Teaching about Immigration: Problems and Prospects.

Zevin, Jack

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ERIC Number: EJ360009

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Publication Date: 1987

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Teaching about Immigration: Problems and Prospects.

Zevin, Jack

Social Studies, v78 n5 p191-94 Sep-Oct 1987

Argues that current history textbooks present a distorted view of immigration in order to promote civic values. Calls for the teaching of immigration based on original accounts, autobiographies, statistics, and documents in order to present a more realistic picture of immigration in the classroom. (BSR)

Descriptors: Curriculum Problems, Ethnic Stereotypes, Immigrants, Instructional Improvement, Minority Groups, Secondary Education, Social Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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