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DHEW, Washington, DC Ethnic Class Activities: Elementary DOC9MENT RESUME '198 065 SO 013 154 AUTHOR Haley, Frances, Ed. TITLE Ethnic Studies Sampler. The Best of the Title IX Project Materials. INSTITUTION ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Edudation, Boulder, Colo.: Social Science Education Consortium, Inc., Boulder, Colo. .5.13ONS AGENCY National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C.; Office of Education (DHEW, Washington, D.C. Ethnic Heritage Studies Branch. ';REPORT NO ISBN-0-89994-251-2 PUB DATE 81 :[CONTRACT 400-78-0006 GRANT G007802356: 6007903230 NOTE 418D. A4ATIABLE FROM Social Science Education Consortium, Inc., 855 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80302 ($20.00). EDRS PRICE MF01/PC17 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Class Activities: Elementary Secoaday Education; *Ethnic Studies: Higher Education; Resource Materials: *Social Studies: Teacher Education IDENTIFIERS Ethnic Heritage Studies Program ABSTRACT This sampler contains selected lessons, activities, 'and materials produced by ethnic studies projects funded under Title TY of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Items were selected for the sampler that would be useful to a variety of target audienceselementary and secondary classroom teachers, university professors, teacher educators, and community groups. Actual pages from the materials are reproduced. Both materials with a multiethnic .approach and those nhich fddused on particular ethnic groups are included. Section I provides classroom activities and materials for use at the elementary, middle school, and secondary levels. Materials Iin this section are ready for use in classrooms. A few examples follow. "My Origins: Discovering and Recording Family History" helps students develop a sense of identity through looking at the origins of their ancestors and making a family tree. "The Native American Experience" focuses on teaching students in social studies courses 'about the American Indian. "The Asian Indians in America",is designed to teach students more about the culture, clothing, and experiences of Asian_Indians. The second part of the sampler contains assessment and curriculum design materials. Assessment instruments for examining the school climate, teacher behavior, and classroom materials are Included. In addition, several projects developed resources for use by educators in implementing effective multiethnic education programs. Thy third section contains teacher training materials. In this section, one reading offers a thorough explanation of how a teacher training institution can modify its curriculum to ensure that prospective teachers understand and can implement multicultural 'education. Another sampler resource in this section is an outline of ateacher training course from a handbook designed specifically for '`school personnel who would be working with Indo-Chinese students. (Autho'c/RM) U.S OEPARTMENT OFHEALTH. EDUCATION i WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HASBEEN REPRO- DUCE() EXACTLY AS RECEIVEDFROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN- ATiNG IT POINTS OF VIEWOR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE- SENT OFFICIAL NATIONALINSTITUTE 00 EOUCATION POSITION OR POLICY "PERMISSION TO MATERIAL HAS REPRODUCE THIS BEEN GRANTEDBY 55C.,- TO THE EDUCATIONALRESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER(ERIC)." ETHNIC STUDIES SAMPLER The Best of the Title IX Project Materials Edited by Frances Haley Social Science Education Consortium, Inc. E RIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/SocialScience Education Boulder, Colorado 1981' 2 ORDERING INFORMATION This publication is available .from: Social. Science Education Consortium 855 Broadway Boulder, Colorado 80302 ISBN 0-89994-251-2 Price: $20.00 The work reported hereinwas supported by grant nos. COO -78 -02356 and GOO-79-03230 from the U.S. Office of Education,Ethnic Heritage Studies Branch. Grantees undertaking such projects undergovernment sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their professionaljudgment in the con- duct of the project. Points of view or opinions stated donot, therefore, necessarily represent the officialposition or policy of the U.S. Office of Education. This publication was prepared with funding from the National Institute of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under contractno. 