1. James A. Banks contends that one goal of multicultural education is to promote the common good by enabling marginalized groups to participate in the national culture. Thomas J. Famularo disagrees, arguing that multicultural education actually attempts to deny the existence of a distinctive American culture. Which viewpoint do you agree with, and why"

2. Cameron McCarthy decries the lack of minority perspectives in traditional, mainstream history textbooks. Alvin J. Schmidt, however, maintains that multicultural textbooks wrongly malign Euro-American culture and Western civilization. In each viewpoint, try to find two supporting arguments that you personally agree with.Why do you agree with them"

3. Ofelia Garcia and Linda Chavez disagree about the need for public bilingual education programs. How do the arguments of these two authors reflect differing views on the purpose of bilingual education? Whose argument do you find more persuasive"