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Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies, 8th edition

Published by Pearson (February 13, 2008) © 2009

  • James A. Banks
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  • Each chapter in Parts II — V contains: (1) chronologies of key historical events, (2) historical overviews of groups, (3) key concepts and teaching strategies, (4) annotated bibliographies for elementary and secondary school teachers and students.
  • Extensive bibliographies for teachers and students help educators gain the background needed to shape multicultural/ethnic curriculum and assign developmentally appropriate student reading that supports it.
  • Chapter teaching strategies and activities designated specifically for primary grades, intermediate grades, and high school grades provide teachers with age-appropriate activities from which to build their lessons.
  • Appendices, designed as a resource to help students and teachers obtain information and materials for classroom use, include a chronology of key events in the history of ethnic groups in the United States, Internet resources, visual media, and books on multicultural education and U.S. ethnic groups.
  • New research, developments, and trends in ethnic studies and multicultural education (such as the debate about immigration of Hispanics in the US, the influx of new Black immigrants from Africa, and the increase in multi-racial/multi-ethnic children) have been incorporated throughout the text.
  • Thousands of statistics throughout the book have been updated; in particular, the 2000 population statistics have been updated using data from the American Community Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau—a new nationwide survey that updates population trends between the decennial censuses.
  • Many new tables and figures based on new statistical data from the American Community Survey of the U. S. Census Bureau appear throughout the text.
  • Annotated list of books and resources for students and teachers have been completely revised; hundreds of new annotated books and resources have been added to this edition.
  • Appendix B, which consists of Web sites for teaching about diversity, has been revised to delete sites that no longer exist and incorporate the most current sites available today.
  • Appendix C, which describes visual media for teaching about U.S. ethnic groups, has been updated to incorporate new materials and to delete those that are no longer available.

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.

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