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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 058 168 SP 005 479 AUTHOR Gibson, John S. TITLE The Intergroup Relations Curriculun. A Project for Flementary School Education. Vol. II. INSTITUTION Tufts Univ., Medford, Mass. Lincoln Filene System for Citizenship and Public Affairs. PUB DATE Mar 69 NOTE 550p. AVAILABLE FROMLincoln Filene Center for Citizenship and Public Affairs, Tufts Univ., Medford, Mass. 02155 ($4.00) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$19.74 DESCRIPTORS *Curriculum Development; *Curriculum Guides; *Elementary School Curriculum; *Human Relations; *Intergroup Relations ABSTRACT Volume 2 of this report on the development of an intergroup relations curriculum contains a curriculum itself. The contents include 1) an explanatory introduction to the curriculum; 2) an outline of the conceptual framework; 3)the methodological tools; 4) teaching the governing process and the methodological tools; 5) learning activities and instructional units, including units with bibliographies on American Indians and the Declaration of Independence; and 6) instructional resources. The objectives of the course are 1)to advance the child's positive self-concept; 2) to help the child to reduce sterotypic and prejudicial thinking and overt discrimination with respect to all kinds of groupings ofhuman beings; 3)to assist the child in realizing that there are many differences among people within groupings based on sex, age, race. ethnic classification, national origin, profession, region, and level of education; 4) to give the child a realistic understanding of the past and present, including the contributions made to the United States by people from a wide variety of backgrounds and nations; 5) to encourage the child to be an active participant in the teaching-learning process; and 6)to suggest ways by which all individuals may contribute toward bringing the realities of the democratic critic culture closer to its ideals. Vodume 1of this report is related document SP 005 478. purq THE INTERGROUPRELATIONS CURRICULUM ,r) A PROGRAMFOR co ELEMENTARY SCHOOL c) EDUCATION C3 VOLUME II V6, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEENREPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVEDFROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATIONORIG INATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OROPIN IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OFEDU CATION POSITION OR POLICY. John S. Gibson 1 LINCOLN FILENE CENTERFOR CITIZENSHIP CS+ :T4 AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS (e) 0 TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 1 CI.C2465 'tt 1 , . , "PERMISSION TO REPROOUQE THIS COPY RIGHTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY John S. Gibson TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS 0 PE RATING UNOER AGREEMENTS WITH THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION. FURTHE R REPRODUCTION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTE M REQUIRES PER MISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER." Copyright The Lincoln Filene Center for Citizenship and Public Affairs 'Nits University 1969 Volume II Contents Acknowledgments iv Preface vi II.The Intergroup Relations Curriculum 1 A.Introduction to the Intergroup Relations Qirriculum 1 B. The Conceptual Framework: The Governing Process 14 C.The Methodological Tools 27 D.Teaching the Governing Process and the Methodological Tools 37 E.Learning Activities and Instructional Units 79 Learning Activities 81 Unit A:American Indians 384 Bibliography for American Indians 449 Unit B:The Declaration of Independence 455 Bibliography for the Declaration of Independence 509 F.Instructional Resources in Intergroup Relations 514 References 542 iii .4: Acknowledgments Me broad dimensions of this study reflect the dedication and expertise of many people.The Director of the Project is particularly indebted to the staff members of the Lincoln Filene Center who have had principal responsibility for the Intergroup Relations CurriculumMiss Damaris Ames, Director of Elemen- tary Studies; Miss Joyce E. Southard, Assistant Director of Elementary Studies; Mrs. Ann C. 'Chalmers, Administrative Assistant to the Director; Miss Sandra J. Saba, Executive Secretary; and Mrs. Jan Brown, Administrative Assistant to the Elementary Studies Program. Mr. Wyman Holmes, Director of the Division of Media Services; Dr. Bradbury Seasholes, Director of Political Studies; Miss Miriam C. Berry, Senior Editor; and Dr. William C. Kvaraceus, formerly Di- rector of Youth Studies at the Center and currently Chairman of the Department of Educt.tion at Clark University, provided indispensable services in the devel- opment of the Intergrcup Relations Curriculum. Miss Sandra Lee Malaguti, Mrs. Anthony Diteso, Miss Pearl A. Castor, and Mrs. Virginia O'Neil gave superb secretarial services.Consultants to the Center whose professional ex- pertise was of great value included Mrs. John Hilbert of the Newton (Massachu- setts) school system, Miss Barbara Hafner of the Medford (Massachusetts) school system, and Mr. Major Morris of Education Development Center Re- source Center, Roxbury (Massachusetts). Mrs. Hilbert has been a clinical teaching consultant to the Center for three years, and Miss Hafner's contribu- tions to the units on the Indians and the Declaration of Independence were out- standing. Mr. Morris' photographic skills are well represented in this study, and he continues to make important additions to the instructional materials in the Curriculum. Former members of the Center's staff played key roles in the develop- ment of the Curriculum. They include Miss Jane B. Benson, Mrs. Erik C. Es- selstyn, Mrs. Douglas Dodds (formerly Miss Astrid Anderson), Miss Vivienne Frachtenberg, and Mrs. Stephen Morse. All were deeply involved in the Arlington (Massachusetts) and Providence (Rhode Island) inservice programs for teachers; and Mrs. Esselstyn, in particular, wrote a number of the learning activities set forth in Volume II of this study. The work of former associates of the Center is reflected here. Dr. Jo- seph C. Grannis of Teachers College, Columbia University, chaired the pri- mary level working party during academic 1966-1967 and was responsible for many of the concepts in the learning activities for the early grades presented in Volume II of the study.His associates in this group were Miss Helen Clark, Winchester (Massachusetts) school system; Miss Else Jaffe, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Mrs. Louise C. Smith, Harvard Graduate School of iv t4h. Education; Miss Melissa Tillman, NewSchool for Children, Boston; and Mrs. Doreen Wilkinson, Lesley-EllisSchool, Lesley College, Cambridge,Massachu- setts. The work Of the intermediate-gradelevel working party of academic 1966-1967 is also incorporated in this report.That group, headed by Dr. Gib son, was comprised of Mrs.Hilbert; Mrs. William Davidson and Mr.Frank Lyman of the Lexington (Massachusetts)school system; Mrs. Paul Reinhart, member of the faculty and supervisor forsocial studies interns, LesleyCol- lege, Cambridge; Miss Mary Lou Denning,Lowell (Massachusetts) school sys- tem; and Mrs. Bryant Rollins,Hilltop Day Care Center, Roxbury,Massachu- setts, and presently at the HarvardGraduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Center is also most grateful tothe many teachers and administra- tors of the Title I Project,Lowell, Massachusetts, for theircontributions to the teaching of fie Curriculum duringthe summer of 1967, and to theteachers who used the Curriculum in the CastleSquare Project, Boston., in the summer of 1968. Dr. Lonnie Carton of the Departmentof Education, Tufts University, did an excellent job in coordinating thisproject. Dr. Helen J. Kenneyand her associates, especially Mrs. Barbara Harris,conducted early evaluation studies on the Curriculum. We acknowledge with gratitude thehelp of the teachers from theArling- (Massa- ton, Cambridge, Boston, Lexington,Medford, Newton, and Winchester chusetts) school systems and the eightyRhode Island teachers who, throughin- service programs, provided vital feedbackfor advancing the Curriculum in so many respects. Finally, the Center expresses its deepappreciation to those administra- tion and faculty members of TuftsUniversity who have provided assistancein many ways, and to the officers andmembers of the Board of Trusteesof the Civic Education Foundation, and especially tothe late Samuel Barron, Jr., and Albert W. Vanderhoof, for their support andguidance of the Lincoln Filene Cen- ter. John S. Gibson, Director Lincoln 'Ilene Certer for Citizenship and Public Affairs Rifts University January, 1969 Preface This is a report from the Lincoln Filene Center forCitizenship and Public Affairs, Tufts University, to the United States Officeof Education on the research and development of an intergroup relationscurriculum for use in our nation's elementary schools.The research and development reported in this study were performed pursuant to a grant withthe Office of Education, United States Department of Health, Education, andWelfare (No. OEG-1-8- 080197-001-057).Contractors undertaking such projects under Government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely theirprofessional judgment in the conduct of the project.Points of view or opinions stated do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Office of Education position orpolicy. Volume I of this study sets forth the background of the LincolnFilene Center's research and development on the Intergroup RelationsCurriculum and, in particular, propo:Ations, critiques, and recommendationswith re- spect to intergroup relatiuns education in the UnitedStates. This is Section I of the report to the United States Office of Education. VolumeI also contains a report on the 'Center's inservice programs forteachers, evaluation instru- ments, and