| Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ |
| American Indian Boarding Schools |
| NDNAEU 5 “Tribal Policies, Treaties and Sovereignty” |
| Compelling Question | What was it like to grow up in an American Indian Boarding School? |
| Standards and Practices | R1.2 Determine and analyze a theme and/or central idea of texts: W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. |
| Staging the Question | Are the United States’ American Indian assimilation policies acts of racism? |
| Supporting Question 1 | Supporting Question 2 | Supporting Question 3 |
| What is meant by ‘genocide’? | What are acts of racism? | Are you ethnocentric? |
| Formative Performance Task | Formative Performance Task | Formative Performance Task |
| Use the source to form your own explanation of what ‘genocide’ means. | Use the source to create a list of examples of acts of racism. | Use the source to determine whether you are ethnocentric. |
| Featured Sources | Featured Sources | Featured Sources |
| https://refusefascism.org/2018/01/29/what-is-genocide-according-to-the-un-and-international-law/ | http://www.aclrc.com/forms-of-racism | https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ethnocentrism |
| SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Supported Claim (written/spoken) or Demonstration of Process (project-based) | Read the source, http://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/planyourvisit/pdf/AIBSCurrGuide.pdf Imagine you were a child growing up in the American Indian Boarding School system, write an essay to describe your feelings (fears, anger, betrayal, loneliness, etc.). Then explain how you would survive this ordeal. |
| SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Extension | Examine the culture of your school to determine whether assimilation practices are still in effect. Write an essay to explain your findings and the reasons behind them. |
| Taking Informed Action / Real World Application | Develop steps you can take in your life, that you will teach to your children, to create a more equitable society in America. |
