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- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students view the "Sitting Bull" video, complete vocabulary work, and discuss the video as a class. Full Review »
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Students will identify the structure of the Dakota Nation including the Seven Council Fires, explore the relationship between the Corps of Discovery and the Lakota and examine the conflict between the two parties from varied points of view. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine how the Lewis and Clark Expedition impacted Native American tribes. In groups, they explore issues related to the impact of the Lewis and Clark expedition on the area explored. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students discover the Lakota Sioux words for numbers. They practice writing number sentences. They share them with the class and complete a worksheet. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students research the traditional Lakota tipi (teepee) and compare types of homes used in the past with those used today. They design and construct an accurate model of a tipi. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students study and view examples of shields from the Lakota, Crow, Cheyenne, Black Feet, and Shoshone tribes. They find the meaning of the symbols used on the shields and then make their own shields out of cardboard. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students listen to chapter from novel When Legends Die by Hal Borland, listen to traditional Lakota song, discuss feeling song induces and in what circumstance it may be used, and examine connection between cultural music and family traditions. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students investigate the culture and lifestyles of the Lakota Sioux and the Northern Cheyenne tribes. They use a variety of resources for research. They create questions based on information to be used during classroom discussion sessions. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students examine how to make inferences using the free verse poem "From the Lakota Pipe Ceremony." They read and reread the poem, identify details and inferences from the text on a graphic organizer, and answer discussion questions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students research how religions are created and how they influence the way people live. They identify the religious beliefs and practices of the Inuit, Lakota, Apache, Navajo and Iroquois Native Americans. Students find the similarities/differences of those beliefs and practices as well. They set up a tribal meeting to share their findings with the class. Full Review »

