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A project was designed to improve the teacher-learner environment, through increased cultural awareness on the part of the teachers, in the multiethnic school system of Colorado. The project provided regular seminar sessions addressing issues of multiethnic relevance presented by representatives of the ethnic and minority groups found in the school system. Regular assignments included readings and exposure to nonprint materials having multiethnic themes. Culminating activities required groups of participants to develop lesson plans and multicultural implementation plans for use in their schools. Throughout the project, education staff were exposed to the contributions of ethnic and minority groups, and they were encouraged to identify, analyze, and utilize multiethnic materials. Teachers and other education personnel were presented strategies for resolving cross-cultural conflicts within the classroom. Evaluation of the project indicates that it does meet its major purpose: "That greater exposure to cultural diversity through literature/folklore, multiethnic and legal history, and related topics would develop a greater appreciation and, therefore, greater empathy with the predominant ethnic and minority groups within the schools." Appendices include a multicultural attitude survey, lesson plan format with sample lesson plans, and a dissemination plan format with sample plans. (Author/CB)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert