ARCHIVED NDNAEU LESSON

What Will Get Us Through Covid 19?

Middle school (6–8) · High school (9–12) · Social Studies · NDNAEU 1, 3, 4, 7

This lesson is preserved from Teachings of Our Elders. Its original standards and instructional content are historical; review alignment, source availability, cultural protocols, and suitability for your learners before use.

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What Will Get Us Through Covid 19?

NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 3 “Sharing & Generosity”, NDNAEU 4 “Sense of Humor”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity”

Compelling Question	How will the world be a better place after COVID 19?
Standards and Practices	PSY.6_12.1-3.D3.2 Describe symptoms and causes of major categories of psychological disorders. 2.8.8 Explain how school and public health policies can influence health promotion and disease prevention.
Staging the Question	How does a positive spirit make a person feel better?

Supporting Question 1	Supporting Question 2
Why is the spirit of a person so powerful in Native American beliefs? How do relationships and treating others kindly help heal Native Americans?	Why is it more than a cure for COVID that will bring about a better world? How is kindness going to help a lot of people suffering in the world today?
Formative Performance Task	Formative Performance Task
Students will work in groups and research the question above and have a group discussion on how this will benefit them in the long run.	Students will research the impact of kindness and why the world will benefit from this practice versus the opposite effect of how badly our world has treated itself.
Featured Sources	Featured Sources
https://www.amacad.org/publication/indigenous-americans-spirituality-and-ecos	https://theharwoodinstitute.org/richs-blog-posts/2019/7/12/the-urgent-need-for-acts-of-loving-kindness?

SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Supported Claim (written/spoken) or Demonstration of Process (project-based)	Students will create an acts of kindness campaign throughout the school to promote more kindness towards each other.
SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Extension	Students will post notes on post-its all over the school covering it with kindness.
Taking Informed Action / Real World Application	Students will work with television stations and other media sources to support their campaign of kindness. Disclaimer: Educators are encouraged to use these lessons as a guide, especially when it comes to capturing standards and required content for their instructional disciplines. Adapt, synthesize, abbreviate, and incorporate are just some of the encouraging words to educators to USE any of the NDNAEU lessons to make them their own.

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