ANTH 3346 HOME PAGE ASSIGNMENTS SCHEDULE SPRING 2003 MIDTERM
REQUIRED READINGS MAPS TOUR OF DALLAS
FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CASE STUDIES: A-D CASE STUDIES: E-I CASE STUDIES: J-O
CASE STUDIES: P-S CASE STUDIES: T-Z FINAL EXAM
Instructions:
Answer two (2) of the following three (3) questions.
Write no more than 4 pages double spaced (approx. 1000 words) per answer.
Use appropriate references/citations to support your arguments.
1
In writing about the “future of us all,” Roger Sanjek discusses the
development of a multi-ethnic community in the New York metropolitan area.
In writing about being “left behind in Rosedale,” Scott Cummings
describes a quite different path of neighborhood succession.
Write an essay in which you try to reconcile the arguments advanced by
Sanjek and Cummings about ethnicity and multiculturalism in twentieth century
American urban environments.
2.
You have read a monograph related in some way to the themes of this course –
i.e., urban environments and multicultural education.
Write an essay in which you show how these themes are elaborated in the
selected monograph and what the implications are for practicing teachers.
3.
You have been asked to develop a multicultural social science curriculum for a
large urban school district. The new Superintendent has hired you as a
“Specialist in Multicultural Issues” and you will work with an Advisory
Council composed of community representatives and social science teachers.
The curriculum is intended to cover first grade through eighth grade in
an integrated and holistic fashion – i.e.., students will be involved in the
subject every year, but the details of that involvement are part of the design
problems facing you and the Advisory Council.
Write an essay describing the issues that the Advisory Council must face
in designing the curriculum. (hint:
think about this essay as providing a common background and framework to members
of the Advisory Council, some of whom are community persons and others of whom
are professionals in education.). The
essay should deal with a range of issues, including but not limited to
ethnicity, gender, class, religion, national origin, and language.