Multicultural Teaching: A Handbook of Activities, Information, and Resources, 7/e
Tiedt & Tiedt
©2006 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 432 pp |
ISBN-10: 0205451179 | ISBN-13: 9780205451173

What is multicultural education? Why is it important in education today? The authors of Multicultural Teaching define multicultural education broadly to include all types of diversity as they generate an inclusive curriculum that meets the individual needs of each student. Bringing theory and practice together in a student-centered curriculum, they encourage reflection and discussion through working with Reflective Teaching Portfolios and Cooperative Learning Groups at the end of each chapter. The text is based on a strong model focusing on Esteem, Empathy, and Equity. Future teachers are guided to consider the implications of such topics as language diversity, the academic achievement gap, and racism as they plan lessons designed to develop a community of learners in their classroom.

 

Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W Loewen
ISBN: 9780684818863
Subtitle: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Touchstone Books - New York : Copyright: 1996
Americans have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book, Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying twelve leading high school American history texts, he has concluded that not one does a decent job of making history interesting or memorable. Marred by an embarrassing combination of blind patriotism, mindless optimism, sheer misinformation, and outright lies, these books omit almost all the ambiguity, passion, conflict, and drama from our past


A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
by Ronald Takaki
ISBN:0316831115
BACK BAY
An important work of revisionist history, this book explores the minorities in America from the perspectives of minority members themselves from the beginning of colonization of the “New World” up to the present. In the voices of all Americans, it grapples with the raw truth of American history and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American.

A DIFFERENT MIRROR is a wide-ranging exploration of the minority experience in America told from the perspective of the minorities themselves. Beginning with the colonization of the “New World” and ending in the present, the book recounts the history of America in the voices of non-Anglo peoples—Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and others—who settled in this country and helped to create its rich mosaic culture.

 

Beyond Heroes And Holidays: A Practical Guide To K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education And Staff Development
James W. Loewen (Contributor), Bill Bigelow (Contributor), Margo Okazawa-Rey (Editor), Enid Lee (Editor), and Deborah Menkart (Editor)
ISBN: 9781878554178
Publisher: Teaching For Change - Release Date: 2007-02-15
An incredible, informative, collection of essays, articles, analysis, interviews, primary documents and interactive & interdisciplinary teaching aids on civil rights, movement building, and what it means for all of the inhabitants of the planet. With sections on Critical Literacy, The Arts, Mathematics, Technology, Science, Geography, Language, School-Wide Activities, Holidays and Heritage, Talking Back, Early Childhood, Readings and Teaching Aids. Packed into nearly 450 oversize pages are photographs, songs, statements, and work form the likes of such great writers, historians, and activists as Bill Bigelow, James Loewen, Peggy Mcintosh, Luis Rodirguez, Kai James, Clem Marshall, Marta Urquilla, Julie Bisson, the editors and dozens more. What a treasure trove. And what a vital (and useful) tool.
 

Turning on Learning: Five Approaches for Multicultural Teaching Plans for Race, Class, Gender and Disability, 4th Edition
by Carl A. Grant, Christine E. Sleeter
January 2006, Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-471-74657-7
This new Fourth Edition contains many lesson plans that cover a variety of subject areas and grade levels (1-12), as well as action research activities that investigate the various dimensions of teaching. Many of the lesson plans are written by actual classroom teachers, and all of them have been examined by practicing teachers. More than simply a “how-to” manual, it is designed to help the teacher or teacher education student teach from a multicultural perspective. Each lesson plan offers a “Before” version (the lesson as it is usually taught) and an “After” version (how the lesson can be improved to “turn on” learning). A discussion explaining why the changes were made follows each lesson plan.

Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies, 7/E
James A. Banks, University of Washington, Seattle
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2003
Written by the leading authority in the field, the Seventh Edition of this classic text has been reorganized and updated to reflect current and emerging theory, research, and scholarship in the fields of ethnic studies and multicultural education.
Divided into five parts, the text 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.


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