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Racism and Sexism Resource Center for Educators, New York, NY. – 1976
A group of six feminists undertook this study because they felt it important that people learn about racial and sexual discrimination in textbooks used in Baltimore City and other U.S. schools. The task force chose five series of basal readers widely used in Baltimore. These series are used in most, if not all, Elementary Secondary Education Act…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Black Stereotypes, Characterization
Hill, Robert F. – 1971
Social honor--or status--in the school and larger community, and selected aspects of traditional Polish-culture maintenance, are important factors relating to Polish-American ethnicity in the school. This is demonstrated using data collected by questionnaire and participant observation in an urban Roman Catholic secondary school in the American…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Bias, Catholic Schools, Catholics
Westbury, Ian; Westbury, Susan – 1975
The purpose of this curriculum unit on citizenship education is to enrich the way students think about American Indians by presenting the history of American Indians and their relationship with white Americans. The first chapter discusses the kinds of ideas people have about Indians, especially stereotypes of Indians being wild, red-colored, and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Anthropology
Brawdy, Paul J. – Online Submission, 2004
This paper focuses on the use of outdoor-based experiential learning in an undergraduate physical education teacher preparation program to develop a culturally-sensitive pedagogy for work with children from different cultures. Applying the six-stage process for becoming a bi-cultural teacher (Klug & Whitfield, 2003), teacher preparation…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Consciousness Raising, Outdoor Education, Field Trips
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Kendall, Diana; Feagin, Joe R. – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1983
Discusses discrimination in medical school settings and dominant group strategies to comply with remedial requirements while trying to maintain their dominance. Describes how minority women medical students experience double discrimination, based on stereotyped notions of their qualifications (as minorities) to study medicine and their dedication…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Environment, Equal Education, Ethnic Stereotypes
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Feiner, Susan F. – Journal of Economic Education, 1993
Reports on a study of introductory college economics textbooks on the quality and quantity of coverage of the economic status of women and minorities. Finds that textbooks still have a tendency to exclude women and minorities from the general discussion and disguise the multiplicity of explanations for observed differences. (CFR)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cultural Pluralism, Economics Education
Punske, Lori – Teaching Tolerance, 1992
Describes resources that museums make available to classrooms nationwide, particularly multicultural exhibits and educational programs. Describes specific offerings at 14 museums that include inservice teacher training, educational tours, and curriculum materials in Chicano culture, African diversity, Western stereotypes, art, the Holocaust,…
Descriptors: African Culture, American Indian Culture, Art Education, Black Culture
Hatchett, David – Crisis, 1991
The ability of the "Amsterdam News" to mold public opinion out of all proportion to its size is replicated by black newspapers all over the country. This discussion of major black newspapers, namely weeklies, shows how they are an important outlet for black urban communities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black History, Black Influences, Blacks
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Teel, Steven C. – OAH Magazine of History, 1998
Presents two lessons designed to counter textbook images of minorities merely as victims, by introducing high school students to two federal court cases involving Asian immigrants' efforts to guarantee their rights. Includes lesson objectives, background on lesson organization, procedural outline, primary documents necessary for each lesson, and…
Descriptors: Civics, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Root, Maria P. P., Ed. – 1992
This book offers a comprehensive look at the social and psychological adjustment of multiracial people, models for identity development, contemporary immigration and marriage patterns, and methodological issues involved in conducting research with mixed-race people, all in the context of America's multiracial past and present. The following 26…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Jorgensen-Esmaili, Karen – 1988
This middle school curriculum guide helps teachers to work with students to explore the experiences of new immigrant children and to nurture student understanding of migration and its impact on individual refugees and recipient community members. An introductory section ("Notes to the Teacher") explains the issues that call for this…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Culture Conflict, Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language)
Kleg, Milton – 1993
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the problems created by prejudiced attitudes, racist beliefs, and acts of discrimination from the casual racial or ethnic joke to the unrestrained violence of a lynch mob. It addresses such topics as the nature of ethnicity, stereotyping, aggression, and hate groups and individuals who promote ethnic…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Black Stereotypes, Case Studies, Curriculum Design
Schaafsma, David – 1993
This book examines, via a case study involving fifth, sixth, and seventh graders: (1) the struggle of teaching literacy in a racially divided society, (2) the importance of story and storytelling in the educational process, and (3) how storytelling is an interactive experience for both the teller and listener. In addition, the book reveals how…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Methods
O'Malley, Edward, Ed. – 1982
Written for teachers instructing both Indian and non-Indian students, the handbook provides information on American Indians in California. The handbook is presented in six chapters. Chapter 1 is devoted to terminoloy (e.g., American Indian, Native American, tribe, band, rancheria, and chief). Chapter 2 details historic and cultural changes related…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Studies, American Indians
Whitehead, Sandra – 1987
A study examined the influence of national political and economic interests, culture, and history on the portrayal of Arabs in two weekly news magazines. Sample articles from the American weekly "Time" magazine and the British weekly "The Economist" were examined for coverage of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war and the June…
Descriptors: Arabs, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
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