Tule Habitat Characteristics

Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP)

Goals: Knowledge of Language, History and Culture.

Spokane Tribal Standards for Culturally-Responsive Schools:

A.1 – Assume responsibility for their role in relation to the well-being of the cultural community and their life-long obligations as a community member;

A.3 – Acquire and pass on the traditions of their community through oral and written history;

A.6 – Live a life in accordance with the cultural values and traditions of the local community and integrate them into their everyday behavior;

A.7 – Determine the place for their community in the regional, state, national, and international political and economic systems;

B.2 – Make effective use of the knowledge, skills, and ways of knowing them from their own cultural traditions to learn about the larger world in which they live;

B.3 – Make appropriate choices regarding the long-term consequences of their actions;

C.2 – Make constructive contributions to the governance of their community and well-being of their family;

D.2 – Participate in and make constructive contributions to the learning activities associated with a traditional camp environment;

D.3 – Gather oral and written history information from the local community and provide an appropriate interpretation of its cultural meaning and significance;

D.5 – Identify and utilize appropriate sources of cultural knowledge to find solutions to everyday problems;

E.1 – 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;

E.2 – Understand the ecology and geography of the bioregion they inhibit;

E.6 – Anticipate the changes that occur when different cultural systems come in contact with one another;

E.8 – Identify who they are and their place in the world.

Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements – EALR’s

K-1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION

Standard 1 – Ecological, Social, and Economic Systems

Students develop knowledge of the interconnectedness and interdependency of ecological, social, and economic systems. They demonstrate understanding of how the health of these systems determines the sustainability of natural and human communities at local, regional, and global levels.

Standard 2 – The Natural and Built Environment

Students engage in inquiry and systems thinking and use information gained through learning experiences in, about, and for the environment to understand the structure, components, and processes of natural and human-built environments.

Standard 3 – Sustainability and Civic Responsibility

Students develop and apply the knowledge, perspective, vision, skills, and habits of mind necessary to make person and collective decisions and take actions that promote sustainability.

SCIENCE

K-1 SYSA Living and nonliving things are made of parts. People give names to the parts that are different from the name of the whole object, plant, or animal.
K-1 INQA Question and Investigate –  Scientific investigations involve asking and trying to answer a question about the natural world by making and recording observations.
K-1 INQC Explain and Infer – Scientists develop explanations using recorded observations (evidence).
K-1 INQD Communicate – Scientists report on their investigations to other scientists, using drawings and words.
K-1 INQE Communicate – Observations are made more reliable if repeated, especially if repeated by different people.
K-1 INQF Intellectual Honesty – All scientific observations must be reported honestly and accurately.
K-1 PS1a The position of an object can be described by locating it relative to another object or to the object’s surroundings.
K-1 LS1B All plants and animals have various external parts
K-1 Ls1D Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, and move from place to place.
K-1 LS1E Animals have various ways of obtaining food and water. Nearly all animals drink water or eat foods that contain water.
K1 LS2A There are different kings of natural areas, or habitats, where many different plants and animals live together.
K-1 LS2B A habitat supports the growth of many different plants and animals by meeting their basic needs of food, water, and shelter.
K-1 LS3C External features of animals and plants are used to classify them into groups.