Sheryl's+Unit

// Wichapi Owanjila, // Polaris || Understandings (OSEU): || OSEU: 3.2 Analyze the Oceti Sakowin sacred sites, creation stories, star knowledge and how they relate to each other. || Core State Standards: || Science E.5.2.2, Writing 5.3, Speaking, Listening 5.5 and 5.6 || to know, do, and understand as a result of the unit?) || Students will become familiar with at lease two Lakota star stories. They will understand that these stories and ones from other cultures were derived from what was important to the people telling the stories and often have theme or moral. Students will practice the writing process as they write original stories about constellations that they have designed. The students will practice speaking practices appropriate for an audience of peers and a teacher. Other students will practice appropriate listening habits. || questions that will guide the learning?
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 * Unit Overview || Students will view constellations and listen to stories from different cultures that are associated with the pattern. Students will make their own constellation and write a story about how it got into the sky. These stories will be shared with the class, parents, and younger students. ||
 * Unit Introduction || This unit will integrate Lakota star lore into the fifth grade science and language arts curriculum. ||
 * Author: || Sheryl E. Larson ||
 * Title (English) || Lakota Constellations ||
 * Title (Lakota/Dakota/Nakota) || //Wakan Tanka//, "that-which-moves-moving-things", referring to the stars that move around
 * Topic Area/s: || Astronomy, Writing, Public Speaking ||
 * Time Frame: || four to five days ||
 * Description of the Unit: || This unit integrates Lakota star lore into Science and English / Language Arts. ||
 * Grade Range: || Third through Eighth Grade ||
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 * Student Learning Objectives: || Students will define the word "constellation". They will understand that every culture has their own constellations and associated stories that reflected their lives. Students will write an original story about the origin of an imaginary constellation. Students will read their stories to the class using standard speaking practices. ||
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(Questions that provoke sustained inquiry and get to the ‘heart’ of the discipline or learning.) || What are common themes in constellation stories? How does star lore reflect the values of the culture? || Family Involvement: || Students are encouraged to share their stories/constellations with others outside of the school. || Essential Understandings: || OSEU: 3.2 Analyze the Oceti Sakowin sacred sites, creation stories, star knowledge and how they relate to each other. || [] (constellation map) || Essential Understandings: || OSEU: 3.2 Analyze the Oceti Sakowin sacred sites, creation stories, star knowledge and how they relate to each other. || [] (Lakota Cosmotology) [] (Lakota Star Ledgends, sroll to pp. 5-7) [|http://www.mixcloud.com/scottsimpsonsdwolakota/star-boy-and-the-seven-little-girls/](SD Wolakota) [] (Constellaltion of the Hand) [] (Versions of Plesius myth) [] (Lakota constellation map) || Essential Understandings || OSEU: 3.2 Analyze the Oceti Sakowin sacred sites, creation stories, star knowledge and how they relate to each other. || Essential Understandings: || OSEU: 3.2 Analyze the Oceti Sakowin sacred sites, creation stories, star knowledge and how they relate to each other. || completed lessons: || The lessons are engaging and integrate science, Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, and language arts. || for this Unit: || Final assessment will be part of the science chapter test. ||
 * Notes/Reflections: ||  ||
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 * Lesson #1 || View constellations on the Smartboard. Ask the students what a constellation is. Discuss what students already know about constellations. Read the corresponding pages in the science text. ||
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 * CCSS Standards: || SD Science Starndard: ||
 * Teacher Preparations: || Locate and load up websites on the presentation device. ||
 * Materials: ||  ||
 * Resources: || Constellation Maps []
 * Assessment: || Class discussion. ||
 * Notes/Reflections: ||  ||
 * Lesson #2 || View and listen to Lakota and other cultures' star lore stories. Compare and contrast different cultures' stories for well know constellations. Feature Orion / Lakota Hand and Seven Little Sisters / Plesius. ||
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 * CCSS Standards: || Science E.5.2.2, ||
 * Teacher Preparations: || Locate websites and preload them into presentation device. ||
 * Materials: ||  ||
 * Resources: || [] (A video of the month's sky features.)
 * Assessment: || Class discussion. ||
 * Notes/Reflections: ||  ||
 * Lesson #3 || Students create a constellation and write a narrative that explains how it got into the sky. Draw a simple picture in the center of a piece of black construction paper. Use a tack to poke "stars" into the paper. Write the story behind the constellation. ||
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 * CCSS Standards: || ELA Writing 5.3, Speaking, Listening 5.5 and 5.6 ||
 * Teacher Preparations: || Gather the materials. Prepare the rubric that you will use to assess the story. ||
 * Materials: || 12 x 8 black construction paper for each student, tacks, and chalk ||
 * Resources: ||  ||
 * Assessment: || Constellations and stories ||
 * Notes/Reflections: || Remind students that the stars of a constellation are not an outline. The observer has to use their imagination to see the pattern. Put a limit on the number of "stars" that can be used in the constellation. ||
 * Lesson #4 || Finish, edit, and revise the stories started in Lesson 4. Discuss good public speaking characteristics. Practice presenting the stories individually and with a partner. Students present their stories to the class, parents, and/or younger students. ||
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 * CCSS Standards: || ELA Writing 5.3, Speaking, Listening 5.5 and 5.6 ||
 * Teacher Preparations: || Set up "projection box, light, and document camera. ||
 * Materials: || Box with five inch by seven inch hole cut in the bottom, light in a socket the fits in the box, document camera hooked to a presentation device. ||
 * Resources: ||  ||
 * Assessment: || Rubric to evaluate stories ||
 * Notes/Reflections: || Cover the box with black paper. Set the box on the floor under the camera of the document camera. Place a constellation picture over the opening and turn on the light and camera. The stars will be projected on the screen. ||
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 * Final Assessment
 * Unit Notes/Reflections: || Students will reflect on their story and presentation. They will use a rubric to assess themselves. ||