BY CARLY WIPF
he Advocacy and Water Protection in Native California High School Curriculum comes complete with lesson plans and teacher resources, and puts an emphasis on hands-on experiences, like traditional dug-out canoe rides.
In an effort to reshape the way schools teach about Indigenous issues, two local student activists are pushing to get a new Native American-focused curriculum in schools throughout the region.
In 2020, local Indigenous leaders and educators from Cal Poly Humboldt and local nonprofit Save California Salmon released a curriculum called the Advocacy and Water Protection in Native California High School Curriculum. The 93-page curriculum, which comes complete with lesson plans and a companion teachers guide to additional resources, is aligned to state Common Core Standards and provides teachers a framework for adding Indigenous history and knowledge to existing courses and lessons...
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