Educating a multicultural America

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

02/20/2009

Category :

Social studies

Sub category :

Educational studies

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Summary :

Introduction.
The fusion of Lincoln's exemplary vision: Impossible to retain.
The concept of drawing up new standards.
True multicultural education.
1. A form of education which fostered solid educational principles.
2. Influencing the future, as well as changing the way we view the past.
The rise of particularism for Diane Ravitch.
Multicultural education in urban, poor, minority and school districts.
The marked success on the part of black women.
Conclusion.
Works cited.

Abstract

No one would accuse one of the greatest of all political figures in American history, Abraham Lincoln, of being against equality. In his time, america had already experienced the stresses of immigration. There were German immigrants who fought to speak their own language. There were Irish immigrants who formed their own parochial schools to preserve religious freedom. Oriental men were out west, building the railroads under exploitive conditions and of course there were Black slaves. In spite of these conditions, on the day of Lincoln's most renowned speech, at the end of a bloody civil war, which won liberation for an subjugated people, he stated unequivocally that, "Any city or house divided against itself shall not stand" (Matt 12:25, NAS Bible, 1053).
For Lincoln, the granting of freedom did not mean the relinquishing of our countries national identity of cohesiveness.