Wind Walker Learning Center Mission

To help the future learn from the past…
By reconnecting with the higher aspect of ourselves and with mother earth Wind Walker Learning Center is dedicated to empowering the divinity of all beings through arts, edutainment, spiritual development, and holistic health and wellness to assist in evolving a global community devoted to the advancement of human consciousness.

• By engaging, informing, and inspiring people as they learn about history, the events that occurred here and the diverse peoples who assist in shaping the world.
• To connect those that come to their personnel spiritual essence…and to that which is much bigger than each of us individually…
We are not so different you and I.

How can we assist Utah Schools accomplish their mandates?

Wind Walker Learning Center Heritage Education helps to fulfill Utah State core curriculum, in such areas as Social Studies of Utah. Possible areas of advancement with hands on experiences could fall under:
Standard 2 Students will understand the contributions of Native American Indians, explores, and Utah’s pioneers
Objective 1:Examine the contributions of Native American Indians to the culture of Utah
*Identify prehistoric and historic Native American Indian groups.
*Examine the interrelationship between each culture and its environment.
*Investigate spiritual, artistic, architectural, and oral traditions of Utah’s Native American Indians e.g. languages, storytelling, pottery, basketry, weaving, beadwork, and dwellings.
*Identify how Native American Indian heritage influences Utah today.
Objective2: Investigate the importance of explorers in Utah’s settlements.
*Explain the contributions of the Spanish, mountain men, government, and scientific explorers.
*Identify other explorers who contributed to our understanding of Utah.
Objective 3: Describe the significance of pioneers in Utah history.
*Explain the reasons for the Mormon Migration to Utah.
*Explore the pattern of Mormon settlement throughout the West.
*Recognize how the Mormon pioneers’ heritage influences Utah today.
*Investigate the contributions of Utah’s “new pioneers” i.e., ethnic/multicultural/religious/scientific/technological groups.
Standard 4 Students will understand the diverse ways people make a living in Utah
Objective 2: investigate the past and present role of agriculture in Utah.
*Identify the importance of farming and ranching to Utah’s economy.
*Examine the cultural legacy of agriculture in Utah.
Standard 5 Students will understand the diverse nature of Utah’s peoples and cultures.
Objective 1 Assess the cultural diversity of Utah.
*Recognize the unique lifestyles of various cultural or ethnic groups in the local community.
*Explain the role of immigration in changing Utah society.
*Research the ways people maintain and preserve cultural identity; e.g. language, custom, holidays, tradition.
*Explain the issues immigrants encounter in adapting to life in Utah.
Objective 2 investigate the contributions of Utah’s religious and ethnic groups, including Native American Indians.
• Identify Utah’s religious and ethnic groups.
• Explain the reasons Utah’s religious and ethnic groups settled in Utah.
• Explain the benefits each ethnic and religious group adds to Utah’s society.
• Investigate how Utah’s religious and ethnic groups adapt and interact.
Objective 3 assess the diverse cultural and recreational opportunities available in Utah.
• Examine Utah arts opportunities in the areas of dance, music, theater, and visual arts.
Investigate recreational opportunities in Utah.