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Ashley Leal – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This ethnographic study examines the Lipan Apache ("Ndé") Tribe of Texas powwow as a curriculum of culture(s) and a pedagogy of place through which culture is preserved, performed, transmitted, and transformed. Integrating both emic (insider) and etic (outsider) perspectives, I combine personal experiences as a Lipan Apache tribal member…
Descriptors: Tribes, American Indians, Cultural Maintenance, Culturally Relevant Education
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Leysath, Maggie; Galan, Rachel – Teaching Artist Journal, 2021
On April 13, 2019, an EF3 tornado demolished the traditional Caddo grass house and the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site museum with approximately 80 people inside. This occurred on Caddo Days, an annual event designed for Caddo people to share their culture with the surrounding community. In July 2019, survivors, community members, and Caddo…
Descriptors: Historic Sites, American Indian History, Art Activities, Cultural Activities
Yvette M. Regalado – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This counterstorytelling study involved examining how Practitioners of Color (POC) enact "carino" and embed restorative literacies or cultural and community practices in community college integrated reading and writing (IRW) classrooms to create a safe counterspace for Students of Color (SOC). The significance of this research is to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cultural Activities, Community Characteristics, Methods
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María G. Leija; Myriam Jimena Guerra; Brenda Ayala Lewis – NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
The article examines how a Mexican second grade dual language teacher guided his Latinx bilingual students in exploring Día de los Muertos, a cultural practice. Through the Día de los Muertos project, parents responded in a variety of ways. Some parents learned about Día de los Muertos for the first time, other parents remembered participating in…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Hispanic American Culture, Teaching Methods, Parent Attitudes
Monaco, Theresa; Goodner, Jane – 1990
Most typical high school programs are not meeting the needs of gifted and talented students. Programs for the gifted are often neither interdisciplinary nor differentiated as encouraged by Texas state guidelines. Gifted students can gain much from well-designed extracurricular activities. Grade weighting schemes in which gifted courses are…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Cultural Activities, English, Enrichment Activities
Rappole, George H. – 1976
This document presents a general overview of The Community College Program for Elderly Texans, a program funded through state-allocated federal funds and local contributions, and available to the elderly at no cost. The program embodies a wide variety of activities, such as classroom studies, informational lectures, transportation, counseling, and…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Community Colleges, Community Services, Counseling
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
A packet of teaching activities helps elementary and secondary teachers commemorate the sesquicentennial of Texas' independence. Activities include listening to stories about the mockingbird, bluebonnet, and pecan tree, drawing interpretations of these stories, and using a graphics tablet, light pen, or graphics software to illustrate a Texas folk…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education
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Lizcano, Jeannette; Garza, Laura Leticia – 1974
"El Cinco de Mayo", a commemoration of when Mexican troops defeated French invaders, is the topic of this unit developed for the Bilingual/Multicultural Education Program of the Crystal City Independent School District (Crystal City, Texas). As unit objectives, the students are to demonstrate their comprehension of the significance of…
Descriptors: Activities, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Cultural Activities
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Herrera, Gloria; Lizcano, Jeanette – 1973
"El Dia de la Raza", considered the birthday of the mestizo, is the topic of this unit for the secondary level. As unit objectives, the students are to demonstrate (1) their comprehension by stating 3 major areas of contributions the Indians and the Spaniards gave the mestizo culture and (2) their concept of mestizaje by participating in…
Descriptors: Activities, American Indians, Biculturalism, Cultural Activities
Sumpter, Magdalena Benavides, Ed. – 1978
The folkways and cultural heritage of the Mexican Americans of South Texas are explored in this volume which is designed to provide the student with the opportunity for cultural enrichment, oral language development, and vocabulary expansion. The first chapter deals with "Creencias" which are common beliefs handed down from generation to…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Community Resources, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness
Browne, Gayle; And Others – 1984
Developed by the Texas Department of Human Resources' Child Development Division, this guide supports and encourages the integration of cultural diversity into children's programs; furnishes basic information related to race, ethnicity, and culture; and briefly considers some issues associated with the concepts. While not dealing in depth with all…
Descriptors: Clothing, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Yao, Esther Lee – 1985
The implementation of multicultural teaching in Texas public schools was examined in 28 elementary, 18 junior high, and 17 high schools in southeastern Texas. Questionnaires, sent to 63 teachers enrolled in a graduate course in multicultural education, evaluated learning resources, curriculum development, school environments, and personnel…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness
Cifuentes, Lauren; Murphy, Karen; Davis, Trina – 1998
This case study focused on the effects of collaborative activities between two teachers and their students. The authors explored the effectiveness of distance learning for adolescents in promoting self-esteem, achievement, and multicultural understanding. In Cultural Connections, diverse students across Texas collaborated on multicultural…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education