Contains a poster appealing to immigrants in the 1920s to attend classes at one of four Americanization schools to learn English. Teaching strategies to help teachers use the poster in secondary U.S. history classes are included. The poster is a primary source material from the National Archives. (RM)

Addressing the 54th annual meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, 1974, Wronski comments on the integrity of social studies, accountability, ethnic studies, career education, values, academic freedom, social pollution, and political and social institutions. (JR)

This excerpted bibliography presents literature entries which deal with the Irish-, Italian-, and Polish-American experience. Entries are annotated and include fiction and drama, biography and history, poetry, history, and criticism. Entries are alphabetized by author, and include date, publisher, and annotation. (JR)

Presents a brief overview of ethnic material available to elementary school social studies classroom teachers, suggests criteria for selection of materials, presents examples of ethnic materials on different complexity levels, and gives some general pointers to teachers on what to avoid when selecting ethnic materials. (DB)

Ethnic studies should be viewed as a process of curriculum reform that will result in the creation of a new curriculum that is based on new assumptions and new perspectives, and which will help students to gain novel views of the American experience and a new conception of what it means to be American. (Author)

School districts selling materials on Black Americans, Mexicans, Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans, and bilingual, bicultural, or other ethnic materials are listed. (JH)

Suggests primary sources for studying local ethnic groups when conventional textbooks omit or distort information. Primary sources include church and census records, city directories, oral tradition, pictorial records, programs, and artifacts such as statues and plaques. (AV)

Maintains that students must study ethnicity to attain a total understanding of American society. The author analyzes and evaluates multiethnic components of a social studies program and recommends comprehensive testing to determine the success of each component. Examples of testing techniques are presented. (Author/DB)

Reasons for encouraging multicultural education in the public schools include building positive self concept among minority students and cultural awareness for all students. Supports the multicultural education argument with evidence relating to American Indian cultural heritage. (Author/DB)

Suggests ways in which primary source materials--in this case, census materials describing Cherokee Indians in the early 19th century--can be used by social studies classroom teachers to help students understand historical events and trends. Teaching methods based on the census materials are suggested, including map and globe work, filling in work…

Proposes that educators add a multiethnic dimension to bilingual bicultural education. Examples are presented from a bilingual multiethnic curriculum based upon Mexican American culture. (Author/DB)

Explores the relationships among cultural pluralism, ethnic prejudice, and multicultural education. Concludes that multiethnic and multicultural education can help students understand and appreciate cultural differences and the contributions of various groups to American culture. (Author/DB)

Because ethnicity is a salient part of the American social system, the author discusses the need for students to be tolerant of cultural differences. In addition, definitions of ethnicity are given, developments of recent trends are briefly traced, and criteria for selection of ethnic minority content and the value of this content are discussed.…

Two students recommend elementary and secondary school courses on American cultural and ethnic groups in order to counteract ethnic prejudice. An ethnic studies program at John Dewey High School in Brooklyn is described and student attitudes toward this program are analyzed. (Author/DB)