Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-523) and index.
Pt. 1. Goals, Concepts, and Instructional Planning -- 1. The Multicultural Curriculum: Rationale, Trends, and Goals -- The Persistence of Ethnicity in American Society -- The Complexity of Ethnicity in American Society -- Ethnicity and Individuals -- Ethnic Studies: Assumptions and Practices -- Ethnic and Cultural Studies: A Process of Curriculum Reform -- 2. Developing a Multicultural Curriculum -- The Interdisciplinary - Conceptual Approach -- Studying Culture: An Example of the Interdisciplinary - Conceptual Approach -- Incorporating Elements from Science and Mathematics into the Multicultural Curriculum -- The Forms of Knowledge -- An Effective Multicultural Curriculum -- 3. Key Concepts for the Multicultural Curriculum -- Criteria for Selecting Interdisciplinary Concepts -- Interdisciplinary Concepts -- The Movement of Ethnic Groups -- 4. Planning the Multicultural Curriculum -- Identifying Key Concepts and Organizing Generalizations -- Identifying Intermediate-Level Generalizations -- Identifying Low-Level Generalizations -- Concepts and Generalizations in the Multicultural Curriculum -- Teaching Strategies and Materials -- The Value Component of the Multicultural Curriculum -- Approaches to Moral Education -- a Value Inquiry Model -- Providing Opportunities for Personal, Social, and Civic Action -- Finding Students Resources -- Guidelines for Evaluating and Selecting Multicultural Materials -- Pt. 2. The First Americans and African Americans: Concepts and Strategies -- 5. American Indians: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials -- Early Life in the Americas -- The Westward Journeys -- American Indians and Federal Policy -- Self-Determination and the Challenge to Termination -- Fishing Rights and Land Claims -- American Indians Today -- 6. Native Hawai'ians: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials -- Native Hawai'ians: Before European Contact -- European Contact -- Native Hawai'ians Today -- 7. African Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials -- African Explorers in America -- The Slave Trade -- The Colonization Movement -- The Civil War and Reconstruction -- World War I -- Organizations -- World War II and the Years After -- The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s -- Pt. 3. European Americans: Concepts and Strategies -- 8. European Ethnic Groups: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials -- Spaniards in the Americas -- More Europeans Come to America -- The Southern and Eastern European Immigrants -- European Ethnic Groups in U.S. Society -- The New Ethnicity -- White Ethnic Groups Today: Into the Twilight of Ethnicity? -- 9. Jewish Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials -- Historical Roots -- The American Revolution -- German-Jewish Immigration -- The New Immigration -- The Interwar Period -- Jewish Americans Today -- Pt. 4. Hispanic Americans: Concepts and Strategies -- Central and South Americans -- Demographic Characteristics of Hispanics -- Diversity among Hispanics -- 10. Mexican Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials -- The Spanish Conquest -- The Mexican American War -- North from Mexico -- Violence and Race Riots -- The Chicano Movement -- The Militant Chicano Movement -- Mexican Americans Today -- 11. Puerto Ricans in the United States: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials -- The Island Background -- United States Rule -- The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico -- Life on the Mainland -- The Puerto Rican Mainland Community -- The Future -- 12. Cuban Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials -- Cuban Immigrants to the United States -- Life in Cuba -- Departure -- The Mariel Immigrants of 1980 -- The Cuban Rafters of 1994 -- The Case of Elian Gonzalez -- Adaptation to Life in the United States -- The Second Generation -- Cuban Americans Today -- Pt. 5. Asian Americans and Arab Americans: Concepts and Strategies -- 13. Asian Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials -- Problems with the Model Minority Concept -- Rapid Increases in the Asian American Population -- Korean Americans -- Asian Indian and Pakistani Immigrants -- Southeast Asian Americans -- Asian Americans: A Diverse Group -- The Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino Americans: Overview -- Chinese Americans -- Japanese Americans -- Filipino Americans -- 14. Arab Americans: Concepts, Strategies, and Materials -- Who Is an Arab? -- Arabs in History: Their Links to the West -- Early Arab Immigration to the United States -- Assimilation and the Effects of Immigration: Restrictions on the Arab American Community -- The Post-1965 Immigrants -- Muslims in America -- Changing Patterns of Assimilation -- Anti-Arab Stereotyping -- Anti-Arab Hate Crimes -- New Arab American Activism: The Maturing of an Ethnic Community -- The Contributions of Arab Americans to American Life -- Arab Americans Today -- App. A. Ethnic Groups in U.S. History: A Chronology of Key Events -- App. B. Internet Resources for Teaching about Ethnic and Cultural Diversity -- App. C. Videotapes and CD-ROMs on Multicultural Education and U.S. Ethnic Groups -- App. D. The Carter G. Woodson Award Books -- App. E. Twenty Classic and Landmark Books in Ethnic Literature