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Jacob Huerta prefers to take an honest approach when teaching the pilot ethnic studies course at Redwood High School.
Huerta, who has taught history at the Visalia high school for four years, acknowledges the ugly facts.” He doesn t want his students to think, That guy lied to me.
“Yes. Some negative things occurred,” he said. “They will find that out anyway.” For the most part, Huerta focuses on the positive contributions of ethnic groups, he added.
Huerta uses real-world examples to show his students they’re not much different from the groups they’re learning about through various newspaper articles, documentaries and books, including “A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America” by Ronald Takaki.