Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies

Description

Written by the leading authority in the field, the Eighth Edition of this classic text has been rewritten and updated to reflect current and emerging theory, research, and scholarship in the fields of ethnic studies and multicultural education.

Divided into five parts, Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies  emphasizes that the main goal of the multicultural curriculum should be to help students develop the ability to make reflective decisions so that they can, through thoughtful action, influence their personal, social, and civic worlds and help make them more democratic and just.

Part I presents a rationale for incorporating ethnic content into the mainstream curriculum. Goals and key concepts for the multicultural curriculum are also discussed. Parts II through IV contain chapters on the major ethnic groups in the United States: Native and African Americans, European Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian and Arab Americans.

The text is designed to help teachers conceptualize, design, and implement a democratic, thoughtful, and just curriculum that honors and reflects the experiences, hopes, and dreams of all Americans. It describes the knowledge, concepts, strategies, and resources that teachers need to implement a democratic curriculum by transforming the mainstream curriculum and incorporating content and concepts about diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural groups.

• 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.

Written by the leading authority in the field, the Eighth Edition of this classic text has been rewritten and updated to reflect current and emerging theory, research, and scholarship in the fields of ethnic studies and multicultural education.

Divided into five parts, Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies emphasizes that the main goal of the multicultural curriculum should be to help students develop the ability to make reflective decisions so that they can, through thoughtful action, influence their personal, social, and civic worlds and help make them more democratic and just.

Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies, Eighth Edition

James A. Banks is Kerry and Linda Killinger Professor of Diversity Studies and Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. http://depts.washington.edu/centerme/home.htm

“My students love the book [and] tell me that they will use the techniques for working with diverse students in their classes.” 

—Joyce Nichols, University of West Florida

Written by the leading authority in the field, James A. Banks, the eighth edition of this classic text has been revamped and updated to reflect current and emerging theory, research, and scholarship in the fields of ethnic studies and multicultural education. Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies helps teachers conceptualize, design, and implement a democratic, thoughtful, and just curriculum that honors and reflects the experiences of all Americans. The book offers specific resources and strategies for transforming the mainstream curriculum to incorporate content and concepts about diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural groups, always reinforcing its main goal of leading teachers and students toward reflective decision-making about multicultural issues. Part I presents a rationale for incorporating ethnic content into the curriculum as well as goals and key concepts for the multicultural curriculum. Parts II through V include chapters on the major ethnic groups in the United States: Native and African Americans, Jewish and European Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian and Arab Americans.

New to this edition:

• Thousands of statistics have been revised throughout the text; notably, data from the American Community Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau–a new nationwide survey that updates population trends between the decennial censuses– provide the most current population statistics available.
• The American Community Survey data also informs the many new tables and figures throughout the text.
• The latest trends and research in ethnic studies and multicultural education, such as the debate about immigration of Hispanics into the U.S., the influx of African immigrants, and increases in multi-racial/multi-ethnic children, are incorporated throughout the book
• Hundreds of new annotated books and resources appear in fully revamped lists of recommended reading for students and teachers.
• Refreshed appendixes of websites and visual media incorporate cutting-edge references and materials to keep pace with changing sources.

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.