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Region 16 Comprehensive Center, 2024
In 2017, the Oregon Legislature enacted Senate Bill 13, known as Tribal History/Shared History. This bill was the culmination of decades of organizing and curriculum work by the nine federally recognized Tribes within Oregon. The law directs the Oregon Department of Education to develop a K-12 Native American curriculum in partnership with Oregon…
Descriptors: History Instruction, American Indian History, State Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Region 16 Comprehensive Center, 2024
In 2017, the Oregon Legislature enacted Senate Bill 13, known as Tribal History/Shared History. This bill was the culmination of decades of organizing and curriculum development by the nine federally recognized Tribes in Oregon. The law directs the Oregon Department of Education to develop a K-12 Native American curriculum in partnership with…
Descriptors: State Legislation, State History, American Indian History, History Instruction
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Buswell, Carol – Social Education, 2011
People confront stereotypes every day, both in and out of the classroom. Some ideas have been carried in the collective memory and classroom textbooks for so long they are generally recognized as fact. Many are constantly being reinforced by personal experiences, family discussions, and Hollywood productions as well. The distinct advantage to…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Content Analysis, American Indians, Teaching Methods
Robelen, Erik W. – Education Week, 2010
As debate continues around the development and adoption of common standards in English and mathematics, several states are independently wrestling with rewrites of standards in a content area largely absent from that national discussion--social studies--and encountering their own shares of controversy. Flash points in the social studies debates…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Social Studies, History Instruction
Oregon State Office of the Secretary of State, Salem. Archives Div. – 1987
Teaching history with original documents is a stimulus for the inquiry method of learning. A curriculum packet produced by the Oregon State Archives contains 24 historical document facsimiles with an accompanying instructors manual. Selected from the state archives with an explanation of each document and questions for discussion provided, the…
Descriptors: Archives, Class Activities, Discovery Learning, History Instruction
Covey, Marvin L.; Covey, Marjorie A. – 1988
This compendium of information and ideas is intended as a resource for teachers introducing the study of Oregon history to elementary school children. Brief discussions of 42 topics are followed by suggestions for classroom activities using this information. The topics include the various state symbols, Indian legends, the origin of the state…
Descriptors: American Indians, Biographies, Class Activities, Elementary Education