Cultural Cobblestones: Teaching Cultural DiversityThis book describes an interdisciplinary literature-based educational program, demonstrating how multiculturalization of a traditional curriculum can move from creating awareness to changing perceptions and instilling new attitudes. Selected studies of African, Native American, Hmong, and Jewish cultures are featured. The book provides 100 student exemplars and models for developing or enhancing a multicultural curriculum at the intermediate or secondary levels. Within the models presented, integration of student learning occurs through hands-on, practical applications of the fine arts, language arts, social studies with the media center serving as the hub for all activity. This book is recommended for school and public librarians, graduate education library science departments, curriculum specialists, teachers, and anyone who has an interest in enriching and diversifying student learning. |
Contents
Introduction Creating Cultural Cobblestones | 1 |
Finding the Path | 11 |
Traveling a Twisted Path South African Apartheid | 17 |
Marking the Path Into a Troubled Land South African Apartheid | 37 |
The Pathway to Darkness The Holocaust | 51 |
Illuminating the Pathway Into the Night | 63 |
The Circle at the End of the Path Native American | 77 |
Discovering the Path to a New Past and Present | 91 |
The Path Leads to America The Hmong | 109 |
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