Minneapolis Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Project

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Minneapolis Public Schools

Contributor:

Ethnic Heritage Studies Program (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education.

Teaching resources.

Local Subjects:

Teaching resources.

Physical Description:

41 items.

Other Title:

Strategies for a multi-ethnic curriculum.

The first original ethnic comic book.

Place of Publication:

1974-1977.

Summary:

Contains Minneapolis Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Unit Overviews a 62 page compilation of lesson plans developed by the project; Minneapolis Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Development Teacher's Guide a guide of about 200 pages for use with curriculum units developed by the project; a series of seven booklets of supplemental readings for the curriculum units: Acculturation Unit (44 pp.), Ethnicity Unit (48 pp.), Family Unit (60 pp.), Power Unit (36 pp.), Prejudice/Discrimination Unit (56 pp.), Migration Unit (68 pp.), and Enclaves Unit (24 pp.);

Notes:

The Amana Colonies a 20 minute audiocassette and a 35mm. filmstrip which give a brief history of the communal settlement; Finnish Americans on the Iron Range a 35mm. filmstrip; a set of six 35mm. filmstrips geared to the curriculum units; Sample Lessons: Strategies for a Multi-Ethnic Curriculum a 160 page sampler of lesson plans for use in grades 7-12; Ethnic Cultural Center Report a 101 page booklet describing the purpose of the Center; Minneapolis Multi-Ethnic curriculum Training Manual an 84 page handbook for use in an inservice teacher training course;

Sources for Title IX Readings a six page bibliography of readings to supplement the curriculum units; three 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records with six narratives and six acccompanying 35mm. filmstrips: The Dakota People, The Ojibwe People, The Sioux Name Ceremony, Minnesota Indian Leaders, My Life on the Reservation, and My Move to the City; a 50 page interim report; a 61 page final report; and an 11 page summary evaluation of the project.

This project was supported by the Ethnic Heritage Studies Program.

a series of seven student workbooks to accompany the units: Acculturation (16 pp.), The Vietnamese Immigration (10 pp.), Migration (23 pp.), Ethnic Crafts (12 pp.), Power (12 pp.), Enclaves (15 pp.), and Ethnicity (9 pp.); The First Original Ethnic Comic Book a six page comic book about discrimination; Evidence Card Originals a packet of 45 sheets of information for use in classroom instruction with the curriculum units; Data Cards a set of 23 display sized flash cards with a brief history and the names of prominent individual of selected ethnic groups;

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

OCLC:

18405702