In this paper, the author offers a rationale for Black Studies programs for the reader's consideration, attempts to resolve the question, "Black History for what?" and illustrates how Black History can be taught as an integral part of a modern social studies curriculum which is spiral, conceptual, and interdisciplinary, and which emphasizes…

This paper argues that the mental health needs of Black children and families have never been properly assessed. Central to Black mental health has been the notion of cultural normality and deviance and the related questions of adjustment and maladjustment. Research is needed in three areas: (1) the Black family, (2) schools, (3) tests and…

A study was done to determine the feasibility of using the culture assimilator (a programed learning experience) as a race-relations training technique for junior grade officers. The assimilator is intended to help individuals of one culture better understand the point of view of individuals of another culture. Assimilator items focus on…

A documentary collection of the experiences of Asian Americans from a multitude of perspectives, including a scholarly focus and also containing contemporary expressions, comprises "Roots: An Asian American Reader." The volume is said to be designed to meet the needs of Asian Americans by providing a compilation of materials in readily…

Various aspects of Indian education are treated in the two poems and 12 articles that constitute this issue of "Thresholds in Education." An article entitled "Indian Self-Determination and Indian Education" charts the growth of the self-determination movement, the influence of cultural pluralism, and the increasing involvement…

Education cannot be discussed apart from the social conditions surrounding it, since the school is not immune from cultural, economic, political, or class considerations. Therefore, it is extremely important to keep in mind the historical and contemporary circumstances which, in large measure, determine the function, purpose, and style of any…

Today self-determination, economy, tribal jurisdiction, taxation, water and resource rights, and other aspects of American Indian affairs are affected by issues raised through the treaties and agreements made with Indian nations and tribes, and through the executive orders and statutes. Government policy has been influenced by the pressure brought…

This booklet, containing monographs on aspects of multiethnic curriculum in the schools, is intended to aid teachers to keep in touch with some of the strategies and criteria in planning and executing multiethnic programs. An article on new curricula for multiethnic schools notes that most of the urban and suburban schools are racially and…

This anthology attempts to put the great school bus controversy of the 1970's in perspective by providing a forum in which a series of widely differing views, backed by hard data, can be compared. The first section, "Background and Legal History," places the controversy in a perspective that predates the 1970's. One article focuses on…

This bibliography of books and articles is a preliminary survey of material written on poverty and the black community. Both early and the latest works through 1975 on poverty are included. Most of the books included in the bibliography are noted themselves to have bibliographies that could be consulted for additional references. Among the topics…

The conference papers presented in this volume focus on the urban minority experience with regard to race, ethnic issues, and ethnic studies programs. The papers which deal with ethnic studies programs address such topics as American Indian Studies, Eurocentric bias in Western studies of Asia, black student alientation at small liberal arts…

Presenting Chicanas as they are written and spoken of by certain people from within their culture, this paper aimed (1) to acquaint Chicanos and non-Chicanos with a history of struggles for equality and recognition for women within the Mexican/Chicano communities and where those struggles are manifested in today's Chicanas; (2) to direct those who…

The needs for black studies in the public schools of metropolitan Jackson, Mississippi are assessed in this study through an analysis of the problems, attitudes, and educational characteristics with which advocates feel that black studies can deal. Also determined are what provision are made for black studies in Jackson's schools. The study is…

The criteria developed by the Council on Interracial Books for Children over the ten years that it has spent reviewing the value content of literature for young people is contained in this volume. The book also provides a new and unique content rating instrument designed to help parents, librarians, and teachers detect hidden messages and unstated…

This review of research on racism and education comprises sixteen program topics selected by the Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory. The introductory section carries 33 items (after Berelson and Steiner, 1964) described as general findings from behavioral science research which appeared four years before the Kerner Commission Report.…