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Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach, 4/e
Kenneth H. Cushner, Kent State University, Kent
Averil McClelland, Kent State University, Kent
Philip Safford, Case Western Reserve University

Culture and the Culture Learning Process

Web Links

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

High Culture

To get some idea of what is often meant by high culture, or "the best of Western Civilization," the following sites are indicative:

Metropolitan Museum of Art www.metmuseum.org/

Metropolitan Opera http://www.metopera.org/home.html

Shakespeare on the Web http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

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

The Metric System

History of the metric system http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/history.html

Toward a Metric America http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/200/202/mpo_hom2.htm

A Chronology of the SI Metric System http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/dates.htm

Afrocentric Curricula

For a sense of the debate about afrocentric curricula, see the following:

Afrocentric Curriculum http://www.valdosta.edu/~cawalker/afrocentric.htm

"A New Look at Afrocentric Curriculum" http://www.nbufront.org/html/FRONTalView/ArticlesPapers/AfroCentricCurriculm.html

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/