com/stories/1391 1/bernie-sanders-tackles-native- american-discrimination www.wolakotaproject.org/oseu- four/ http://justiceinnovation.org/ role-courts-reducing-crime/ http://newsok.com/article/5 531943 Summative Performance Task Argument Create a documentary showing comparisons of places where kinship groups have dissolved and the subsequent increase in violence. Extension Alternatives for sentencing and incarceration Prezi or PowerPoint presentation. Taking Informed Action Create a grassroots organization to inform the public of the problems of crime and the justice system within Native American communities.