Work Hard and Do Your Best

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ Work Hard and Do Your Best NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” Compelling Question Why is important to work hard and always do your best?  Standards and Practices ND ELA – Kindergarten standards:RL.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key/supporting…

The Rainbow Fish – Gifts I Bring to the World

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “The Rainbow Fish – Gifts I Bring to the World” NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” Compelling Question What are the unique gifts I bring to the world? Standards and Practices RL. 1-7 Grades K-3 https://www.nd.gov/dpi/sites/www/files/documents/Academic%20Support/ELA-Literacy%20Standards-2017%20Final-Revised%2011-08-17.pdf Writing  standards K-3W.2Kindergarten: Write informative/explanatory texts using…

Boarding Schools

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “Boarding Schools” NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” Compelling Question How did boarding schools affect the children and the tribes? Standards and Practices ND ELA StandardsRL.3 11-12 Analyze how and why multiple characters and textual elements develop and interact over thecourse of a text:a. Analyze how multiple…

Understanding Sovereignty

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ Understanding Sovereignty NDNAEU 5 “Tribal Policies, Treaties and Sovereignty” Compelling Question How are Tribal Nations sovereign nations?  Standards and Practices RI.9  Analyze how authors draw on other texts in a specific work (e.g., through allusion, direct reference), including how they address related themes and/or concepts.W.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine…

The Ten Cent Treaty of The Turtle Mountain Chippewa

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ The Ten Cent Treaty of The Turtle Mountain Chippewa NDNAEU 5 “Tribal Policies, Treaties and Sovereignty” Compelling Question How did the “Ten Cent Treaty” take 10,000,000 acres of land away from The Turtle Mountain Chippewa? Standards and Practices RI.1 Read closely to comprehend texts of grade-level appropriate complexity: a. Determine…

American Indian Boarding Schools

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…

What’s So Funny?

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ What’s So Funny? NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 4 “Sense of Humor” Compelling Question Does our heritage and upbringing make a difference in things we find funny? Is humor the same world-wide? Can things we find funny be offensive elsewhere? Standards and Practices Comprehension and Collaboration  (K-5) (6-8) SL.1…

Spiders as Tricksters

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ Spiders as Tricksters NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling” Compelling Question How do different cultures use spiders as tricksters? Standards and Practices RL.1With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key/supporting details in a text before, during, and after reading.Ask and answer questions about key/supporting details…

Buffalo and the Boat

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…