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Ethnic Studies Course Development

Beginning the 2025-2026 school year, WPUSD high schools will offer Ethnic Studies as an elective course, in alignment with Assembly Bill 101.

About Ethnic Studies:

What will the course cover?
The course will explore key topics, all connected to our local community, in the following units:

  • Introduction to Ethnic Studies
  • Culture and Identity
  • Origins, Movements, and Migration
  • Societal Structures and Their Effect
  • Social Movements and Community Organizing
  • Final Project

What is Ethnic Studies?

  • Learning about different cultures and histories often left out of regular classes
  • Understanding experiences of diverse groups and eliminating stereotypes
  • Exploring how race, gender, and class shape people's lives and society
  • Discovering often-overlooked contributions of people from various backgrounds
  • Developing skills to engage positively in our diverse world

What Ethnic Studies is not:

  • Intended to demonize or shame any one group of people
  • To promote one opinion or political idea/agenda

Implementation Timeline:

  • Assembly Bill 101 requires districts to offer Ethnic Studies by the 2025–26 school year
  • It will be a graduation requirement for the Class of 2029–30

Ethnic Studies Information Night Recording

Slide Presentations

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