Idea+Starters


 * These IDEA STARTERS have not been developed into lessons or units at this time. Some are activities that can be embedded into the daily classroom routine so that students learn to appreciate and honor the traditions of others in ways that enhance their own lives and learning. Some are activities that our participating teachers have encountered during professional development experiences (reference to the agency or presenter are provided).**

=A Powerful Personal Experience; Mother Earth and Children; More Than That; Let the Wind Blow Through You =

Juanita Rooks draft ideas

Lesson 1- introduce to students is the directionality of the camp set up, in relation to how the communities were developed. Identifying the directions NSEW, and the how tribal connections impacted the layout of homes.

Lesson 2, would be to create star knowledge story cards that would have the constellations on one side and the tribal traditional stories on the reverse side.

Lesson 3, identify the scared sites- create charts and include name with site, tribe, impact/outcome.

Lesson 4 Create a play that includes Creation Story characters, identifying how they came to be and how they impacted life of Native peoples of the Lakota/Dakota/ Nakota nations.

When students are involved in the process of taking apart an idea they are more apt to understand how and why things are the way they are.

**Books to use during the lessons.** **Lesson 1-2-4 The Sioux,** **Lesson 1- Lakota Society- James R. Walker** **Lesson 3-4 Lakota Star Knowledge- Studies in Lakota Stellar Theology- Ronald Goodman**