Changes Of The Identity Of Ethnic Group And Citizen Awareness Education In America Since The 20th Century

Since the 20th century, the United States has become a more diverse multi-ethnic society because of industrialization, urbanization, and migration, etc, and Identity of ethnic group has become a major focus of its social development. The compositions of U.S. citizen were complex, and the movement of citizen awareness education was very active. In the different historical stages of social development of the United States during more than a hundred years time from early last century to the present, the identity of ethnic group and citizen awareness education of the United States take on different features which show some of the laws of changes.From the early twentieth century to World War II, in the background of social and cultural assimilation, the overall performance of American identity of ethnic group has been a cultural identity under the boundary changes. Social and personal development needs of the citizen awareness education at this time showed a pragmatic and democratic color. From World War II to the late 80s, as the power of groups and individuals has been fighting the case, the boundary changes of the ethnic structure in behavior has become breakthrough of Identity of ethnic group , and Identity of ethnic group mainly appeared as the line structure recognition. Conscious performance of citizen awareness education is even more evident. In the process of fighting for the rights , citizens began to consciously pursue their social body position. The fighting and expansion of power promoted identity of ethnic group and consciousness of civic education for the U.S. Since the 90s last century, In the United States, ethnic culture coexisted with ethnic identity revival and recovery as well as dilution of ethnic identity. It is a entry point to integrate the multi-cultural ideas and common national cultural values with the civic education while emphasizing education of morality of citizenship and national identity to reflect the diversity and unity of the dialectical relationship between education for dealing with ethnic identity and citizen awareness education.