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Smith, M. Estellie – 1977
Beginning in the 1870's mill owners in Texton, a New England industrial town of approximately 100,000 people, recruited Portugese labor. From then until 1920 many Portugese emigrated to Texton. From 1920-1960 the immigration of Portugese into America slowed as the result of the declining labor market, the war, and restrictive laws. Following the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Case Studies, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors
Pohland, Paul A. – 1970
Ethnography may be used to inform the audience of a curriculum program with the activities of the educators and students involved. Thus the expository function of evaluation is best met by ethnography. A conceptual model developed at the Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory incorporates ethnographic data and techniques into…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Evaluation
Bridgford, Clay – 1971
This annotated bibliography was prepared for the kindergarten through ninth grade social studies teacher and student for the purpose of ethnic studies. Although some of the references are to works of fiction and poetry, most of the entries are intended to give the teacher and the student a background in the heritage of the appropriate group,…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Black Studies
Sloan, Irving J., Comp. – 1971
This volume, one of a series of ethnic chronologies, notes significant contributions Jewish individuals made toward American civilization from 1621 to 1970 and is divided into three major parts: Part one, "The Jews in America", is a chronological outline of talented and noteworthy Jewish people and events by which they helped strengthen the United…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cultural Awareness, Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Studies
Goldberg, Mark – 1972
During the period covered by this annotated bibliography the Jewish population in the United States increased 10-fold to two and one half million. Approximately 90% of the immigrants came from Eastern Europe, with a large proportion of them settling in New York City's Lower East Side, or Great Ghetto. The print sources cited represent a variety of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Ethnic Studies, Ethnology, European History
Ward, Martha Coonfield – 1971
This is a study of how children in a small community called Rosepoint, in the vicinity of New Orleans, acquire speech. The author provides essential contextualization for her problem, dealing with family composition, life space, means used to control children, and interaction between members of the household. The author made intensive observations…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Child Language, Cultural Influences, Ethnology
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Fenton, William N. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1981
Walter D. Edmunds created convincing characters of the Iroquois without pretending to know them. Carl Carmer was less interested in digging for the truth about Indians than in writing a story. Edmund Wilson perceived the Iroquois world view intuitively in his writing, overcoming any obstacle to get at the truth. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Authors, Beliefs
Stringer, Christopher B. – Scientific American, 1990
Presented are the three main theories that describe the pattern of evolution of geographic variants of H. sapiens--the multiregional model, the out-of-Africa model, and the gene-flow or hybridization model. The contributions of geneticists, paleoanthropologists, and the history of fossils are included. (KR)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Ancient History, Archaeology, Biological Influences
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Sevillano, Mando – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1986
Compares two approaches to discussing Indian literature and religion. Demonstrates Jungian archetypal approach as transcultural method of analyzing Indian literature. Relates and analyzes Hopi traditional story. Emphasizes accessibility of Native American literature to the non-Indian while supporting multicultural plurality of interpretations.…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
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Abrams, Patricia; Ridley, Emmett – Special Services in the Schools, 1994
This preliminary study developed and verified focus group questions to be used to investigate the impact of school restructuring on students with disabilities. Validated the appropriateness of case-study methodology as a model for studying the impact of restructuring and identified major issues and study questions accompanying restructuring. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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deMarrais, Kathleen Bennett; And Others – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1992
Describes storyknifing, a traditional way of storytelling illustrated through pictures traced in mud, by young girls in a Yup'ik Eskimo village on the Kuskokwim River (Alaska). Storyknifing provides a forum in which young girls learn cultural and cognitive knowledge. Storyknifing maintains a link with traditional society in this village. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Background, Educational Anthropology, Ethnology
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Orum, Anthony M. – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1991
Describes cities as sovereign territorial systems engaging in political struggles with other sovereignties such as states, dominating their physical environment, and exercising jurisdiction over people and institutions within their boundaries. Calls for a more comprehensive history of the city and its residents. (CJS)
Descriptors: City Government, Ethnology, Local History, Political Divisions (Geographic)
Sarrasin, Robert – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1998
Examines the situation of Quebec's First Nations setting. Discusses problems raised by certain verbal tasks required for Atikamekw students in an Atikamekw-French bilingual program. Suggests that both first and second language pedagogy must take into account the ethnolinguistic characteristics of the students' social background and that an…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Canada Natives, Ethnicity, Ethnology
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Royuela, Vicente; Surinach, Jordi – Social Indicators Research, 2005
Do cities have an optimal size? In seeking to answer this question, various theories, including Optimal City Size Theory, the supply-oriented dynamic approach and the city network paradigm, have been forwarded that considered a city's population size as a determinant of location costs and benefits. However, the generalised growth in wealth that…
Descriptors: Costs, Quality of Life, Cost Effectiveness, Community Benefits
Zamora, Mario D.; And Others – 1982
The focus of this volume is anthropological diplomacy: the promotion of peace and prevention of war by knowing, understanding, and appreciating the basic affirmations of society. Eight articles examine the role of race, language, and culture in inter-ethnic and international relations. Vinson Sutlive, Jr. examines the interrelationship of race and…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
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