Italo-American Curriculum Studies

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

University of the State of New York State Education Dept Bureau of Social Studies Education

Contributor:

Ethnic Heritage Studies Program (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian Americans--Study and teaching.

Italian Americans.

Physical Description:

13 items.

Other Title:

The Italo-American experience.

Introductory cultural anthropology.

Inside revolutionary nationalism.

Teaching about immigration and community through the Italo-American experience.

Economic comparison: Pozzalo and Giugliano.

Influence of socio-economic factors on cultural development.

Learning through biography.

Instructional activities which support biographical study.

Cultural sensivity: Southern Italian Americans.

Families, ways, places.

Anthropology: focus on ethnic studies.

Place of Publication:

1974-1976.

Summary:

Contains: Cultural Sensitivity: Southern Italian-Americans a 24 leave listing of activities for teaching cultural awareness; The Uses of Fiction in Social Studies an 18 leave study guide for teaching about the Italian American experience through various works of fiction; Families, Ways, Places a 54 page booklet for primary grade instruction about ethnic awareness using Italian Americans as a model; Instructional Activities Which Support Biographical Study a 16 page curriculum unit for grade four approaching the study of ethnicity through family history; Learning Through Biography a 200 leave curriculum unit for grade four using biographical information on prominent Italians and Italian Americans to illustrate ethnic awareness and contributions;

Notes:

Inside Revolutionary Nationalism: Prelude to Emigration a 46 leave curriculum unit for grade ten which examines Italy's history and reasons why Italians might emigrate; Introductory Cultural Anthropology a 100 leave curriculum unit for grade twelve; Anthropology: Focus Or Ethnic Studies a 74 page booklet for use in grade twelve which highlights the use anthropology in studying ethnicity; The Italo-American Experience: A Master List of References, Resources, Organizations, Media and Newspapers and Periodicals a 45 leave listing of resources on the Italian Americans experience; and 20 leave final report on the project.

This project was supported by the Ethnic Heritage Studies Program.

Influence of Socio-Economic Factors on Cultural Development a 19 leave curriculum unit for grade six on the effect of social and economic conditions on peoples lives; Economic Comparison: Pozzallo and Giugliano a 17 leave curriculum unit for grade six which compares economic conditions in two Italian towns; Teaching About Immigration and Community Through the Italo-American Experience a 43 leave curriculum unit for grades seven and eight;

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

OCLC:

18020914