Changing Attitudes in America
Contains six lesson plans related to racism as well as a great deal of background information .
EDSITEMent
Interesting lesson plans in a variety of subjects. Though not all the lesson plans are multicultural, they do all seem to be of high quality. All require students to use the Internet. Perhaps a good source for confluent education ideas.
Multicultural Calendar
A calendar of holidays and events celebrated around the world.
Teaching Tolerance
Teaching Tolerance Through Literature
A high school lesson plan. See also Teaching Tolerance to Middle School Social Studies Students.
Classroom Activities from Tolerance.org
Many activities for a variety of subjects and lesson plans.
Teaching Tolerance: The People's Attorney
A lesson plan from the above site for grades 4-6 investigating the life of Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish-American appointed to the Supreme Court.
Promoting Tolerance
A cooperative learning lesson plan in which students write, design, and illustrate a children's book incorporating the themes of equality, acceptance, tolerance, and respect. See also Boundary Breaker Topics.
Teaching @ Tolerance
Five lesson ideas from Education World.
Art Activities and Lesson Plans for Exploring Tolerance
A long list.
Discrimination
A 6th-grade lesson plan from the Social Studies School Service.
Multicultural Art Lessons
Melissa's Myriad
Many art lesson plans including some that are multicultural.
Art Activities and Lesson Plans for Exploring Tolerance
A long list.
Julie's Multicultural Art Page
Two lesson plans and a variety of links.
Language through Art
An ESL curriculum.
Collage and Romare Bearden
An elementary art lesson plan on the work of African American artist Romare Bearden.
Religious Beliefs Made Visual: Geometry and Islam
Classroom activities designed to show how Islamic art can provide important insights into the technology, scientific knowledge, and religious beliefs of Moslems.
Islamic Foil Art
This art activity, which is appropriate for many grade levels, may be just what you need for your multidisciplinary unit on Islam.
Finishing Sadako's Cranes
A 4th-grade lesson plan on origami using Eleanor Coerr's book Sadako and the Thousand Cranes.
Japan: Images of People
A unit designed to help students understand Japanese painting and culture.
An Introduction to Mexican Art and Culture Through the "Day of the Dead"
An art activity based on this Mexican holiday celebrated October 31 through November 2.
Multicultural Literature Lessons
Making Multicultural Connections Through Trade Books
Multicultural literature lesson plans. Click on a book and then "illustrative lesson."
A Teacher's Guide to Afro-American Children's Literature and History
From the Children's Literature Nook, this site offers an annotated bibliography of African-American children's books, criteria for selecting books for classroom use, lesson ideas, and many links.
Meet Rosa Parks
An on-line interview as well as lesson plans and resources.
Similarities Between African Folktales and French Folktales
A unit for grades 7-12.
Understanding Hispanic/Latino Culture and History Through Children’s Literature
An elaborate unit plan with three sample lesson plans and a bibliography.
Puerto Rican Folktales
A unit for grades 7-12.
La Casa en Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
A Score CyberGuide en Espanol! See also Click here to access a Teacher's Resource File with other lesson plans for this author.
Moving Words: Asian Immigration
Four lesson plans on Asian-American immigration. Also , take a look at Teaching the Chinese Immigrant's Story - Angel Island (1910-1940), another unit on Chinese-American immigration.
Discussing Immigration Through Literature
A unit on Asian-American immigrants using the following books: Coming to America , Betsy Maestro; The Lotus Seed, Sherry Garland; and Grandfather's Journey, Allen Say.
An Integrated Unit on Classic Philippine Folk Tales About Fruits
A unit from TASSI.
An Integrated Unit on Friendship Implementing Asian-American Children's Literature
A unit integrating Asian-American children's literature and the theme of friendship.
Heroes and Heroines in the Family
A grade 7-8 unit on American Indian, European, Puerto Rican, Afro-American and American tales showing the students the common themes and the universal affirmation of man’s ability to accomplish great feats by using a great deal of brain power and some brawn.
