| Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ |
| Pictographs and Petroglyphs |
| NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 2 “Learning & Storytelling”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” |
| Compelling Question | How do different cultures around the world leave messages behind for others to figure out? |
| Standards and Practices | G.K_2.2 Describe how the physical environment affects people and how people affect the physical environment G.6_12.2 Analyze the movement of people, goods, ideas, technology, etc. throughout the world. G.6_12.3.1 Describe the differences and similarities among cultures around the world. |
| Staging the Question | How did Native Americans represent their History through Pictographs and Petroglyphs? |
| Supporting Question 1 | Supporting Question 2 | Supporting Question 3 |
| What is a pictograph and a petroglyph? | What kind of messages did people leave behind for others to see? | How do people communicate messages to others today? |
| Formative Performance Task | Formative Performance Task | Formative Performance Task |
| Research what a pictograph and a petroglyph are. What are the differences? | Have students research Native American symbols and where they have been found. How are pictographs used by other cultures? | Research project: Describe ways people have communicated in the past and present. (stone tablets, telegrams, smoke signals, morris code, email, etc.) Students will read the Wikipedia link below as a driving question to their research projects on the History of Communication. |
| Featured Sources | Featured Sources | Featured Sources |
| Native American Petroglyphs and Pictographs: Drawings and Meanings https://study.com/academy/lesson/native-american-petroglyphs-pictographs-drawings-meanings.html | Native American Symbols, Pictographs and Petroglyphs https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-symbols/2/ Pictographs and Petroglyph Images https://www.google.com/search?q=pictographs+and+petroglyphs&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS906US906&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihgYWGnN_qAhWWKs0KHcQPCcsQ_AUoAnoECA0QBA&biw=1280&bih=578&dpr=1.5 | Students will use the internet, library, and history textbook. History of Communication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_communication |
| SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Supported Claim (written/spoken) or Demonstration of Process (project-based) | Instruct students to create their own story by using Native American symbols. Have students interpret each other’s stories or messages. Archaeologists may have different interpretations. |
| SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Extension | Compare the Native American Pictographs and Petroglyph to other ancient cultures of the world and how they used symbols to represent their past. (Egypt, Africa, Europe, etc) |
| Taking Informed Action / Real World Application | Museum field trip Have an Archaeologist come and present to the class and describe how they study pictographs and petroglyphs. |
