Full Description
Written by the leading authority in the field, the Eighth Edition of this classic text has been rewritten and updated to reflect current and emerging theory, research, and scholarship in the fields of ethnic studies and multicultural education.
Divided into five parts, Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies emphasizes that the main goal of the multicultural curriculum should be to help students develop the ability to make reflective decisions so that they can, through thoughtful action, influence their personal, social, and civic worlds and help make them more democratic and just.
Contents
Preface
I. GOALS, CONCEPTS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING
1. The Multicultural Curriculum: Rationale, Trends, and Goals
2. Developing a Multicultural Curriculum
3. Key Concepts for the Multicultural Curriculum
4. Planning the Multicultural Curriculum
II. THE FIRST AMERICANS AND AFRICAN AMERICANS: CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES
5. American Indians: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials
6. Native Hawaiians: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials
7. African Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials
III. EUROPEAN AMERICANS: CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES
8. European Ethnic Groups: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials
9. Jewish Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials
IV. HISPANIC AMERICANS: STRATEGIES AND MATERIALS
10. Mexican Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials
11. Puerto Ricans in the United States: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials
12. Cuban Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials
V. ASIAN AMERICANS AND ARAB AMERICANS: CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES
13. Asian Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials
14. Arab Americans: Concepts and Materials
APPENDIXES
Appendix A. Ethnic Groups in U.S. History: A Chronology of Key Events.
Appendix B. Videotapes on Multicultural Education and U.S. Ethnic Groups.
Appendix C. Books About Women of Color.
Appendix D. The Carter G. Woodson Award Books.
Appendix E. Twenty Classic and Landmark Books in Ethnic Literature.
Index.
