UnitPlan:HoofPrints&HeartbeatsChiefPlentyCoupsDayofHonor

ByRuthChandlerFerrisstorykeeper.ferris@gmail.com
DevelopedforTheFriendsofChiefPlentyCoupsStateParkAssociation
http://www.friendsofchiefplentycoups.org/

EssentialUnderstanding1
ThereisgreatdiversityamongthetwelvetribalnationsofMontanaintheirlanguages,cultures,
historiesandgovernments.EachNationhasadistinctanduniqueculturalheritagethat
contributestomodernMontana.

http://opi.mt.gov/pdf/indianed/resources/essentialunderstandings.pdf

Day1GalleryWalkStrategy:20minutes
Hangpicturesandmap(thumbnailpicturesareattachedtothemap.(Appendix000)
Numberpicturestocorrespondtothemapnumbers.(Appendix000)
GiveeachstudentaclipboardwiththesetofGalleryWalkInvestigationSheets.
(Appendix000)

Eachstudentstandsinfrontofapicture.Ontheinvestigativesheettheyneedtofindthe
correspondingnumberandstartthere.Eachstudentwillviewthephotoandtakebriefnotes
(12minutes).Exampleofselftalk:
WhatdoInoticefirst?
WhatdoIlikeaboutthepicture?
WhatconnectionscanImaketothispicture?
WhatdoIwanttoknowaboutthispicture?

Setatimerfor12minutes.Whenitringstheymovetothenextpictureandrepeatuntilthey
haveviewed,andcommentedonallthepictures.WhenstudentshavecompletedtheGallery
Walktheywillchooseonepicturetoanalyze.

Day2ScaffoldingAnalysis
AfterselectingtheirphotostudentswillgetaScaffoldingSheetthatmatchesthepicturethey
chose.Givestudents9minutestocompletethe3sections.(Observation,Knowledge,and
Interpretation.

VisualThinkingStrategy
UsingVTSquestionshttp://www.vtshome.org/.
Whatsgoingoninthispicture?
Whatdoyouseethatmakesyousaythat?
Whatmorecanyoufind?

ModeltheprocessProvideapicturethatisnotfromthesetthatthestudentswillbe
analyzing.Youmaywanttoprojectitonthescreen.

Askavolunteer
Whatsgoingoninthispicture?
Thevolunteeranswers.Paraphrasewhatthevolunteersaid.Thenaskforconfirmation
Isthatwhatyoumeant?Thevolunteeranswersyesorno.Iftheyanswernotheyexplain.
(Thisgivesthestudentspracticeinlisteningandparaphrasinginformation.)
ThenaskthenextVTSquestion
Whatdoyouseethatmakesyousaythat?
Paraphrasingtheresponseandaskforconfirmation.
ThenaskthethirdVTSquestion
Whatmorecanwefind?
Paraphrasetheresponseandaskforconfirmation.

Day3CircleChat
http://www.gottoteach.com/2014/08/circlechatscooperativelearning.html

Divideyourclassintotwoequalgroups.(Iaskpeoplewithpictures15toformaninnercircle)
Studentswithpictures610formtheoutercircle.Giveeachstudentinthefirstgroupanumber,
eachstudentinthesecondgroupgetsaletter.Havethestudentspairupwhilemaintainingtheir
respectivecircles(inneroroutercircle).

ThepeopleintheoutercircleaskstheVTSquestions.Theinnercircleanswers.Onceeveryone
hascompletedthefirstsetofquestions,theoutercirclemoves1person.Theythengothrough
thequestionswiththisnewperson.Whenyouhaverepeatedthisthreeorfourtimes.Havethe
innercircletradeplaceswiththeoutercircle.Theynowaskthequestionsandparaphrasethe
answers.Repeatthisthreeorfourtimes.Thenhavetheoutercirclemovetoanewperson.
Theynowhavethepartnertheywillworkwithforthenextpieceoftheproject.(Writedownwho
thepartnersare.)

Day4ComparingandContrasting
Givethepartnersaspecificamountoftimetocompareandcontrasttheirtwophotographswith
themodifiedVennDiagram.EachstudentshouldhavetheirownmodifiedVennDiagramtowrite
on.WhenthetimeisuphavethemdoaQuickWriteforreflection.

Reflection
Wedonotlearnfromexperience...welearnfromreflectingonexperience.JohnDewey

QuickWritePrompt:
Tellmeaboutyourtwopictures?
Whatdotheyhaveincommon?
Howaretheydifferent?
Whatevidencedoyouhavethatsupportsyouropinion?

QuickWrite(Havestudentswritefor78minutes.)Havestudentsincludethenumbersofthe
twophotographstheyarecomparing.

OptionalHangthequickwritesinthehallnexttothepictures.

SelfReflections

10/16Insertedscreenshotofmodifiedvenndiagramintolesson.AddedasheetofVTS
QuestionsKidSlipssotheycouldbecutapartandused.Venndiagramblanksheetshouldgo
inthebackoftheset.Alsoneedtoinsertscreenshotofthescaffoldedpage

Reflections:**9/23studentshadhardtimestandingformorethan15minutes.NexttimeIwill
cutitbacktoatotalof10minutes.Iwilltryeither1minuteobservationsorjust5pictures.

10/7http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~elc/isquestion2.htmlQuestioning

http://www.readwritethink.org/parentafterschoolresources/tipshowtos/encouragehigherorder
thinking30624.html

Quickwrites
http://nrhs.nred.org/www/nred_nrhs/site/hosting/Literacy%20Website/Literacy%20Strategy%20T
emplates/Quick_Write__description.pdf

QuestionStems
http://tpri.wikispaces.com/Sample+Question+Stems+Based+on+Revised+Bloom's+Taxonomy