ERIC Number: ED128474
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1975-Jun
Pages: 137
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Multicultural Understanding. Elementary and Secondary Education, Title I, Part B Incentive Grant.
Riverside Unified School District, CA.
This manual contains selected materials and ideas generated during the multicultural program implementation at Fremont Elementary School in 1974-75 which was funded under ESEA Title I. The program included: (1) the consecutive concentrated study of five individual cultures and (2) a comparative multicultural approach built around five basic themes. While it is believed that it is essential to develop positive self-concept and intergroup relations, multicultural awareness is seen as necessary to understand the different human experiences of people who come from different cultures and ethnic groups. In the school, multicultural awareness was attained through implementation of the following areas: cultural curricula, multicultural curricula; curriculum based on classroom cultural and ethnic population; integration of multicultural awareness into basic subject areas of math, reading, language; and chronological recognition of events and holidays across cultural lines. This project was developed for elementary grades as a formal approach to begin or enrich multicultural studies. Although much of the content is deemed to be appropriate for kindergarten to sixth grade, special emphasis is given to grades four through six. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education, Cultural Enrichment, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Identification (Psychology), Kindergarten, Multicultural Textbooks, Program Development
Riverside Unified School District, 3954 Twelfth Street, Riverside, California 92501 (Price not available)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Authoring Institution: Riverside Unified School District, CA.
Identifiers - Location: California (Riverside)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I
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