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intergroup education  

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  • Intergroup education was a program devised during the 1930s to attempt to foster understanding between different groups, especially Christians and Jews. Housed at the University of Chicago, a group of curriculum experts and researchers worked to develop materials to be used by teachers and schools interested in intergroup education. [Source: Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia; Intergroup Education]

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