Standards -
- Culturally-knowledgeable students are able to actively participate in various cultural environments.
Students who meet this cultural standard are able to:
- perform subsistence activities in ways that are appropriate to local cultural traditions;
- make constructive contributions to the governance of their community and the well-being of their family;
- attain a healthy lifestyle through which they are able to maintain their own social, emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual well-being;
- enter into and function effectively in a variety of cultural settings.
- Culturally-knowledgeable students are able to engage effectively in learning activities that are based on traditional ways of knowing and learning.
Students who meet this cultural standard are able to:
- acquire in-depth cultural knowledge through active participation and meaningful interaction with Elders;
- participate in and make constructive contributions to the learning activities associated with a traditional camp environment;
- interact with Elders in a loving and respectful way that demonstrates an appreciation of their role as culture-bearers and educators in the community;
- gather oral and written history information from the local community and provide an appropriate interpretation of its cultural meaning and significance;
- identify and utilize appropriate sources of cultural knowledge to find solutions to everyday problems;
- engage in a realistic self-assessment to identify strengths and needs and make appropriate decisions to enhance life skills.
- Culturally-knowledgeable students demonstrate an awareness and appreciation of the relationships and processes of interaction of all elements in the world around them.
Students who meet this cultural standard are able to:
- recognize and build upon the inter-relationships that exist among the spiritual, natural and human realms in the world around them, as reflected in their own cultural traditions and beliefs as well as those of others;
- understand the ecology and geography of the bioregion they inhabit;
- demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between world view and the way knowledge is formed and used;
- determine how ideas and concepts from one knowledge system relate to those derived from other knowledge systems;
- recognize how and why cultures change over time;
- anticipate the changes that occur when different cultural systems come in contact with one another;
- determine how cultural values and beliefs influence the interaction of people from different cultural backgrounds;
- identify and appreciate who they are and their place in the world.
