SoSt 200 Introduction to Social Studies

MN Board of Teaching Performance Expectations Related to Native Americans

In addition to the NCSS Performance Expectations the Minnesota Board of Teaching has adopted several “performance expectations” which relate to several of the NCSS/Board of Teaching standards. They are:

NCSS/MN Board of Teaching Standard	“Performance Expectation”
1. Culture and Cultural Diversity	Causes and effects of stereotyping on American Indians within their society and on society as a whole.
2. Time, Continuity and Change	Significance of American Indian oral tradition in the perpetuation of culture and history.
4. Individual Development and Identity	The vital role the process of achieving harmony and balance and the American Indian value system play in American Indian philosophy and in the daily lives of American Indians.
5. Interactions among Individuals, Groups, and Institutions	How Minnesota-based Anishinabe reservations and Dakota communities are influenced by history, geography, and contemporary issues.
6. Power, Authority and Governance	American Indian treaties and how they function, the meaning of tribal sovereignty, and the concept of sovereignty as related to tribal government.
6. Power, Authority and Governance	The impact of ever changing United States policies on American Indians.

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