Once a teacher understands the influences that have helped shape his or her personal views of Native Americans, that teacher will be better prepared to assess the knowledge and attitudes of his or her students. Once aware of the images their students bring with them to the classroom, teachers can use this knowledge to develop a curriculum that challenges students to develop critical thinking skills in examining these cultural images. There are dangers lurking in any process that leads to the breakdown of stereotypes. Teachers must guard against leading students from viewing Native Americans as primitives or savages to regarding them as only noble and good. Romanticizing Native Americans succeeds only in replacing one unrealistic portrayal with another.
Teachers can integrate antibias learning into the entire curriculum at any education level.
First, determine the center of the web, the theme to be studied. An example is the agricultural techniques of American Indians of New England. Step two involves brainstorming possible issues that stem from the theme at the center of the web. Examples could include indigenous dietary practices, the role of Native women in New England and food production, or the connection between the cultivation of land and Native American resistance to colonization. In the third step, determine the level of awareness held by each member of the class pertaining to Native Americans and the specific antibias issues of study.