WEB SITES FOR CUSHNER WORKBOOK, 2/E

Part I

Examples in Children’s Readers of the “Traditional” American family

A description of the “typical” American family was absorbed by countless thousands of American school children in the “Dick and Jane” readers that were popular from the 1930s through the 1970s. Published by Scott Foresman and Company, the Dick and Jane reading series was abandoned amid heavy criticism for its unrelenting white, middle-class perspective on life in the United States. The following web site features out-of-print copies of many of these books, along with a short history of the series and its major author.

Dick and Jane books http://www.tagnwag.com/

Humans Construct Culture

For some insights into the history construction of different cultures, see the following excellent web sites:

African American History at the Smithsonian

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/afroam.htm

African American Mosaic at the Library of Congress

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

African American history database www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/

Native American history and culture—First Nations

http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html

Native American history archive

http://www.nativeweb.org/

Asian American history and culture – Ancestors in the Americas

http://www.cetel.org/

Japanese American Legacy Project www.densho.org

The Hispanic or Latino “umbrella” http://www.azteca.net/aztec/chicano.html

Arab-American history and culture http://www.adc.org

“The Yellow Pages” of American ethnic history and culture

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~YP/ethnic.html

Ethnicity and Race (American ethnicities)

http://anthro.palomar.edu/ethnicity/Default.htm

Culture of the Deaf

For more information on American Sign Language (ASL) and the culture of the deaf, the following web site is useful:

Deaf Culture www.aslinfo.com/deafculture.cfm

Cross-Cultural Psychology

The field of cross-cultural psychology may be somewhat unfamiliar to you. For more information, the following sites may be useful:

International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology

http://www.fit.edu/CampusLife/clubs-org/iaccp/

International Academy for Intercultural Research

http://www.watervalley.net/users/academy/default.html

Other Approaches to Sexuality

The Berdache Tradition http://www.breakaway.org/openstudio/sylviawhite/bertrad.htm

Cross-Cultural Communication

For more information on cross-cultural communication see the contents of the booklet Cross-Cultural Communication: An Essential Element of Effective Education, by Orlando L. Taylor, at: www.nwrel.org/cnorse/booklets/ccc/

Intercultural Competence

For some additional ideas about intercultural competence, see the following:

“Communication Across Cultures”

http://www.siu.edu/~ekachai/competence.html

“Globalization, National Cultures, and the Paradox of Intercultural Competence”

http://viesti.jyu.fi/laitos/lehtonen/globalization.html

Sign Language

There is much information about American Sign Language on the Web. Two very good sites are the following:

“American Sign Language as a Foreign Language,” by Sherman Wilcox, at http://www.unm.edu/~wilcox/ASLFL/asl_fl.html;

American Sign Language Dictionary Online (includes video clips of hand signing) http://dww.deafworldweb.org/asl/; and American Sign Language Fingerspelling at http://where.com/scott.net/asl/

Part II

Stereotypes

For information on stereotypes of various groups and situations, type in “stereotypes” on a web browser; there are hundreds of web pages. For an interesting look at stereotypes about America and Americans, written for student visitors to this country, go to:

Edu-Pass – The Smart Student Guide to Studying in the USA

http://www.edupass.org/culture/

White Privilege

For more insights into the concept of white privilege, see the following:

“Examining White Skin Privilege,” by Kimberly Hohman

http://latinoculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa060200a.htm?once=true&

“White Privilege and Male Privilege” by Peggy McIntosh

http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/res_colleges/socjust/Readings/Mcintosh.html

Prejudice and Prejudice Reduction

For more information on prejudice and ideas on various types of prejudice reduction efforts, the following web sites will be useful.

Anti-Defamation League www.adl.org This group monitors anti-semitic activity and offers prejudice reduction programs.

Artists Against Racism www.vrx.net/aar/home.html Musicians, composers, writers, actors, and other performing artists have joined to create this anti-racist resource page.

Center for the Study of White American Culture www.euroamerican.org/ This is a multicultural center that examines European American culture, with a special focus on how the prejudice of white Americans toward other ethnic and cultural groups can be confronted through anti-racist dialogue and action.

The Southern Poverty Law Center www.splcenter.org/ Founded in 1971, this is a non-profit organization that combats hate, intolerance and discrimination through education and litigation. The site provides links to Klanwatch and the activities of Teaching Tolerance. Klanwatch and its Militia Task Force monitor extremist and militant activity throughout America and provide comprehensive updates to law enforcement agencies, the media, and the general public. Teaching Tolerance is a publication made available to teachers for a minimal fee or no fee.

European Crosspoint Anti-Racism Webpage www.magenta.nl/crosspoint/ Maintained by the Netherlands International Centre for Human Rights, this website provides links to hundreds of useful antiracist organizations around the world organized by continent and country.

Gender Role Stereotypes

“Avoiding Gender Stereotypes” http://womensissues.about.com/cs/genderstereotypes/

Discusses “Breaking Down the Gender Stereotypes”, “Gender Issues in Children’s Literature”, “Gender Stereotypes in Commercials” and more.

For information on gender role socialization and television, see

“The Influence of Television on Children’s Gender Role Socialization” online at http://ibelgique.ifrance.com/sociomedia/THE%20INFLUENCE%20OF%20TELEVISION%20ON%20CHILDREN.htm

Gender and Sexuality

For an excellent look at several teens’ experiences and comments about sexuality, see

Teen Sexuality in a Culture of Confusion

http://www.intac.com/~jdeck/habib/index3.html

Inclusion

For definitions, arguments pro and con, and major court cases involving legislation, see

Special Education Inclusion http://www.weac.org/resource/june96/speced.htm

Special Education Law

For more on special education law, as well as other aspects of special education, see

The Special Education Home Page http://specialed.freeyellow.com/

Part III

The Oakland Ebonics Controversy

For the text of the original Oakland Resolution on Ebonics, see

http://www.emich.edu/~linguist/topics/ebonics/ebonics-res1.html

For a discussion of the controversy about the Oakland case, see CNN Interactive at

http://www.cnn.com/US/9612/19/black.english/index.html

For the text of the revised Oakland Resolution on Ebonics, see

http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/8/8-56.html#1

Learning Styles

For more information on the concepts of field dependence and field independence, see

“Field Dependence – Independence” at

http://www.uts.edu.au/fac/edu/rcvet/working%20papers/0051Pithers.pdf

“Visual Perception,” by Daniel Chandler at

http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Modules/TF12710/visper04.html