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ERIC Number: EJ649998
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1911
Civic Education and Changing Definitions of American Identity, 1900-1950.
Mirel, Jeffrey
Educational Review, v54 n2 p143-52 Jun 2002
Although public schools attempted to assimilate immigrant children, immigrants tended to blend American and ethnic identities. Civic education played a role by encouraging students to define American identity as commitment to broad civic ideals, including respect for diversity. (Contains 27 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Citizenship Education, Civics, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnicity, Immigrants, Public Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Identity
Note: Special Issue--Deviancy, Identity and Equality: Engaging with the Present and the Past.