Wounded Hawk: Educator Guide

Educator Guide for Wounded Hawk

The world of Wounded Hawk frames standards-based science and social studies curricula in an authentic cultural context. Learners are offered the opportunity to travel to the Missouri River and make discoveries about technology, ecology, biology, geology, and history of Wounded Hawk’s territory in the 1800’s and the Modern world. Wounded Hawk follows an instructional module designed for 4th-8th grades offering authentic, original resources, hands-on and real world activities, and standards-based learning materials within the discipline areas of:

Science
Social Studies
Native American Studies

You will also find suggestions for k-3 adaptations for using these activities in primary grades. The resources, language, and cultural information from the Sahnish Culture Society, and the engaging social questions and activities can be an appropriate starting point for grades 9th -12th. Resources including The Sahnish Genesis story, Sahnish Bibliography, and other primary source documents make this a reliable source of information for scholars and researchers as well as providing a good base for college and informal education and research.

Wounded Hawk Blueprint - Content, Exploration Tour, and Applications (uses in the classroom) all covered here!

How to Use this Module

For Classroom Teaching
Wounded Hawk's territory is filled with cultural information and hands-on science experiences. Students investigate the science of survival, technology tools past and present and look at the plants and animals that make the Missouri River their home.

Learning Outside the Classroom
Wounded Hawk provides a wheel of resources filled with images, audio, authentic documents and learning opportunities. A journey to the 1800’s village or taking on the Survival Challenge can engage families, clubs, or any arm chair travelers.

Navigating in Wounded Hawk's "immersive learning world."
Hawk will be your guide through time and space, but the learner is at the center of each journey investigating the science of survival for plants and animals living in the northern plains. Travelers will examine the technology of the modern and traditional world and understand how natural resources and environment affect the way plants and animals make a ‘living'.

How Wounded Hawk is structured:
	Content and Design Filled with learner directed discovery and inquiry both on the Web and in the real world of home and classroom, travelers investigate hands on science and social studies issues in their local community and the world of Wounded Hawk.
	Resources Available Authentic cultural material is found throughout Wounded Hawk. View historic photographs in the iMatrix collection, ask tribal Elders questions, (answers are posted on a regular basis), explore a timeline, hear Sahnish language audio, learn about corn or view the Sahnish Genesis story, in its entirety, as told by Four Rings to Melvin Gilmore . This is shared digitally for the first time with express permission of the Sahnish Culture. Explore, learn, think and share back with the Wounded Hawk what you have discovered.
	Activities, Experiences, & Projects Wounded Hawk experiences and activities are embedded in the on-line journey students take into the Modern and 1800’s world of Wounded Hawk's Territory, on the banks of the Missouri River.
	The Learning Exploration Planning a survival strategy for living on the banks of the Missouri river in 1800 and today requires critical thinking and clear priorities. Hawk provides guidance, resources and learning opportunities to do this. He knows the territory, but how will travelers meet life’s essentials of food, water, shelter and space to match the season? NOTE: you will find Shield Project Rubric (PDF) and the Matching Resources Game Answer Key (PDF) here.

Other Materials Available
	In addition to the Survival Challenge, visitors can find a way to talk with tribal elders, engage in science and social studies activities, access Web Links and primary source documents throughout Wounded Hawk Web site.

The Natureshift Exploration Model for teaching and learning
	Wounded Hawk provides a guided Learning Experience that follows the NatureShift Exploration Model, with prepared activities, hands-on authentic activities, Web links for rich extensions of student learning, and access to a large amount of resources. The Exploration includes pre- and post-assessment surveys of basic student knowledge, in-line knowledge check assessments with student feedback, and a method for tracking student progress. Here you will find a description of the NS Model and how it is developed in this module.

The Creators and Expertise behind Wounded Hawk

Digital Dozen Award
	The *NatureShift* site has been chosen to be included in November 2003's Digital Dozen, a list of exemplary Web sites for educators selected by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC). This list is published each month at ENC Online (you may view current and archived Digital Dozen selections at enc.org). ENC is funded by the United States Department of Education and administered by The Ohio State University. ENC collects both physical and virtual resources useful to math and science educators. The sites selected for Digital Dozen must have current and accurate math and/or science content. They must support school improvement efforts and have useful multimedia features or helpful navigation.