LEGISLATION

There is no relevant legislation.
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ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Montana’s Connecting Cultures & Classrooms: K-12 Curriculum Guide (2006):

Social Studies Activities for Grades 5-8, 9-12:
“Students should understand that Indian societies and cultures were forever changed as a result of devastating disease, genocide and displacement by European settlements” (p.88, 141).

Essential Understanding 6 (Background):
“Children’s history books use terms such as “westward expansion” and “Manifest
Destiny” to describe what would be more accurately called ethnic genocide (Loewen, 1996)” (p.179).

These standards are optional in Montana.
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STATE RESOURCES

There are no relevant state resources.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Montana Office of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 202501
Helena, Montana 59620-2501
URL: http://www.opi.state.mt.us/