Understanding and applying inquiry and assessment, within a social and cultural framework that leads, to thematic curriculum development for pre-K, through middle school. Participants explore, children's intuitive notions and reasoning about, social, cultural, and geographic worlds from, developmental, social, historical, and cultural, perspectives. Topics include intercultural, communication and the traditions and contributions, of various groups to American culture, diversity,, democracy, and civic life, with special focus on, Oregon and the Northwest. Students are guided in, teaching and assessment practices that draw from, children's questions and interests. Children's, literature will be integrated as it pertains to, the content of this course.
- Teacher: Marta Turner