400-78-0006. The opinions expressed in this report do not necessarily reflectthe positions or policies of NIE or HEW. CONTENTS Preface Introduction 1 I. Classroom Activities and Materials 5 Elementary Materials (K-6) 9 Middle-School Materials (5-9) 107 Secondary Materials (7-12) 179 II. Assessment and Design Materials 291 Assessment Materials 293 Curriculum Design Materials 331 III. Teacher Training Materials 369 Index to Projects / 403 Index to Ethnic Groups 403 PREFACE The Ethnic Heritage Studies Clearinghousewas funded in 1978 by the U.S. Office of Education to collect, analyze, anddisseminate informa-. tion about projects funded by the Ethnic Heritage StudiesProgram, Title IV, since 1974. Last year the clearinghouse published the Ethnic Heritage Studies Program Catalog: 1974-1979, by ReginaMcCormick (ISBN 0-89994-247-4; $9.95), which contains descriptionsof all the Title IX projects funded during that time period in additionto descriptions of all project materials produced between 1974 and 1977. Another task of the clearinghouse was to compilea useful hand- book of activities and resources from the best ofthe Title IX project materials. The outcome of that task was the development of this sampler, the publication of which was made possible by additionalfunding from the National Institute of Education through the ERICClearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education (ERIC/ChESS). In selecting materials for this volume, we triedto include items that would be useful to a variety oftarget audiences--elementary and secondary classroom teachers, university professorsand teacher educa- tors, and community ethnic groups. We included both materials with a multiethnic approach and those which focusedon particular ethnic groups. The staff of the Ethnic Heritage Studies Clearinghousewishes to express appreciation to those projects which sent us materials andgave us permission to use them. We also acknowledge the valuable contribu- tions of current and former members of the clearinghousestaff who helped identify exemplary materials and of the editorialand secretarial support staff who prepared the final copy. We hope that this publication will be useful topersons concerned with the improvement of ethnic heritage studiesas it relates to all levels and aspects of the school curriculum and to adult andcommunity education. Frances Haley Director, Ethnic Heritage Studies Clearinghouse Assistant Director, Social Science Education Consortium v INTRODUCTION This sampler of lessons, activities, and materialsproduced by Title IX projects contains two types ofcomponents: (1) actual reprints or excerpts of project materials whichwere produced in print format and (2) descriptions of nonprintor multimedia materials and reference volumes. Across these categories, the contentsare organ- ized into three major sections: materials for classroom use (Part I), materials for assessment and curriculum design (PartII), and mate- rials for teacher training (Part III). Each major section is preceded by a brief introduction and an overview of thecontents. The first two major sections are further divided intosubsections. Within Part I, the contents are arranged inthree subsections: elemen- tary materials (K-6), middle-school materials (5-9), andsecondary materials (7-12). Part II has two subsections: materials for assess- ment and materials for curriculum design. Each subsection is preceded by an overview and detailed descriptions of thecontents, including complete names and addresses of the projects andinformation about the availability and cost of the reprinted materials. (Theavailability of materials which are merely described,not reprinted, is indicated in the annotation itself.) In selecting sample products for this volume,we attempted insofar as possible to directly reproduce actual pages from the materials,add- ing our own headings, running headlines, andpage numbers. Some of these direct reproductions contain typographicalor other errors which were not feasible or possible to correct because of inabilityto match the type faces. Other sample products had to be retypedbecause of the poor quality of the original copies or becausewe were unable to obtain multiple copies of the products. Some of the samples in the latter cate- gory have been abridged or revised to some extent. 6 1 O Classroom Activities and Materials Some of the classroom activities included in the sampler refer to student handouts and other-materials which are not provided here, either because we were not able to obtain reproducible copies or because they consist of artifacts, cassettes, and other nonprint components. Never- theless, we included these activities because they represent excellent strategies which can be adapted to fit other situations andresources. Teachers may be able to obtain or make substitute materials, insome instances. In any case, before using an activity teachers should read it carefully to make sure that all materials needed are either provided or readily available elsewhere. Of necessity, there is some overlap in the grade-level categories for classroom materials. Because very few materials were aimed specifi- cally at the middle-school level, teachers searching outresources for this level should look additionally at the elementary materials subsec- tion (for grades 5 and 6) and the secondary materials
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