EDN 509 Prof. Maurice M. Martinez

BANKS – CHAPTER ONE: THE MULTICULTURAL CURRICULUM

AS YOU READ CHAPTER ONE, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

[BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THEM IN CLASS]

1. WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ASSIMILATIONIST IDEA

AND STRUCTIONAL INCLUSION IN AMERICAN SOCIETY?

2. HOW HAS THE IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT ENACTED IN 1965

(EFFECTIVE 1968) IMPACTED THE DEMOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE OF

AMERICA?

3. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FOUR PHASES OF AN ETHNIC

REVIVAL MOVEMENT IN THE PLACE OF YOUR BIRTH? (e.g., CITY,

TOWN, COUNTY, RURAL AREA, WILMINGTON, etc.). DOES IT APPLY?

HOW?

4. WHAT DOES BANKS MEAN WHEN HE STATES THAT AMERICA’S

NATIONAL CULTURE RESULTED (AND IS RESULTING) FROM A SERIES

OF MULTIPLE ACCULTURATIONS?

5. EXPLAIN: “MOST AMERICANS ARE SOCIALIZED WITHIN ETHNIC OR

CULTURAL ENCLAVES AND ARE ETHNICALLY ILLITERATE?”

6. GIVEN BANKS’ DEFINITION OF AN ETHNIC GROUP, WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING/LEARNING AND FOR CURRICULUM REFORM IN YOUR SCHOOL?

7. TO WHAT EXTENT HAVE YOU PERSONALLY OBSERVED

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOUR LEVELS OF ETHNIC CONTENT IN

YOUR SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT?

8. HOW MIGHT ALLPORT’S: “DEFINITIONS AND OVERVIEW OF PREJUDICE & DISCRIMINATION” [See Webpage} be relevant when

applied to the State of North Carolina. Give examples.