Multi-Cultural Resources

General

National Association for Multicultural Education
Home page of NAME, membership organization promoting multicultural research and practices, pre-K through higher education.

Multicultural Internet Sites
Lists several web sites and mailing lists that deal with multicultural issues.

Maryland Statewide Equity Resource Center
Includes information about the Center for Maryland Educators, links to other equity web sites, listing of books and resources, and relevant clippings from newspapers and magazines; includes catalog listings of all print and video materials available for loan.

Children's Literature
Lists young children's picture books with positive images of people from a range of ethnic groups; also lists positive gender-fair books.

U.S. Department of Education

Black History Museum
Interactive exhibits for students on African American history prepared by the Afro-American Newspaper Company, Baltimore, Maryland.

The African American Mosaic
A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Black history and culture, surveys the variety of collections in the Library of Congress including books, periodicals, music, and film.

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Black History
A website created to support students as they explore topics related to Black history and African issues. Includes classroom activities for specific topics.

Native Web
Include many Native American sites on the web and an index to other sites, especially those dealing with Native American ails, museums, and music.

Asian American Resources
Extensive list of resources related to organizations, culture, and facts about Asian American Culture.

Asian American History Links
Extensive list of online sites to many resources or Asian American history; reflections of many Asian cultures.

Asian American History
Resource on the history of Asian Americans.

American Jewish History
Publication of the American Jewish Historical Society, including information on anti-semitism.

Clearing house for Multicultural/Bilingual Education
Provides educators with commercial and non-commercial sources for multicultural and bilingual information, materials, and resources.

National Clearinghouse on Bilingual Education
Information on bilingual education resources, policies, and research.

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Countries & Religions

www.starmedia.com (Latin America)

www.elsitio.com (bilingual; U.S. Hispanic Communities)

www.netnoir.com (African-American)

www.nabse.org (National Alliance of Black School Educators)

www.black-voices.com (Black America)

www.ivillage.com (Women)

www.womem.com (Women)

www.bahai.org (Baha'i Faith)

www.zipple.com (Jewish)

www.islam.org (Muslim)

www.dharmanet.org (Buddhist)

www.hindunet.org (Hindu)

www.about.com (links to sites on world religions)

www.hindustan.org (information on India

www.seniornet.org (people over 50)

www.thirdage.com (education for active older folks)

www.aarp.org (senior issues)

www.freetranslations.com (translator service)

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Classroom Resources

Courtesy of Eli Research, University of West Florida
Multicultural Education Program

Asian American Resources
Contains information on Asia Clubs/Organizations, Asian American Census Statistics, Asian American Small Businesses, Events, and Newsgroups.

Changing Roles
In this activity, students in grades 5-8 explore the folklore of different cultures.

Christmas Around the World in More than 200 Countries
See how Christmas is celebrated around the world. Listen to Christmas carols, or read their lyrics, check out international Christmas recipes, or read about the symbols of Christmas.

Cultural Exchanges
Students in grades 5-7 research the varied music, dance, and drama forms of Asian cultures.

Exploring Amistad
This web site contains the real history of the Amistad. Extensive collections of historical resources relating to the revolt and subsequent trial of enslaved Africans.

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections
A free service to help teachers link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges.

An International Crew
Students in grades 4-6 learn about cooperation by planning an international project.

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K-12 Electronic Guide for African Resources on the Internet
The aim of this guide is to assist K-12 teachers, librarians, and students in locating on-line resources on Africa that can be used in the classroom, for research and studies.

Make a Multi-Cultural Calendar
In this activity, students research the traditions of different cultures through the creation of a multi-cultural calendar.

Multicultural Books
A wide selection of multicultural teacher resources as well as children's literature and adult fiction and non-fiction.

Multicultural Bulletin Board
The latest news of interest to the multicultural education and library community! You'll find news, notes, announcements, upcoming events, awards, workshops, new catalogs and materials available.

Multicultural Education Resources
An excellent site containing links to materials about cultures, diversity, languages, multicultural education and organizations, literature and book reviews, museums and exhibits, and much more.

Multicultural Pavilion
Provides resources for educators to explore and discuss multicultural education; to facilitate opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development; and to provide forums for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education.

Multicultural Web Links
Here are some great links to Multicultural Web Sites. Some of these sites are also general educational resources.

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Native American Educational Resources
Menu of major resource links which include "Schools, Student Groups and Related Programs on the Internet." 'Resources for Teachers' is the first section.

Urban/Minority Families
Publications and abstracts for teachers and parents for Asian, Hispanic, homeless, refugee and immigrant families, at-risk students, family involvement, conflict resolution, multicultural education, etc.

Aframian WebNet
A unique centralized repository of afrocentric links that serves as a cyberspace launching pad to the numerous sites on the World Wide Web that are by, about and/or of interest to African Americans. " This is a great page, and linked to it is the useful and quite excellent "Virtually Afrocentric" page. A good place to learn more about African American resources on the Web.

