Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies, CourseSmart eTextbook, 8th Edition

Written by the leading authority in the field, the Eighth Edition of this classic text has been rewritten and updated to reflect current and emerging theory, research, and scholarship in the fields of ethnic studies and multicultural education.

 

Divided into five parts, Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies  emphasizes that the main goal of the multicultural curriculum should be to help students develop the ability to make reflective decisions so that they can, through thoughtful action, influence their personal, social, and civic worlds and help make them more democratic and just.

 

Part I presents a rationale for incorporating ethnic content into the mainstream curriculum. Goals and key concepts for the multicultural curriculum are also discussed. Parts II through IV contain chapters on the major ethnic groups in the United States: Native and African Americans, European Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian and Arab Americans.

 

The text is designed to help teachers conceptualize, design, and implement a democratic, thoughtful, and just curriculum that honors and reflects the experiences, hopes, and dreams of all Americans. It describes the knowledge, concepts, strategies, and resources that teachers need to implement a democratic curriculum by transforming the mainstream curriculum and incorporating content and concepts about diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural groups.

Preface

I. GOALS, CONCEPTS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING

 1. The Multicultural Curriculum: Rationale, Trends, and Goals

 2. Developing a Multicultural Curriculum

 3. Key Concepts for the Multicultural Curriculum

 4. Planning the Multicultural Curriculum

II. THE FIRST AMERICANS AND AFRICAN AMERICANS: CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES

 5. American Indians: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials

 6. Native Hawaiians: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials

 7. African Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials

III. EUROPEAN AMERICANS: CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES

 8. European Ethnic Groups: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials

 9. Jewish Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials

IV. HISPANIC AMERICANS: STRATEGIES AND MATERIALS

10. Mexican Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials

11. Puerto Ricans in the United States: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials

12. Cuban Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials

V. ASIAN AMERICANS AND ARAB AMERICANS: CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES

13. Asian Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials

14. Arab Americans: Concepts and Materials

APPENDIXES

Appendix A. Ethnic Groups in U.S. History: A Chronology of Key Events.

Appendix B. Videotapes on Multicultural Education and U.S. Ethnic Groups.

Appendix C. Books About Women of Color.

Appendix D. The Carter G. Woodson Award Books.

Appendix E. Twenty Classic and Landmark Books in Ethnic Literature.

Index.