Presents instructional materials for a unit of study reexamining the effects of the Vietnam War on the Vietnamese migration to the United States. These materials discuss the historical background of this migration as well as the development of Vietnamese American communities and their relationship to other Asian American communities. (MJP)

This book provides preservice and in-service educators with information about the four most prevalent culturally diverse groups in the United States and describes components of responsive multicultural education programs. The text staunchly maintains that multicultural education programs should be a total school effort involving all school…

Discusses the following bicultural determinants in children's learning processes: family structure, value of education, self-concept, assimilative anxiety, social adjustment, and language (verbal and nonverbal). Presents basic guidelines for teachers who work with Oriental and other minority children. (Author/GC)

This curriculum guide, designed by elementary school teachers from the Minnesota school districts of Roseville and St. Paul, helps students to understand the status, needs, and contributions of minority group women: American Indian; Asian American; black; and Hispanic. The guide is intended for use by elementary grade teachers to integrate…

This curriculum guide, designed by secondary school teachers from the Minnesota school districts of Roseville and St. Paul, helps students to understand the status, needs, and contributions of minority group women: American Indians; Asian Americans; blacks; and Hispanics. The guide is intended for use by secondary grade teachers to integrate…

"Integrating Cultural Diversity into Non-Sex-Biased Curricula" is a training and development program designed to help students understand the status, needs, and contributions of minority group women. It deals with American Indian, Asian American, black, and Hispanic women and points out relevant aspects of the history, culture, and contributions…

This document is one of five filmstrip user's guides that can be used to increase understanding of minority group women in the United States by supplying basic information on their histories, current concerns, myths, and misleading stereotypes. The guide was designed to be used with a filmstrip entitled "America's Women of Color: Past, Present,…

The curriculum guide focuses on presenting ethnic heritage information to special education minority group students. Activities are listed in terms of background, objectives, materials, teaching time, and task guidelines for five units: identity, communication, life styles, immigration and migration, and prejudice and discrimination. Each unit…

Presents a lesson plan that utilizes the study of Asian Americans in Hawaii to help students to develop the critical faculties needed to detect stereotyping and bias. Students create presentations on popular images of Hawaii. Later, they produce more critical and better researched presentations on the island and its inhabitants. (MJP)

These activities for grades 4-8 are designed to promote understanding, appreciation, and respect for the diversity of cultures in the United States. Activities focus on four groups: American Indians, blacks, Asian Americans, and Mexican Americans. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the material is appropriate for fine arts, language arts, home…

This comprehensive Asian American curriculum and resource guide for elementary school teachers consists of lessons developed as part of an in-service teacher education workshop. The guide is divided into three topic areas: stereotyping; similarities; and differences. The format for lessons in all sections contains a title, key concepts,…

Designed to meet the need for elementary school students to understand the status, needs, and contributions of Asian Americans, this curriculum guide was developed as a result of an in-service teacher education workshop. The basic premise of the guide is the recognition that student awareness and understanding of Asian Americans should be…

This guide describes the Combined Instructional Approach to adult basic education in English as a Second Language (ESL) and offers procedures for its implementation. The approach uses literate bilingual tutors with little professional educational exposure to teach beginning reading instruction in ESL. A study of the feasibility of this method…

Second in a series of state publications providing suggestions to school districts for serving limited-English-proficient (LEP) students, the handbook on school support services discusses several areas that may require special attention: working with parents of LEP students; staff development or in-service education; transfer of student records;…

This handbook is for teachers and administrators involved with international students in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and mainstream settings. It is intended to raise awareness of the new American classroom. It focuses on how to welcome students, how to make adaptations, and where to locate resources and support information. Section 1,…