• Module 1, Step 5: Anticipation Guide Strategy

    For Module 1, Step 5, I opted to use the Anticipation Guide strategy.  While the alternate strategy suggested—Questioning the Author (QtA)—also offers a clear path to engaging students with written material, in this case the subject matter, an exposition of the facts involved, seemed more relevant to student learning than the perspective of the author.  As a piece of journalism, this article avoids values judgments and focuses on:  What happened at Pine Ridge?  What was the background?  What can it tell us about the history of and current conditions in this unique part of our country?  Alternatively, the QtA strategy might be more effective for the examination of a lengthy essay about the history of Native Americans’ experience with alcohol that reflects the author’s background, position, and opinions. 

    The Pine Ridge reservation inhabits an isolated portion of the United States that few Americans are likely visit in their lifetimes, including those who are currently high school students in northern Virginia.  Yet the existence and condition of this reservation offer important lessons regarding our national history and the current and past treatment of a small but vital part of our national fabric, Native Americans.  Through a discussion about the issue of current tribal politics described in this brief article, students can be encouraged to learn about how this population became located in this part of southwestern South Dakota in the first place; how political and social issues are managed on reservations; the prevalence of social challenges on poorer reservations, like Pine Ridge; the current and historical role of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and historical events, such as the Wounded Knee Massacre.

    (Note: Though members of the Lakota tribe at Pine Ridge voted to allow alcohol sales in 2013, the tribal council has yet to implement the change.)

    Associated Press:  Vote to Legalize Alcohol on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Passes (https://apnews.com/general-news-f4e8150de57d454f8d673ef73fb73fb4).

    Anticipation Guide: Pine Ridge Votes

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