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Experiencing Our World
This unit begins the process of introducing young children to Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), Native foods, and Native values. It features Konkow Maidu vocabulary, photographs, and cultural information. Some of the lessons focus on Native food, specifically, the acorn due to its cultural and nutritional importance to Maidu peoples.
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In this curriculum student practice:
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Observation
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English and Maidu Vocabulary
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Coloring
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Counting and Sorting
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Cause and Effect reasoning
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Fine Motor Skills
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Tribal Focus: Konkow Maidu
Subjects: Environmental Science, Mathematics, English Language Arts
Grades: K - 2
Standards: NGSS, Common Core, CA Indian Essential Understandings
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