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Fitchett, Paul G.; Merriweather, Lisa; Coffey, Heather – History Teacher, 2015
Pre-service history teachers are exposed from schooling to a familiar canon: a story of American exceptionalism, linear social progression, and cultural homogeneity--referred to as a "freedom-quest narrative." Myopic and Eurocentric, this story follows students into their teaching careers; perpetuating a lack of critical understanding…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Racial Bias, United States History
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Hickey, M. Gail – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1997
Outlines an instructional unit where students construct culture kits illustrating a specific culture. Culture kits are constructed out of realia and other material including maps, travel brochures, photographs, newspapers, souvenirs, and other items. Discusses collecting these items and possible multicultural applications. (MJP)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Cultural Awareness
Warner, Rachel, Ed. – 1995
This multi-language (French, English, Kikongo, and Lingala) collection of autobiographical writing by refugees from Zairean children and young adults living in Britain is illustrated with photographs and children's drawings and includes comprehensive country introductions. In the collection, young people give their accounts of migration and…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Childrens Writing, Colonialism