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Native American Craft Supply - HOME   Native American Craft Supply Native Americans by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Long before Columbus came, they lived and thrived throughout the land. This cross-curricular unit teaches that the term "Native Americans" represents a diverse group. There are many different tribes and nations and each has its own unique traditions. It also shows that Native Americans are members of our modern, contemporary society. We study their past to understand their rich traditions. The unit begins with the classroom environment, providing a chart for learning the traditions of Native Americans from six different ...

Chinese Ethnic Regional - HOME   Chinese Ethnic Regional Lessons in Being Chinese: Minority Education and Ethnic Identity in Southwest China Two very different ethnic minority communities -- the Naxi of the Lijiang area in northern Yunnan and the Tai (Dai) of Sipsong Panna (Xishuangbanna), along Yunnan's border with Burma and Laos -- are featured in this comparative study of the implementation and reception of state minority education policy in the People's Republic of China. Based on field research and historical sources, Lessons in Being Chinese argues that state policy, which is intended to be applied uniformly across ...

American Marketplace Romanticism - HOME   American Marketplace Romanticism Death of a Nation: American Culture and the End of Exceptionalism by David W. Noble, In the 1940s, American thought experienced a cataclysmic paradigm shift. Before then, national ideology was shaped by American exceptionalism and bourgeois nationalism: elites saw themselves as the children of a homogeneous nation standing outside the history and culture of the Old World. This view repressed the cultures of those who did not fit the elite vision: people of color, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants. David W. Noble, a preeminent figure in American studies, inherited this ...

Great Indian Laughter Show - HOME   Great Indian Laughter Show Great Lakes Indians: A Pictoral Guide Too often, we base our perceptions of North American Indians on what we see in movies or on television. In many instances these perceptions are misleading or simply incorrect. Now, with growing recognition of our country's valuable cultural heritage comes a renewed interest in and a new appreciation for North America's first inhabitants. Accented with over one hundred sketches and paintings by the author, Great Lakes Indians makes an important contribution toward a better understanding of the North American Indians who lived in this region. The striking illustrations will help you visualize and understand many ...

Immigrant in the Us - HOME   Immigrant in the Us Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy by George J. Borjas, The United States took in more than a million immigrants per year in the late 1990s, more than at any other time in history. For humanitarian and many other reasons, this may be good news. But as George Borjas shows in Heaven's Door, it's decidedly mixed news for the American economy -- and positively bad news for the country's poorest citizens. Widely regarded as the country's leading immigration economist, Borjas presents the ...