study guide for midterm 4, education


Study Guide for Midterm 4
SOC 206

 

Desmond and Emirbayer: 7. Education

 

1.       Compare individuals with more education to those with little education.

 

2.       What did Christian missionaries do to get American Indian parents to send their children to boarding schools?

 

3.       Describe the boarding schools run by either Christian missionaries or the federal government for American Indian children.

 

4.       Why did whites work to deny blacks educational opportunities?

 

5.       Know about Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois, and the Little Rock Nine

 

6.       What concepts could still be found within state-approved textbooks as late as the 1950s?

 

7.       Know examples of Eurocentric historical accounts of the United States.

 

8.       What historical events are usually glossed over by Eurocentric historians and is not as well known among the majority of U.S. citizens?

 

9.       Which groups are most likely to drop out of high school?

 

10.   What are examples of cultural capital within the dominant culture of the United States?

 

11.   What are examples of the “hidden curriculum”?

 

12.   Which group values interdependence, family support, and obligations more than other racial or ethnic groups?

 

13.   Which groups are considered involuntary minorities in the United States?

 

14.   What percentage of teachers scored in the lowest quartile in schools with virtually no white students?

 
Also note that there may or may not be critical thinking questions, some easy, some not so easy, primarily based on our discussion on education, but may also require knowledge from other parts of the course, including videos, but not the optional readings.

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