| 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.1 With 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 in a text before, during, and after reading. Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of key/supporting details in a text before, during, and after reading. RL.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key/supporting details. Retell stories, including key/supporting details, and demonstrate understanding of their central or main idea. Central Idea = synonymous with main idea. Recount stories from a variety of genres and diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. Central message = can be theme, a moral, or a specific kind of lesson to be learned. RL.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key/supporting details. Describe settings and how characters in a story, respond to major events and challenges. SL.4 Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation. RL.9 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics. |
| Staging the Question | Discuss and label a spider diagram. Have you ever seen a spider? |
| Supporting Question 1 | Supporting Question 2 |
| How does the Native American spider, Iktomi, act as a trickster? | How does the African spider, Anansi, act as a trickster? |
| Formative Performance Task | Formative Performance Task |
| Listen to Iktomi and the Fawn. | Listen to Anansi and the Turtle go to Dinner. |
| Featured Sources | Featured Sources |
| https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/IktomiandtheFawn-Lakota.html | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugi5KYfQO-0 |
| SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Supported Claim (written/spoken) or Demonstration of Process (project-based) | Write one sentence about how Anansi and Iktomi are alike, and one sentence about how they are different. |
| SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Extension | Tell about the spider story you liked the best and tell why. |
| Taking Informed Action / Real World Application | Tell the stories to siblings and/or parents. |
