Basic Skills Caucasian Americans Workbook

Hope Slapin Beverly

Description

The world of Caucasian Americans comes alive through humorous history lessons, puzzles and word games for all ages. This revised edition provides young readers with accurate accounts of the lives of the Caucasian Americans, who, long ago, roamed the USA. Even in times past, Caucasians were not all the same. Not all of them lived in gated communities or drove SUVs. They were not all techie geeks or power-hungry bankers. It is hoped that the youngsters who read these pages will realise the role that Caucasian Americans played in making the world what it is today.

Sujets

• Humour

Informations

• Publié par: PM Press
• Date de parution: 13 juin 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781604868678
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

What the critics are saying aboutBasic Skills Caucasian Americans Workbook:

“For many years, I’ve recommended this amazing book as anthropological source material in the education of young children. Beverly Slapin has captured the essence of what it was really like to have lived as a Caucasian American.” — Virginia Lea, Ph.D.,Associate Professor of Education, University of Wisconsin–Stout, Menomonie, WI; Co- Chair, Proposals Committee, National Association for Multicultural Education

“Every public library that values a balanced social studies section must have this ‘go-to’ resource on understanding Caucasian Americans. Delightful illustrations, word scrambles, and other exercises make it fun as well as truly educational; and it makes a great recommendation for family car trips.” — Nina Lindsay,Children’s Services Librarian, Oakland Public Library, Oakland, CA

“As a perpetually curious half-ethnic Chinese, born in Thailand and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, I have found theBasic Skills Caucasian Americans Workbookto be the absolutely most influential book in my life! It's phenomenal! I keep it at the ready to show everyone— clients, friends, acquaintances, and, of course, my many relatives!” — Varinthorn Punakanada Nakkeow,State of California Notary Public; Buddhapanya Society Photographer; Los Angeles County Library System Volunteer, Los Angeles, CA

“This remarkable work is key to understanding the abstruse and non-intuitive premises underlying the Caucasian worldview and motivational impeti.” — Annie Esposito,Copublisher,El Sol, Mendocino County, CA; Member, Mendocino Gaggle of Raging Grannies, Mendocino County, CA

“As someone who has recently discovered her Caucasian American roots, I was as unaware of much of the information in this handbook as a fish is of water. It is a real eye-opener for me, and will be for all my colleagues.” — Nancy Schimmel,Master of Library Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA

“I love words.Basic Skills Caucasian Americans Workbookis the perfect mid-afternoon soother for my perforated brain.” — Jacqueline Sullivan,new mother, Berkeley, CA

“As an enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi Nation, I found theBasic Skills Caucasian Americans Workbookto contain a plethora of essential guidelines as to how a cultural outsider might have lived within that society. Indeed, it’s comparable to any of the well-written Boy Scout manuals one might come across.” — Barbara Wall, BS, MS, Professional Engineer; Ph.D. Candidate in Indigenous Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, ON

“Basic Skills Caucasian Americans Workbookis a good educational tool in teaching the concept of equality. I have used it in my undergraduate classes in Written and Oral Analysis. The younger the students, the more easily they understand the purpose of this book.” — Rashmi Sharma Singh,Lecturer in University Programs, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA; Founding Member, California Faculty Association's Affirmative Action Chapter, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA

“As the sole recipient of the coveted Ishibashi Award, Beverly Slapin has done more than anyone else I know to educate about and raise awareness of the quickly disappearing tribe of Caucasian Americans. I highly recommend her book.” — Jean Ishibashi, Ph.D.,Convener, Ishibashi Award; Professor of Social, Cultural, Interdisciplinary and Critical Education, and Women’s Studies; University of California, California State University, and City College of San Francisco

“A ‘must read’ for anyone interested in ‘cultural diversity,’ particularly those of us in the ‘helping professions.’ An ‘exhaustive examination’ of an ‘exotic’ tribe whose beliefs and mores are unknown not only to others, but frequently to themselves.” — Gussie Lynn Rubin,Psychotherapist, Berkeley, CA

“This anachronistic tool of pre-post-racial America has no redeemable social value. A book to be avoided at all costs.” — Michael Clark,Member, Board of Directors, Film Classics, Berkeley, CA; Founding Member, Sparkles & Calamity, Berkeley, CA

“I am an inveterate reader of non-fiction.Basic Skills Caucasian Americans Workbookranks up there withProfiles in Courageand theNew Testamentas a seminal document that reveals both the successes and excesses of the Caucasian Americans.” — Bruce Max Feldmann, DVM, Berkeley, CA

“Although this is a pretty good tour of the mystical lifeways of a tragic and vanishing race, the author is deeply demented.” — Joseph Bruchac III,Native American Survivalist

“I haven’t read it yet, but my friends say it’s pretty good.” — Chandra Hauptman,Member, Organization of Staff Analyst Retirees, NYC; Local Station Board Member Emerita, KPFA-FM, Berkeley, CA; Recording Secretary Emerita, Local 375 (Civil Service Technical Guild), District Council 37, AFSCME, NYC

“Sloppily researched and abysmally written, this allegedly serious anthropological work reads more like a condescending third-grade social studies textbook.” — Hayley Moore,BA, Economics, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Veterinary Technician, Berkeley, CA

Basic Skills Caucasian Americans Workbook

Beverly Hope Slapin

Basic Skills Caucasian Americans Workbook © 2013 Beverly Hope Slapin This edition © 2013 PM Press All rights reserved. No part of this book may be transmitted by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. ISBN: 978–1–60486–520–2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2012923397 Cover and interior designs by Guillermo Andrés Prado 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PM Press PO Box 23912 Oakland, CA 94623 www.pmpress.org Printed in the USA on recycled paper by the Employee Owners of Thomson-Shore, Dexter, Michigan. www.thomsonshore.com

Dedication

This book is forourlittle savages and for all boys and girls who love Caucasian Americans and animals.

