Description
The California Indian History Curriculum Coalition – an informal coalition of educators, tribal scholars and native activists – promotes the creation, adoption and implementation of California Indian-vetted curricula to infuse California Indian voice in what our children learn in school. csus.edu/coe/cic
Donations are applied to...
The creation of culturally and historically inclusive, standards-compliant curriculum that honors the voices and history of California Indians.
Personal Message
Thousands of California schoolchildren have built models of the Spanish missions. It's long been the capstone History-Social Science project in 4th grade. But for many California Indians, the missions are a reminder of the conflict, conquest, and forced labor their ancestors endured there. So when their children are asked to build a monument to the conquerors who decimated their culture, they are insulted and outraged. Many teachers would like to change what they teach about this important era in California’s history, and in doing so also comply with the new California History-Social Science Framework, but they need your help. Your donation will help us put culturally and historically inclusive, standards-compliant curriculum into the hands of fourth grade teachers. Your gift will help us change the narrative on California Indians.
Why are donations necessary?
$15 will provide one teacher with a print copy of a curriculum
$25 sponsors one teacher at a Curriculum Summit
$50 sends a video DVD to a school
$350 will transport a native speaker to a summit
$500 will produce a video recording of one tribe’s elders for statewide use
$1,000 will sponsor 80 educators at a Curriculum Summit