Test 2

Multicultural Questions

1.	Multiculturalism
2.	What is radical multiculturalism?
3.	What is biculturalism?
4.	What is transculturalism?
5.	What is adhesive adaptation?
6.	What does the term “double breed” mean?
7.	What are the stages that many of the individuals in What Are You? went through to find a positive sense of self?
8.	What role(s) do many multiethnic people play in combating discrimination?
9.	How many marriages in the US are biracial?  In California?

Reading Questions Follow by Ethnic Category:
Native American
10.	What 2 things does Luther Standing Bear do to prove his “manhood” in “At Last I kill a Buffalo”?
11.	How id the boys in the school rebel in “A Day in the Life of Spanish”?
12.	What does “Notes of a Translator’s Son” say about acculturation?
13.	What does Plastic Fred symbolize in “The Ballad of Plastic Fred”?

African American
14.	According to the African American Family Album, why is it important for      everyone to know about the African roots of African-Americans?
15.	According to the African American Family Album, Harlem Renaissance was a fruitful time for African-American?
16.	According to the African American Family Album, who participated in the slave trade?
17.	According to the African American Family Album, what is the middle passage?
18.	According to the African American Family Album, who were Estevanico and 
      Jean Baptiste Point?
19.	According to the African American Family Album, that was the Underground Railroad?
20.	Who was responsible for taking care of African-American infants on a plantation during the day?
21.	T or F: when slaves were sold, families were kept together?
22.	Segregated schools were separate, but equal as declared by law.  Why or why not?
23.	What are the Jim Crow laws?

Asian Americans
24.	What were the 4 main themes on family that emerged in the anthology Yell-oh-Girls?
25.	What does “Ching Chang Chong” say about changes that may bring about greater cultural acceptance of Asian identity in the U.S.?
26.	What does “Funny Girl” say about the use of humor in the perpectuation of ethnic stereotypes?
27.	What does “Learning to Love My Skin say abou the value of embracing ethnic heritage?”
28.	What does “Where are you From?” say about the challenges of Asian Americans being viewed as Americans?
29.	What does “Cultural Karma” say about ethnic traditions, bicultural identity & the importance of cross generational ties?
30.	What is “Filial Piety?”
31.	Why are sons so highly valued in Chinese culture?
32.	Why are Chinese daughters seen as temporary members of the family?
33.	What is the common role of ancestors and family respect in many of the Asian American cultures we discussed?
34.	What is “the model minority”?
35.	What is the “Silent Exodus” in the Korean American church?
36.	Why do Korean American parents think church membership is important for their children?

US Latinos
37.	What does Ortiz-Cofer’s “Silent Dancing” say about assimilation in through the character of La Gringa?
38.	What does “The Day the Cisco Kid Shot John Wayne” say about ethnic representation in film?
39.	What is the significance of Ted living outside in “Gold Glass”?
40.	What does “People Should Not Die in June in South Texas” say about how a child grieves?
41.	What does “Hispanic” refer to culturally?  
42.	What does “Latino” refer to culturally?
43.	What does “Mexican” refer to culturally?
44.	What does “Chicano” refer to culturally?

European American  
1.  Who were Dick and Jane?
2.	 According to Growing Up with Dick and Jane, children in the 1950s became what for the first time?
3.	 According to Growing Up with Dick and Jane, the end of World War 2 created an increase in?
4.	According to Growing Up with Dick and Jane, the Baby Boom was?
5.	What is New Historicism?
6. What would New Historicists say about Growing Up with Dick and Jane? 
7. What skills does New Historicism require children to develop?
8.  How does Growing up with Dick and Jane stack up to historical truth in terms of the Great Depression and the Suburban Sprawl?

Cherokee 

1.	Why did the Cherokee agree to let the Europeans open schools for their children?
2.	Before the Trail of Tears, how were Cherokee children educated?
3.	What made it possible for Cherokee children to be educated in their native language?
4.	How were children affected during the Trail of Tears?
5.	What are some gender roles of Cherokee boys?
6.	What are some gender roles of Cherokee girls?
7.	What were some technologies developed by the Cherokee?

Dieneh (Navajo)

1.	What is the name of the spiritual force that the Dieneh believe in?
2.	What is viewed as the power of the Almighty?
3.	When is a Kinaalda held in a Dieneh girl’s life?
4.	What happened to children during the genocidal push on the Dieneh?
5.	What was the Long Walk?
6.	When was the new treaty releasing the Dieneh signed?
7.	What are two traditional games that Dieneh children played?
8.	At the age of five, what were the Dieneh children given by their parents?
9.	What manner of education was provided by the Carlisle Indian Industrial School?
10.	What was the purpose for doing a sand painting?
11.	What is the name of the Dieneh art school founded in the 1930s?
12.	Why was the bear hardly ever killed and eaten by the Dieneh?
13.	In what season did Dieneh men go on hunting expeditions and why?
14.	How old were Dieneh boys when they started to hunt?

