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Diversity and Pluralism - 11120090
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED138981 AUTHOR: Roen, Duane H.
TITLE: The Humanities and Interdisciplinary Instruction.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 24 p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
National Council of Teachers of English (66th, Chicago,
Illinois, November 25-27, 1976)
ABSTRACT: This paper describes an interdisciplinary high
school course, "Cultural Diversity in American Life,"
taught by an English teacher, a social studies teacher, and
an art teacher. Designed to help students understand and
accept differences in culture, the course consists of units
on the black American, the American Indian, the Jewish
American, and the American woman. The author tells how the
three teachers work together to plan and conduct the
course, lists objectives and materials for each of the four
units, and describes some of the in-class activities of the
course. A supplementary paper answers questions which are
frequently asked about the course: How can such a course be
"sold" to administrators? How should the teachers be
selected? What problems are experienced in teaching the
course, and how can they be eliminated? The author includes
a list of some bibliographies on the literature of cultural
pluralism.
(GW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: American-Indian-Culture; Bibliographies-;
Black-Culture; Cultural-Differences; Cultural-Pluralism;
Jews-; Minority-Groups; Secondary-Education; Womens-Studies
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Art-Education; *Course-Descriptions;
*Cultural-Awareness; *English-Instruction;
*Interdisciplinary-Approach; *Social-Studies
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