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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Multicultural Schools and Classrooms | |
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| Growing Up in a World of Contradictions and Injustices: A Multicultural Response | |
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| Purpose, Trends, and Scope of Multicultural Education | |
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| Multicultural Goals for Children | |
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| Families and Schools Working Together | |
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| How Do We Talk About Multicultural Issues? | |
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| We Are All Learning | |
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| How Adults Can Identify and Challenge Their Assumptions | |
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| How Children Learn About Their Worlds | |
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| Creating Caring and Critical Communities | |
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| Creating Caring and Critical Communities Among Adults | |
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| Creating Caring and Critical Classroom Communities | |
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| Contexts of Learning | |
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| The Context of Race | |
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| Reflections on Race | |
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| Growing Up in a Racially Divided Society | |
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| Children's Responses to Race | |
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| How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel About Race | |
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| Activities to Challenge Racial Bias | |
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| The Economic Context: Social Class and Consumerism | |
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| Reflections on Social Class | |
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| Socioeconomic Divisions in the United States | |
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| Growing Up Poor | |
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| Children's Awareness and Feelings About Social Class Differences | |
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| Reflections on Consumerism | |
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| Living in a Consumerist Society | |
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| Children's Understanding of Consumerism | |
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| How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel About Social Class and Consumerism | |
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| Activities to Challenge Assumptions About Social Class and Consumerism | |
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| The Context of Culture | |
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| Reflections on Cultural Influences | |
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| Reflections Relating to the Natural Environment | |
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| Cultural Influences on Children's Development | |
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| Cultural and Linguistic Discontinuity | |
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| Children's Understanding of Culture | |
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| How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel About Culture | |
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| Children's Understanding of the Natural Environment | |
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| How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel About the Natural Environment | |
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| Activities to Challenge Assumptions and Broaden Perspectives About Cultures and the Natural World | |
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| The Context of Gender and Sexual Orientation | |
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| Reflections on Gender Identification and Roles | |
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| Growing Up in a Gendered World | |
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| Children's Responses to Gender Differences | |
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| Reflections on Sexual Orientation | |
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| Growing Up in a Heterosexist World | |
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| Dilemmas of Gay and Lesbian Parents | |
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| Children's Understanding of Sexual Orientation | |
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| How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel About Gender and Sexual Orientation | |
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| Activities to Challenge Children's Assumptions About Gender and Sexual Orientation | |
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| The Context of Abilities and Disabilities | |
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| Reflections on Abilities and Disabilities | |
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| Growing Up in an "Abled" World | |
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| Social Integration of Children with Disabilities | |
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| Children's Knowledge and Feelings Related to Abilities and Disabilities | |
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| How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel About Abilities and Disabilities | |
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| Activities to Challenge Children's Assumptions About Abilities and Disabilities | |
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| A Vision of the Future | |
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| A Day at Wilson Street School | |
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| Suggested Books for Children | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |