The use of meaningful and suitable stories to develop in white suburban children a sense of tolerance for and identification with black urban children is discussed. (CK)

The real issue in this serious problem is not whether we should have physically mixed schools, but whether we are committed to creating an open society in which individuals can fully participate without regard to their ethnic, cultural, or social class identity. (Author)

A study was carried out to examine self concept, level of externality, and attitudes toward physical characteristics, neighborhoods and schools of 98 black youths in predominantly white suburbs of the Pacific Northwest region. The method used was based on a conceptual framework of "ethnicity typology." The stages of this typology were…

"Research in Social Studies Education , James P. Shaver, Editor-- Social Education's Research Supplement, Number One, December 1969. (AP)

Examines research and literature on race and ethnic groups published between 1911-2000, documenting how knowledge created by social scientists, historians, and intellectuals reflects social and cultural contexts and political and economic interests. Notes the competing paradigms and explanations developed in each historical period, explaining that…

Explored self-esteem, physical and racial self-concept, attitudes toward school and neighborhood, racial attitudes, and locus of control among 98 Black children in grades 3-12, living and attending school in upper middle class, predominantly White suburbs. (GC)

A historical case study of the construction and reconstruction of race between the late 19th century and the 1940s is used to document the ways in which the social, cultural, political, and historical contexts in which knowers are embedded influence the knowledge they construct and reconstruct. (Author/SLD)

The author was in the seventh grade at the Newsome Training School in Aubrey, Arkansas when the Supreme Court handed down "Brown v. Board of Education" on May 17, 1954. His most powerful memory of the "Brown" decision is that he has no memory of it being rendered or mentioned by his parents, teachers, or preachers. In his rural…

Research is reviewed on the effects of materials and other curricular experiences related to race and gender on the perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs of students in kindergarten through grade 12. Research findings are not totally consistent, but the studies reviewed indicate that different kinds of curriculum interventions can help students…

This book, designed to help the classroom teacher develop strategies and methods needed to teach the black experience, has the following organization. The first chapter, "The Need for Intergroup Education," establishes a rationale for teaching the black experience, and reviews research documenting the negative racial attitudes that children…