How is the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota sense of community unique?
How is the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota sense of family or kinship unique?
How does a sense of community or relatedness impact learning in the classroom?
How might the classroom community needs of native students mirror and differ from those of non-native students?
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Have you ever experienced a deep sense of community as a student or as a teacher? How was that created?
What experiences have you had in classrooms or workplaces with very little sense of community? How did that impact learning or productivity?
What have you done in your classroom that connected students with their families in some way? What were the successes? Were there some particular problems that arose? How did you deal with them?
Have you ever had one of your own children or grandchildren in your classroom? What did you learn from that?
Have you ever had siblings or close relatives as students in the same classroom? What are the particular benefits or challenges of that situation?
