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…

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 Who was in Iktomi’s Animal Warrior Society?   Iktomi’s   Animal   Warrior   Society?   Standards and Practices RL2.4  Determine   a   theme   of  …

Ojibwe Legend of the Rainbow

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “Ojibwe Legend of the Rainbow” NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” Compelling Question What is the Ojibwe origin story of a Rainbow Standards and Practices RL1.1 Ask and answer questions about key/supporting details in a text before, during, and after reading.RL3.1 Describe characters,…

Water Is Life with Aileen Little Ghost

Why did people dry foods in the past to keep through winter?  Do people still do this today? Why is water so important to people? What does it mean to say, “Water is life?” Who is Tunkasila? What is my experience with drying, canning, or other methods of preserving food? Do I feel connected to…

The Land with Arlene Wadsworth

Why is it important to take care of the land? What are the animals that live in this area? What are examples of plants that live in this area? How do I take care of the land I live on?  What are some examples?  Is it important to me?  Why or why not? Do I…

Corn, Beans & Mounds with Charles Moran

What is the origin of the corn grown in North Dakota? What indigenous tribes developed, grew, traded and/or used corn? What are the particular types of corn developed or used by the Hidatsa, Mandan and Arikara people? When did the Hidatsa people migrate to the ocean? Where are the “mounds” Mr. Moran is talking about?…

Food Trading with Charles Moran

What is “processed” food? What are the rules around school nutrition and meals? What particular foods—plants or meats—were associated with various tribes—including the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara? How extensive was traditional trade among Native tribes in the past? Who first came up with “soup”? What is the story behind the “flood” that Mr. Moran talked…

All Living Things Are Holy with Jerome Dancing Bull

What does it mean for a living thing to be holy? What is the difference between hunting for survival and hunting for sport? What are examples of rules around hunting similar to the ones Jerome shared?  Are they still practiced? Do I consider the living things around me to be holy?  The unloving things?  Why? …