| Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ |
| Uses of the Buffalo |
| NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 3 “Sharing & Generosity” |
| Compelling Question | What did the gift of the bison on the prairie do for the Native American people? |
| Standards and Practices | ND.6_12.4.2 Analyze European exploration and early settlement of North Dakota and its impact on Native American groups. |
| Staging the Question | What did the Native Americans refer to as the walking department store? |
| Supporting Question 1 | Supporting Question 2 | Supporting Question 3 |
| Where do you go to get your day to day living supplies? | How do you pay for your day-to-day living supplies? | What are some challenges you would face without your day-to-day living supplies? |
| Formative Performance Task | Formative Performance Task | Formative Performance Task |
| Students compile a list of items purchase to survive on the prairie for 1 month. | Discuss how they will pay for these items (jobs, money, etc.). | Discuss the impact the Euro- Americans had on the Native American’s supply of buffalo and the feelings the Natives American Indians would have felt towards as a result. |
| Featured Sources | Featured Sources | Featured Sources |
| https://teachingsofourelders.org/ndnaeu-1-6-living-off-land-mary-bateman/ | https://teachingsofourelders.org/essential-understanding-1-dr-wayne-fox/ | https://teachingsofourelders.org/the-buffalo-and-its-relationship-to-the-people-with-dennis-fox-jr/ |
| SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Supported Claim (written/spoken) or Demonstration of Process (project-based) | Create a poster of a buffalo portraying the food, shelter, and clothing that they provided.Create a Venn diagram of the needs of the White man and the Native Americans. |
| SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Extension | Create a Venn diagram of the needs of the White man and the Native Americans. |
| Taking Informed Action / Real World Application | Field trip to the National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown, ND. |