Crow Nation

1.	How did European influence impact Crow diet and health?
2.	Did the Crow Nation directly or indirectly worship their supreme being?
3.	Did all tribal members worship the same gods?
4.	What were some elements included in the vision quest?
5.	What type of hierarchy did the Crow practice?
6.	How were the Crow involved in WWII?

Shoshoni 

1.	What does Shoshone mean?
2.	What were some of the goals and demands of AIM?
3.	How long did AIM’s “reclamation” of Alcatrax last?
4.	How did the Indian Schools change the education of Shoshoni children?
5.	What grade range of children could receive and education at the Heart of Earth Survival School formed by tribes supporting AIM?  What kind of education would they receive?
6.	Who was the Medicine Man?
7.	The Shoshone believed in Kachinas.  What are Kachinas?
8.	What was the purpose of dancing in the Shoshone Ghost Dance?
9.	The economic concerns of the 1960-1990 time period took a secondary role to what Shoshone concern?
10.	What chores were Shoshone children responsible for?

Morongo Band of Mission Indians

1.	What are some of the tribes of the Morongo Reservation?
2.	In 1862, what killed 75% of the Morongo Indians?
3.	What are Morongo elders referred to as?
4.	What is the purpose of Birdsongs?
5.	What efforts are being made to preserve languages and traditions?

African Americans, 1865-1930
1.	What were some of the issues that affected the education of newly freed African American children?
2.	What was the intent of the 14th Amendment?
3.	What were the major results of Plessy vs. Ferguson?
4.	What were some of the differences between “black” and “white” schools?
5.	Why was the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision declared constitutional?
6.	What was binding?
7.	What were children born in slavery considered to be?
8.	What was the name of one of the groups that helped the newly freed slaves?
9.	What was the era of Reconstruction?
10.	How did Reconstruction shape the education of African American children?
11.	How were grandmothers and older women instrumental in the education of African American children?
12.	What was one of the main factors that pulled African Americans northward?
13.	When did the Great Migration occur?
14.	What was the Harlem Renaissance?
15.	Name some Harlem Renaissance artists who focused on children.

African American Culture, 1930-60

1.	Give an example of how a now famous person was impacted as a child by The Brownies Book?
2.	Who did the editors/creators design this magazine for?
3.	Who were the “Children of the Sun”?
4.	At what grade level did Southern sharecroppers usually end education?
5.	How did field work schedules impact education for sharecroppers?
6.	What careers where educated children expected to pursue?
7.	What were “The Scottsboro Boys” on trial for?
8.	What is Boys Town?
9.	Who began the “Invasion of Harlem”?
10.	Name the 1937 Zora Neal Hurston novel.
11.	What was the “Red Summer”?

African American Children’s Culture, 1960-90

1.	Which civil rights act was the most effective in protecting the rights of African American children?
2.	What changes were seen in the lives of African American children after the passage of this act?
3.	What two items were key factors in defining gender in African American families?
4.	In the 1960s, what percentage of children’s books was written or illustrated by a member of a minority group?
5.	What are the main objectives of African American children’s literature?
6.	Ten years after the Brown vs. the Board of Education decision, what was the state of school desegregation?
7.	List two reasons why African immigrants came to the United States.
8.	Why do some African immigrant children receive less academic support than their American peers?
9.	Who created racial hierarchies to keep African Americans from moving into middle class areas?

South Africa Now

1.	What are the racial classifications recognized in South Africa?
2.	What is the significance of the Icnwala ceremony?
3.	What is the cause of the high orphan rate in South Africa?
4.	Children of what age range attend school in South Africa?
5.	What is the Swazi concept of adolescence?
6.	What was the purpose of Bushman/San rock paintings?
7.	How many San languages are there?
8.	What language is now taught in the first few years of education?
9.	Who was the founder of the Zulu tribe
10.	What was the main market resource of the Zulu in the early 1830s?
11.	What are some of the ways by which the Zulu connect their people?
12.	Who are the educators of Zulu children?
13.	What are some differences between Zulu and US education?

Japanese Americans, 1940-1960

1.	Who issued Executive Order 9066, beginning the internment of Japanese Americans?
2.	How did the role of fathers change in the internment camps?
3.	What were the dietary staples in the internment camps?
4.	How did internment affect language development in children?
5.	What are some violations of Constitutional rights suffered by those in internment camps?
6.	Explain the family roles in the parent-child and sibling subsystems.
7.	What types of community organizations did the Issei establish?
8.	Describe the concept of “On”.
9.	Caucasian teachers in internment camp schools earned $150-200 a month.  How much did Japanese American teachers in the same schools earn?
10.	What forms of play did the WRA encourage?  What was the significance of this?