Clearinghouse for Multicultural/Bilingual Education
The purpose of this website is to provide educators, from pre-kindergarten to higher education, with commercial and non-commercial sources for multicultural and bilingual/ESL information, materials, and resources. Website provided by Weber State University in Ogden, Utah.

LatinoLink
An exceptional page that contains many excellent articles, links, and information. A must for educators, and a wonderful resource.

Multicultural Pavilion Teacher's Corner
Great collection of sites, archives, bulletin boards, and other resources for teachers interested in multicultural education. From the Univ. of Virginia's education school.

Native American Links
These links are some great resources for networking, research, and information.

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Native American Pages
Lots of links, with many educational/native schools.

Activities for Newcomers
When new foreign students first enter s school, sometimes it's hard to know what to do first. Here are seven activity-based tips to get them started.

African Folk Tales – Deep in the Bush
The stories used in this lesson were collected by the author while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia, West Africa. These tales have been kid-tested and approved around the world with students from kindergarten through grade eight. These stories, and any other African tales, work as a great introduction to the wealth of culture and history that Africa has to offer.

ASKASIA Lesson Plans
A place to find lesson plans and classroom activities about Asia. Users can scroll through the list of plans to find those of interest to you. Many of these lessons include links to related readings, images, or classroom activities on the AskAsia site.

China: Lunar Calendar
The Chinese Lunar Calendar is a yearly calendar like the western calendar, except that the start of the lunar year is based on the cycles of the moon. Part of a curriculum package that received a 1994 Santa Clara County Reading Council Award. It can be very useful to classroom teaching for grades 3-5 by bringing cultural diversity into the education system.

China: Bound Feet
A Chinese prince began the practice of foot binding because he loved the small 'lily feet' of his concubine. Thus traditional Chinese values for over 1000 years dictated that the feet of young girls should be bound to keep them small. 'Lily feet', as they were called, were thought to be very dainty and beautiful and a symbol of gentility and high-class. Although the term sounded harmless, it was really a very cruel practice.

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China: Abacus
A lesson plan for grade levels 3-5 to help students understand the main concept of the abacus which has been used to serve people to add, subtract, multiply, and divide since ancient times.

Connectivity: World Cultures: Middle School Lessons
This lesson includes information about the use of telecommunications to learn about other cultures. It gives an example of what can be done with worldwide connections through the use of email and conferencing.

Culturally Relevant Lesson for African American Students
Culturally relevant activity for grades 6-12 which can be incorporated into a unit based on the parallel struggles in South Africa and the United States. The content and instructional methods place the African Diaspora experience at the center of learning and provide a way for teachers to tap into the thinking of their students.

Lesson Plans (K-2, 3-5, 6-8 & 9-12)
A collection of grades K-12 lesson plans relating to Asia, Chinese, Hispanic, Indian and World Wide Cultures, and Multicultural Self-Awareness lesson plans.

Multicultural Day/International Market
Useful at all grade levels. Concepts taught are the looking up information, learning about other cultures, and money.

Multicultural Education Lesson Plans
This collection of AskERIC Lesson Plans contains unique lesson plans for grades 1-12 which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States.

Multicultural Fair (Grades 5 & 6)
This lesson plan is designed to create an interest in and educate the students involved in different cultures, and how they can benefit from the knowledge they gain through this study.

Multicultural Lesson Plans, #1
Eighteen lesson plans about multiculturalism provided by Powhatan High School in Virginia.

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Multicultural Lesson Plans, #2
These aligned lessons help students to develop a respect for others as well as their own identity. The lesson plans were prepared during a summer institute sponsored by the Colorado Association of Multicultural Educators (CAME).

Multicultural Lesson Plans and Resources
Use this site to locate multicultural lesson plans and resources for teaching about many different cultural groups.

Multicultural Science Education: Myths, Legends, and Moon Phases
This lesson plan is geared for upper elementary or middle school students in a self-contained multi-age classroom which allows the teacher to blend science, language arts, literature and social studies.

Native American Units: Elementary Level
Elementary level units which allow students to study regional tribes from the Southwest, Southeast, Woodlands, Plains, and Pacific Northwest.

Navajo Indian Culture
Children in grades 3-5 will be exposed to Navajo Indian culture through a story titled "The Goat in the Rug."

Rainbow Bracelets: Grades 1 - 4
Children will understand that people are different on the outside but are basically the same on the inside. A good example to awaken children to miniscule differences in people from all races.

Think Different Lesson: Grades 4 - 12
English, Social Studies, Science, Cross-Curricular. Students learn about famous people who were instrumental in changing the world in their own way.

Using the Internet for Multicultural Education
A culminating activity based on students' explorations and experiences. As a result of cross-cultural communication and cooperation, students may design and publish a web page about the cultures which they have been studying.

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