— BHS

Acknowledgments

Many individuals assisted us in making this book possible. Our deep thanks to educator Bunny Haught-Mifflin, whose paper “White Faces, White Places” started us on our vision quest. We are grateful to Hervey Heavyhand, author ofThe Whitepeople Way, Frank Neufchatel, Ranger at the Caucasian Hills Regional Park, and the late Dr. John J. Knucklebones, Ph.D., editor of The Sacred and the Profane: Studies in Ancient White Art, who spent many hours attempting to point us in the right direction.

We thank noted Caucasian American anthropologists Malvina Reynolds and Nancy Schimmel for permission to use portions of their research paper, “Little Boxes on the Hillside: The Many and Varied Utilizations of Ticky-Tacky in the Caucasian American World.” The following was printed at the end of their paper, which appears to be a chant of some kind: “Copyright 1962 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1990.”

We thank Ellsworth Praeger (Little White Man) and the other staff of the Smithsonian Whitepeople Anthropological Library, who were helpful in tracking down obscure references. Anthropologists Barbara Bead, Herb Block, Dilbert Bowles, Michael Chestnut, David Duckworth, Ted McGann, Muffy Rankin-Smith, and Bertha Schlagle, people who have spent many years studying Caucasian Americans, read the initial manuscript, and made many helpful suggestions.

We thank the archeological and anthropological scholars at Tack-O-Rama and Velma’s Retro Clip Art and Images, for sharing with us their huge repositories of visual information about an all-but-disappeared people.

This book would have been far less without the contributions of world-renowned Caucasian American scholars Annie Esposito, Bruce Haldane, Noam Szoke, Carlos Albizu Ramos-Slapin, Ramsey Kanaan, Lauren Cooper, and Craig O’Hara. Thank you, all.

And we thank Varinthorn Punakananda Nakkeow, Jean Ishibashi, Jacqueline Elena Featherston, Babatunde Lea, Rashmi Sharma Singh, Guillermo Andrés Prado, Barbara Wall, and Shokoofeh Rajabzadeh, all of whose “inner Caucasian American” feeds our spirits.

Last, but not least, we thank Bob Smith, a young Caucasian American man, for picking up the

phone when we called. Although he said he was way too busy to deal with our project, we are

grateful for the brief discussion we had with him. Indeed, Bob’s name will help to legitimize our

work, and his few words of wisdom will continue to guide us long after this project is finished.

Contents

Introduction for Teachers

Chapter 1: The Very First Caucasian Americans

Chapter 2: Caucasian American Homes

Chapter 3: Caucasian American Clothing and Fashion

Chapter 4: Caucasian American Languages

Chapter 5: Caucasian American Food Production

Chapter 6: Caucasian American Family Life

Chapter 7: Caucasian American Education

Chapter 8: Caucasian American Technology

Chapter 9: Caucasian American Religion, Ceremonies, and Superstitions

Chapter 10: Caucasian American Government

Chapter 11: Caucasian American Leaders

Chapter 12: Caucasian Americans Today

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Introduction for Teachers

Our purpose for publishing theBasic Skills Caucasian Americans Workbookis to provide young readers with accurate accounts of the lives of the Caucasian American people, who, long ago, roamed our land. Caucasian Americans are as much a part of American life as they were one hundred years ago. Even in times past, Caucasian Americans were not all the same. Not all of them lived in gated communities or drove gas-guzzling SUVs. They were not all techie geeks or power-hungry bankers. Some were hostile, but many were friendly.

It is important for young people to study our Caucasian American neighbors in order to learn how they have enriched the heritage and history of all Americans. We hope that the youngsters who read these pages will realize the role that Caucasian Americans have played in shaping the United States, in making America the remarkable country it is today.

Indeed, the Caucasian American contribution to our culture is a significant one. The great white property owners inspired the political union of the United States. Much of our American agribusiness stems from the Caucasian Americans, and in the fields of sports, medicine, art, dancing, and literature, we owe a great deal to their tenacious, capitalistic spirit.

TheBasic Skills Caucasian Americans Workbookprovides unique learning opportunities to strengthen and develop lives, especially the lives of children who are descendants of these original Caucasian Americans. The word games, puzzles and research questions at the end of each chapter create a stimulating learning environment that encompasses both fun and creativity.

So, gather your students together, turn the pages, and explore the fascinating Caucasian American world of mystery and beauty!

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