Be Prepared

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ Be Prepared NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling” Compelling Question Why is it important to be prepared? Standards and Practices RL.2Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures to determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.RL.3Compare and…

What’s In a Name?

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “What’s In a Name?” NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” Compelling Question Where did get your name? Standards and Practices H.3_5.1 Compare and contrast multiple perspectives during the same time, event, or historical period.H.3_5.2 Describe how people’s perspectives shape history.H.3_5.3 Describe the North Dakota Native American Essential…

Ojibway Legend of the Rainbow

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “Ojibway Legend of the Rainbow” NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” Compelling Question What do rainbows mean?  Standards and Practices RL.1 Ask and answer questions about key/supporting details in a text before, during, and after reading.RL3.1 Describe characters, settings, and major events in…

Iktomi’s Animal Warrior Society

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “Iktomi’s Animal Warrior Society” NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” Compelling Question Thinking of a favorite story you heard or had read to you, what did you learn or remember to do? Standards and Practices RL.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama,…

How Chipmunk Got His Stripes

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “How Chipmunk Got His Stripes” NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 4 “Sense of Humor”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” Compelling Question How can/why do we learn and teach others through storytelling? Standards and Practices RL.2.K – With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key/supporting details.RL.2.1 – Retell stories, including…

Who Am I?

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ Who Am I? NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” Compelling Question Where did I come from? Who came before me? Who helps me go further? Standards and Practices Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event…

To Build A Fire

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ To Build A Fire NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives” Compelling Question After reading Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” how does the main character come to the understanding that nature has authority over man? Standards and Practices 9-10 Key Ideas and Details RL.3Analyze how and why characters and/or textual elements develop…

Osage Orange Tree

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ Osage Orange Tree NDNAEU 3 “Sharing & Generosity” Compelling Question After reading “The Osage Orange Tree” by William Stafford, can we appreciate the significance that generosity and caring play within a community? Standards and Practices Key Ideas and Details 6 RL.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text…

American Literature & Native Humor

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ American Literature & Native Humor NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 4 “Sense of Humor” Compelling Question American Indian tribes use humor to teach a lesson about life and how does that relate to American literature? Standards and Practices Craft and Structure RL.6 Explain how an author develops the point…

What’s In a Name?

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “What’s In a Name?” NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” Compelling Question Is there a story behind a name? Standards and Practices RL 2.3 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths fromdiverse cultures to determine the central message, lesson, ormoral and explain how it is conveyed through…