Reports an analysis of the strength of several independent variables (sex, intelligence, dogmatism, socioeconomic status) as predictors of expressed negative reaction toward pre-Western Eskimo culture by fifth grade children. (CS)

The place of non-Western cultural studies in elementary social studies is examined, and possible student and teacher reactions to those cultures and to the various forms that ethnocentrism takes are identified. What research says regarding ways to reduce elementary classroom ethnocentrism is discussed. (RM)