Learn how to effectively center cultural learning in your school garden program with KidsGardening’s new curriculum of lesson plans, growing guides, and more.
This course and all related materials are LearnWorlds. Purchasing the course here will create an account for you on LearnWorlds so that you can access all materials. (You can also register directly on LearnWorlds.)
By their nature, gardens embody diversity. Garden education is increasingly recognized as an interdisciplinary approach that integrates academic goals, health and wellness, place-based education, and community connections and relationships. However, discussion of culture is often missing in garden-based education. In collaboration with experienced garden educators from across the country, KidsGardening has created a curriculum of original lesson plans, growing guides, worksheets, and more designed to celebrate the intersections of garden education and culture with K through 6th-grade students.
In this course, instructors will familiarize participants with pedagogical principles for centering culture in garden education, a host of culturally-significant food plants, and provide context and insight into the lesson plans included in the curriculum.
Lessons feature vetted and researched background information so you feel confident talking about the biology, origins, and cultural significance of these plants with your students, as well as introductory activities, step-by-step exploratory activities, and lesson extensions to keep the learning going!
