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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED171594 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Minneapolis Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Project, Final
Report.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 90 p.; For related documents, see SO 010 660-661; Not
available in hard copy from EDRS due to various ink changes
throughout document
ABSTRACT: A report is presented of the objectives,
planning, and development of the Minneapolis public
schools' multi ethnic curriculum project. The document is
presented in four sections. Section I examines the change
in attitudes toward ethnic diversity and explores the
responsibility of educators to transmit respect for and
encouragement of cultural pluralism. Section II reviews
literature related to the impact of the melting pot
ideology on people of various ethnic groups and traces the
increasing demand that school programs reflect the entire
school community. Section III explains the process of
identifying the major conceptual themes which became the
basis of the multi-ethnic units.
The process included surveying teachers as to their
priorities for incorporating ethnic content into their
courses, identifying objectives and skills, and selecting
concepts and themes appropriate for various grade levels.
Section IV offers a brief summary of the report. The
document concludes with appendices including key concepts
and generalizations related to ethnicity and cultural
pluralism. (DB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Attitude-Change; Curriculum-Evaluation;
Educational-Environment; Educational-Needs; Educational
Philosophy; Educational-Problems; Educational-Trends;
Elementary-Secondary-Education; Literature-Reviews;
Minority Group-Children; Multicultural-Education; Program
Descriptions; Social-Mobility; Social-Studies;
Socioeconomic Influences; Student-Participation;
Teacher-Participation;
Values-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Cultural-Pluralism; *Curriculum
Development; *Educational-Objectives; *Ethnicity-; *Ethnic
Studies
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