On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Linda M. Woolf wrote:
>
> Why have them only research their own background? Why not give them a choice of
>exploring
> their own traditions or one different than their own? This would overcome the issue
>of
> "forcing" individuals to "go public" with their ethnicity.
This is a good idea--my son's 5th grade class did this--they could explore
their own or another country for a "country report". My son chose Canada
rather than his own ethnicity (Polish, Welsh) because he wants to be
a hockey player and thinks he'll be moving to Canada some time soon!!!!
But it was a great experience for him to understand MUCH more of the
culture than just the hockey part--he even learned that there is much
controversy as to who 'invented' the game--european settlers or native
indians.
annette
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Oh, well, you all know me
