| Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ |
| Buffalo and the Boat |
| NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 3 “Sharing & Generosity”, NDNAEU 6 “Native Contributions”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” |
| Compelling Question | How did “observation of animals” contribute to the way tribal people learn about and related to each other with kindness and sharing? |
| Standards and Practices | 1-LS1-1 Construct an evidence-based argument with the use of a drawing or a model that illustrates how structures of plants and animals help them survive in their habitat. RL.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key/supporting details. RL.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. RL.9 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key/supporting details. |
| Staging the Question | Do you have a favorite animal in your life? What have you learned about that animal and yourself? |
| Supporting Question 1 | Supporting Question 2 | Supporting Question 3 |
| What Lakota colors do you think of when you think of kindness and sharing? | How did the horse contribute to Lakota people’s ability to overcome life’s challenges? | Why is the shape of the bullboat significant? |
| Formative Performance Task | Formative Performance Task | Formative Performance Task |
| Listen to the story “Buffalo and the Boat” and have a discussion about sharing and kindness. Read “Brown Bear Brown Bear” using Lakota words. | Make a list or draw pictures of ways that horses helped to improve the lives of Lakota people | Using aluminum foil create different shaped boats, experiment to see which shape hold more pennies, add pennies to test endurance. |
| Featured Sources | Featured Sources | Featured Sources |
| http://www.llcbookstore.com/the- buffalo-and-the-boat/ https://www.amazon.com/Brown-Bear-What-You-See/dp/0805047905/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3DHLH4CS3RJFO&dchild=1&keywords=brown+bear+brown+bear&qid=1594864655&sprefix=brown+bear+brown%2Caps%2C311&sr=8-2 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2EXvZUsAsw&feature=youtu.be | https://www.kids-fun-science.com/easy-science-experiment.html |
| SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Supported Claim (written/spoken) or Demonstration of Process (project-based) | Draw a picture about a time when you showed kindness and sharing to a sacred relative. Tell about a time when someone demonstrated sharing and kindness to you. |
| SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Extension | Arrange to take a field trip to the ND Heritage Center to see a bull boat, winter count, tipi, and other displays of plains animals. |
| Taking Informed Action / Real World Application | Retell the story through creating a group skit or individual foldables using Lakota colors and animal words. Share your foldable and skit with other students or parents. |
