This bibliography, developed as part of the Portland (Oregon) Public School District's Comprehensive Desegregation Plan, is designed to assist teachers of grades K-8 in locating materials which are unbiased and contribute to multicultural understanding. The bibliography lists books, audiovisual items, and community resources within reach of…

Prepared by the American Association of School Librarians Committee on Treatment of Minorities in Library Books and Other Instructional Materials, as a second supplement to the listing published in the Winter 1970 issue of School Libraries. (Author)

The authors define three levels of content complexity in ethnic materials and present a sequence for incorporating complex ethnic content with an appropriate instructional strategy in order to elicit a higher level of cognitive functioning. (Author/SJL)

This guide provides material for introducing ethnic studies in the early elementary school curriculum. The publication can be appropriately used at more than a single grade level. The first section, a manual for pupils, examines the everyday lives of two cousins in two Sicilian communities. The experiences of a third cousin, living in an ethnic…

A study investigaged: (1) in what ways sixth-grade students appropriated language and/or themes from multicultural poetry into their own poetry writing and (2) when students appropriated language and/or themes, what factors influenced their choices. Subjects were 5 students within a class of 22, chosen for case studies because of their unique…

In a time of heightened concern for useful integrated studies in U.S. history, Merl Eppse's work is at the forefront of quality material. Unfortunately it has been largely ignored. Merl Eppse was one of the first educators to write a U.S. history textbook that presented the history of U.S. blacks in an integrated manner. He was the head of the…

This is an annotated bibliography of multi-ethnic curriculum materials, compiled by the Midwest Center for Equal Educational Opportunity, University of Missouri. This bibliography is organized by type of material including 16mm films, filmstrips, sound recordings, photo aids, learning kits and packets, simulations and games, booklets, and books.…

This annotated bibliography is the first supplement to the "Annotated Bibliography of Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Materials" and represents the materials collected by the Midwest Center for Equal Educational Opportunity since the publication of the original volume in the fall of 1974. This supplement is organized by type of material including 16mm…

This annotated bibliography is the second supplement to the "Annotated Bibliography of Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Materials" and represents the materials collected by the Midwest Center for Equal Educational Opportunity since the publication of the original volume in the fall of 1974 and of the first supplement in the winter of 1974-1975. This…

This annotated bibliography is the third supplement to the "Annotated Bibliography of Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Materials" and represents the materials collected by the Midwest Center for Equal Educational Opportunity since the publication of the original volume in the fall of 1974 and of the first two supplements during 1974-1975. This…

Designed to help local boards of education eliminate biased instructional materials, these guidelines contain (1) a suggested contractual provision which specifies instructional material reflecting the multi-ethnic nature of society, (2) a rationale for the contractual provision, (3) three examples of how textbooks can be analyzed, (4) the…

Reports on a pilot survey of the authors of three sets of textbooks used in Australia and Canada, which have previously been shown to include a relatively high proportion of Indigenous and other minority groups' knowledges, cultures and sciences. Explores issues of voice and power in the production of textbooks. (MM)

This bibliography includes materials found useful in rendering technical assistance to various school divisions which are implementing multiethnic, multicultural curriculum programs. Books are listed by author and title. Films, filmstrips, multi-media programs, instructional programs, recordings, simulations, slides, study prints, tape cassettes,…