"Rethinking Columbus," the book the author co-edited with Bob Peterson, had been banned in the schools of Tucson, Arizona, as part of that state's suppression of the Mexican American Studies program. The state superintendent of schools, John Huppenthal, had found the acclaimed Tucson program out of compliance with House Bill 2281, which…

Basal readers have long been problematized for a lack of diversity among the characters and experiences represented in the text selections. Building on this, and informed by critical theory, critical race theory, and Bourdieuian perspectives, this dissertation examines racist discourses in a set of third grade basal readers. In order to explore…

This author's interest in Africa sprang from a visit to that continent as early as 1948, when she witnessed the growing demands by African majorities to share or control political power. Today, the attraction is no less, and the availability of instructional material far greater. (JB)

An exploration of the educational value of the American slave narrative, offering suggestions as to how these materials can be integrated with a variety of classroom activities--music, art, writing, debate, dramatization and dance. (EH)

The purpose of this workshop was to acquaint social science and humanities teachers in small liberal art colleges with available materials about the Negro in American life, and the several approaches for incorporating these materials within the curriculum of the liberal arts college. This report lists the 32 participants and discusses: (1) the…

Reviews of curriculum materials prepared by a panel of members of the National Council for the Social Studies. Reprinted from the May 1969 issue of "Social Education . (AP)

What young Black students are proclaiming now is that they want their own material written with their Black consciousness, their spiritual and cultural problems in mind. Schools and publishers would do well to listen to the insistent voices of young Black students. (Author)

In response to demands for more and better teaching about Africa in American higher education, the US Office of Education requested that the Program of African Studies at Northwestern University generate a set of teaching materials which could be used in introductory undergraduate courses. Included in these volumes, these materials provide…

Surveying Afro-American literature--mainly from the Harlem Renaissance to the present--and examining materials and resources usually at the elementary, secondary, and college levels, this course culminates in the development of an individual or group term project. These projects have generally consisted of the following types; a lesson plan for…

Lists, describes, and offers ordering information about videotapes/films, journals, texts, and organizations that can serve as classroom or school resources for teaching about the American black experience. Includes resources keyed to black Catholic interests. (DMM)

An annotated bibliography of sources of recent multi-ethnic materials for use by librarians and teachers. Emphasis on Negroes but other minorities are represented. Includes bibliographic essays, bibliographies, and sources of information. (JS)

The major objective of the Project in African Music at Howard University was to develop materials for a course in African music designed for General Education curricula in institutions of higher education. The project was expanded to include the development of materials on African-derived music and to make the materials adaptable for use in…