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Mehuron, Tamar Ann – Children Today, 1990
Several school- and community-based arts programs in inner city areas across the country offer choices to children and the elderly. Involvement in the arts develops self-esteem, confidence, and discipline in children and helps reconnect the elderly with society. (SH)
Descriptors: Art Education, Arts Centers, Community Programs, Dance Education

Goering, John M.; Coulibably, Modibo – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1989
Investigates the concepts and evidence needed to understand the extent of racial segregation in the Federal public housing program operating in metropolitan areas throughout the United States. Attempts to explain the level and variation of public housing segregation by examining legislative, programatic, and regional factors. Suggests directions…
Descriptors: Blacks, Federal Programs, Ghettos, Government Role

Daniels, Roger – History Teacher, 1992
Examines the history of Japanese and Chinese Americans through urban histories. Argues that the urban experiences of Asian immigrants are not that different form those of European immigrants but that significant differences exist among the experiences of different Asian immigrant groups. Describes differences of origin, structure, and history…
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, Ghettos, Higher Education, Historiography
Ellwood, David T. – 1987
By dividing poor families into groups based on the reasons for their poverty, a system of income support can be developed that is both effective in reducing poverty and compatible with basic American values about personal responsibility and work. Social values dictate that individuals must take responsibility for their situations and that all…
Descriptors: Black Family, Child Welfare, Essays, Family Income
Camarillo, Albert – 1984
Comparative analysis of urban history illuminates similar general patterns of occcupation and residence for Blacks and Chicanos from the late nineteenth century to World War II. Distinct Black and Chicano neighborhoods in American cities were the products of "ghettoization" and "barrioization." Ghetto expansion during the early…
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
Darton, Andrew W., Jr.; Linville, Malcolm E. – 1977
This course is designed to give university students an introduction to the varying social and cultural backgrounds of students in inner city communities. Materials in the areas of literature, music, and history are assigned and presented to these future teachers. Class presentations are used to help students to broaden their perspectives and…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black History, Blacks, Ethnic Relations
DENTLER, ROBERT A. – 1966
UNLESS THE RATE OF INTEGRATION IN NORTHERN SCHOOLS IN LARGE CITIES ACCELERATES, THERE WILL BE EXTENSIVE URBAN SEGREGATION UNTIL AT LEAST THE MID-21ST CENTURY. HOWEVER, DATA FROM SMALLER CITIES SHOW THAT THERE SEEM TO BE "UNIFORM" CONDITIONS WHICH FAVOR DESEGREGATION--NEGRO PROTEST ACTION, STIMULUS FROM EXTRA-LOCAL AUTHORITY, AND A LESS…
Descriptors: Blacks, Demonstrations (Civil), Educational Facilities, Ghettos
Vogt, Carol Busch – 1967
Designed to invite the senior and junior high school student to investigate the immediate and underlying causes of riots and what can be done to prevent them, the student manual of this unit begins with a description of the Watts riots of 1965. The student is encouraged to draw his own conclusions, and to determine the feasibility of a variety of…
Descriptors: Activism, Black Attitudes, Civil Disobedience, Community Problems
Adams, Arvil V.; Nestel, Gilbert – 1973
This paper presents results, using data from the National Longitudinal Surveys, which support the economic disadvantage of a non-Southern ghetto environment for young black males. Controlling for differences in age, years of school completed, region and character of current residence, it is found that the mean earnings of young black males…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Employment, Demography, Economically Disadvantaged
Van Meter, Roz; Haswell, Harold A. – 1974
The Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 called for a comprehensive attack on social, economic, and physical problems of blighted urban areas through the concentration and coordination of resources. It also required the involvement of neighborhood citizens in all aspects of planning: from setting goals, choosing…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Programs, Federal Aid
Levine, Daniel U.; And Others – 1974
The purpose of this report is to describe the results of a series of studies conducted on the relationships between census information and school achievement in the Chicago Public Schools. These studies were designed as an exploratory investigation to determine the extent to which grade-level achievement averages could be predicted using data from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Census Figures, Economically Disadvantaged, Ghettos
Good, Paul – 1973
This publication largely is based upon the testimony given at the hearing held by the Commission on Civil Rights in Cairo, Illinois, in March 1972. Half of the families in the Cairo area have poverty incomes, according to federal standards. Unemployment at 9 percent is nearly double the national average. About a third of the city--county…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Economic Opportunities, Employment Opportunities, Ghettos
Harrison, Bennett – 1972
The central purpose of the present study is to examine whether increases in the potential productivity and/or the credential-derived social attractiveness of ghetto workers are translated into higher quality employment. Under the untested assumption that the potential productivity of a worker living in the ghetto is positively correlated with the…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Background, Employment Patterns, Ghettos
Sheldon, William D. – Conf Course Reading Univ Pittsburgh, 1969
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Community Relations, Cultural Influences

Lovett, Christopher C. – Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 1999
Discusses how to create a class on the Holocaust by providing books and films that address a number of issues, such as the role of World War I, interpretations of the Holocaust, the ghettos, and rescues of European Jews. Asserts that only by remembering the Holocaust will the evils endured be prevented. (CMK)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Books, Educational Resources, Films