Japanese Americans, 1940-1960, second presentation

1.	What are the terms for the various generational and cohort groups and what do they mean?
2.	What are some characteristics of traditional Japanese families?
3.	What is a “picture bride”?
4.	How have the traditions of marriage and family changed for the Sansei?

Chinese Americans, 1800-1910

1.	What caused the Chines to seek work in America?
2.	What was the meaning of the poems carved into the walls of the buildings on Angel Island?
3.	How did many children come to America?
4.	Apart from fun, what is the benefit of kite flying?
5.	What game can improve math skills?
6.	What are the “three great traditions”?
7.	What is a laise?
8.	How did children show respect and reverence for their parents?

Filipino Americans, 1900-1940

1.	Describe the role of women and children.
2.	What is the role of the oldest child in the education of siblings?
3.	What is the predominant religion among the Filipino population?
4.	Why would children do a mano and what does it mean?
5.	Philippine cuisine is a reflection of what?
6.	The Philippines were under American jurisdiction until when?
7.	What were some effects of the Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934?
8.	What was the intention of the US in forming the Pensionado program?
9.	Describe the gender roles of very young (under age 5) children.

Hmong, 1960-1990

1.	What was Operation Momentum?
2.	When American troops left and the Hmong faced genocide, what nation did they initially flee to?
3.	What are some characteristics of Hmong religion?
4.	How does someone become a shaman?
5.	What is a Pa’Ndau?  What is its significance?
6.	What alterations were made to the Pa’Ndau so that it would be marketable to US buyers?
7.	At what age did training for adulthood begin?
8.	How are gender roles learned?
9.	How were children educated in Laos?
10.	What are some behaviors that are considered rude for Hmong children?
11.	What method of farming did the Hmong use and why?

Asian American Now, Korean Culture

1.	What are some of the traditional practiced in Korea?
2.	What are some of the key values taught to Korean children?
3.	About what percentage of the Korean population regularly attends church or temple?
4.	What were the three main reasons for immigration to the US?
5.	How is education viewed?
6.	Describe the educational issues of American born Korean children.
7.	Describe the educational issues of Korean born children in America.
8.	What is the role of KAMP (Korean American Mentorship Program)?
9.	Describe how men and women are acculturating differently regarding their gender roles.
10.	How does the role of a son differ from that of a daughter?
11.	What is a kye and why is it important?
12.	Describe Korean Children’s Day and its importance.
13.	Describe the events on Seollal and their importance.
14.	How important is play considered to be?

Mexican Americans Before 1900

1.	Why was immigration considered beneficial?
2.	What was the Land Act of 1851?
3.	What were Mexican Americans called after Anglos dominated the southwest?
4.	When did California cease to be a bilingual state?
5.	What are Munecas frequently made from?
6.	As a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, how much money did the US pay the Mexican government for the seized land?

US Latino/a: Cuban American

1.	The traditions of what two groups influenced Cuban traditions?
2.	What sports did Cuban children enjoy?
3.	What is the importance of Quinceanera?
4.	Between 1868 and 1920, Key West became known as what center of the US?
5.	Between 1930 and 1950, Cuban Americans began to make their marks in what two areas?
6.	Between 1959 and 1961, the first to flee Cuba under Castro’s leadership were known as whom?
7.	In what period in history were American teachers sent to Cuba to teach Cuban children?
8.	What was the name of the program the Cuban children participated in at school?
9.	What game was mentioned as being common to several cultures in the time period?
10.	What are the predominant two religions of Cuban Americans?
11.	Are children involved in the practices of Santeria?
12.	What is the true name of Santeria?
13.	What is the number one conflict over Santeria?

Ecuadorian American Children, 1960-90

1.	What are the two primary languages spoken in Ecuador?
2.	What is the most dangerous method for Ecuadorians when crossing into the US and why?
3.	How long does the Mexican Route usually take to be completed successfully?
4.	Name two gendered expectations of an Ecuadorian American girl.
5.	Name two gendered expectations of an Ecuadorian American boy.
6.	What is La Ronda?
7.	About what percentage of Ecuadorian Americans is Roman Catholic?
8.	What are some major Protestant influences on the Ecuadorian American religion?
9.	What is Carnaval?
10.	Why were Latino students isolated in the 1960s?
11.	What are Viejos?

Puerto Rican, Now

1.	What are two factors that contribute to the high poverty rate in Puerto Rican families?
2.	What is a negative consequence for Puerto Rican children living in poverty?
3.	What do children place under their beds during the Feast of Epiphany’s Eve on January 6th?
4.	Why is pride so important for families?
5.	What saying is often taught to children?
6.	What are three positive effects of including extended family in a child’s education?
7.	What are two factors that interfere with the success of students at school?
8.	What is the most loved sport among young men?
9.	What is a traditional dish popular among children?
10.	What respiratory disease is highly reported among Puerto Rican children?
What percentage of Puerto Rican children lives in poverty?