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1. Harmony at Home: The Myth of the Model Family

2. Learning Power: The Myth of Education and Empowerment

3. Money and Success: The Myth of Individual Opportunity

4. True Women and Real Men: Myths of Gender

5. Created Equal: The Myth of the Melting Pot

6. Liberty and Justice for All: The Myth of Freedom



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1. Harmony at Home: The Myth of the Model Family

NORMAN ROCKWELL
A Family Tree; Freedom from Want; Freedom from Fear

The Norman Rockwell Gallery
http://www.paonline.com/zaikoski/rockwell.htm

Would you like to see more of Norman Rockwell's work? This site is a collection of Saturday Evening Post covers from 1920 to 1960.



ANNDEE HOCHMAN
Growing Pains: Beyond "One Big Happy Family"

Diversity Page
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Diversity/gaylinks.html

The University of Minnesota hosts this Web page; it contains dozens of links to support groups, advocacy centers, and information about gay and lesbian families. Links include Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition International -- a worldwide advocacy and support organization for lesbian and gay parents and their children, as well as for prospective parents; Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere, which dedicates itself to the needs of daughters and sons of lesbian and gay parents and provides a newsletter and pen pal linkups; and Gay and Lesbian Families of America, which works to present a positive image of gays and lesbians.



ELIZABETH DODSON GRAY
Television's Transformative Role in Courtroom Justice for Women and Children

The American Bar Association's Commission on Domestic Violence Web Page
http://www.paonline.com/zaikoski/rockwell.htm

This page contains important domestic violence phone numbers, facts on domestic violence, and links to related sites.



CHARLES MURRAY
The Coming White Underclass

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
http://www.aei.org/

Charles Murray is a fellow at the AEI (as is Lynne V. Cheney). The AEI is a conservative think tank that publishes on matters such as economics and trade; social welfare; government tax, spending, regulatory, and legal policies; U.S. politics; international affairs; and U.S. defense and foreign policies.



KRISTIN LUKER
from Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
http://www.teenpregnancy.org

The Campaign is a private, nonprofit, and nonpartisan effort; its goal is to reduce the teen pregnancy rate by one-third by the year 2005.



ROGER JACK
An Indian Story

The Index of Native American Resources
http://hanksville.phast.umass.edu/misc/NAresources.html

Interested in learning more about Native American life? This site has a comprehensive list of links to hundreds of Native American pages under the categories Culture, History, Language, Health, Indigenous Knowledge, Native American Art, Artists, Galleries, Other Exhibits, Museums, Archaeology, Electronic Texts, Genealogy, Legal, Books, Non-Profits, Government, Music, Nations, Video, Commercial, Announcements, Organizations, Activists Sites, Home Pages, Gaming, Bibliographies, and Media.



MELVIN DIXON
Aunt Ida Pieces a Quilt

The AIDS Memorial Quilt
http://www.aidsquilt.org/

See pictures of some of the first panels in the AIDS Memorial Quilt. This quilt is the largest ongoing community arts project in the world. Each of the over 43,000 colorful panels in the quilt commemorates the life of a person lost to AIDS. You'll also find HIV/AIDS information and links to other sites.



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