Expanding Fifth Grade Ethnic Awareness Through Literature
A unit on Native American and Latino literature from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
Reconciling Race Issues in the United States
A high school unit on the works of African American and Native American writers.
Twentieth Century Latin American Writing
A collection of units for middle school and high school.
Las Mujeras y la Literatura
A beginning unit on latina writers for grades 6-8.
Crossing the Border: A Study of Immigration Through Literature
A unit for grades 6-8.
Anna Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973) Teacher Resource File
Lesson plans on African American poetry and Bontemps' poems.
Native American Poetry CyberGuide
Internet-based activities for 8th-grade.
See also Children's Literature for many multicultural literature lesson plans.
Multicultural Math Activities
Frisbie's Multicultural Math Fair
From Frisbie Middle School, this site provides information about this event as well as specific information about each learning station. See Multicultural Fair 1999-2000 for descriptions of additional activities.
Mathematicians and Scientists Treasure Hunt
A grade 7-12 activity designed to help students learn about a mathematician or scientist who happens to be female or a person of color. A sample worksheet is provided.
Marlys Henke's Cultural Relevance Model
Seven lesson plans developed by Marlys Henke, an award-winning math teacher from St. Paul, that incorporate the contributions of diverse cultures and people into the regular math curriculum.
Multicultural Math Lessons
Five lesson plans created by Patricia Donovan.
Multicultural Ideas for Your Math Class
Eleven ideas for you to try. See also Multicultural Math Goals.
Religious Beliefs Made Visual: Geometry and Islam
Classroom activities designed to help students understand that the geometric patterns that characterize so much of Islamic art provide important insights into the technology, scientific knowledge, and religious beliefs of Moslems.
Money Makes the World Go Around
A 3rd-grade lesson plan from Core Knowledge.
Calculating the Exchange Rates between the United States and Mexico
An interdisciplinary lesson plan for grades 7-8.
Minorities and Mathematics
Information from Math Forum.
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
Information on mathematicians of African descent.
Play Mancala
An African math game. See also Mancala for another online version of this game.
Ancient Egyptian Mathematics
An activity dealing with the calculation of pi.
Egyptian Numerals
Scroll down the page to try out some Egyptian math problems. For more information, see Egyptian Fractions, An Odd Egyptian Puzzle, and Hypatia of Alexandria.
Native American Geometry
Information and resources for teachers.
Mathematics in China
An annotated timeline and a chronology of Chinese mathematicians and mathematical works.
The Abacus
An award-winning site with history, instructions for using an abacus, etc.
Symmetry and Pattern: The Art of Oriental Carpets
Information, a gallery, and instructional activities. Click on Educational Resources to find the activities.
Maya Mathematics
Information on the Mayan number system.
Aztec Calendar
All sorts of information.
Women in Mathematics
You won't find lesson plans at this site, but you will find an extensive list of links to sites having to do with women and math.
Multicultural Math Games
A page created two 9th-graders.
Multicultural Music Lessons and Resources
Cultural Comparisons Through Teenage Music
A lesson in which students compare various cultural beliefs, values, and traditions by studying the lyrics of popular music from a variety of genres.
Comparing Native American and American Folk Music: Grass Dance Song
An elementary lesson plan exploring how aspects of Native American and American folk music are alike and different.
Folk Dances: Los Viejos
A lesson plan for grades 6-8.
African Clave Rhythms and Popular Music
A lesson plan for grades 7-9.
Five middle-grade lesson plans from the Duke Ellington Centennial Site.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Seventy-plus music lesson plans, many of which have multicultural elements.
Multicultural Science Lessons and Resources
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
Science units based on native ways of knowing. See their new Handbook for Culturally Responsive Science Curriculum.
Houses Around the World
An upper-elementary or middle school lesson plan in which students develop an understanding how climate influences the type of homes a person builds and the way a person dresses. See also Homes Around the World for a 1st-grade WebQuest.
Eggs
An elementary lesson plan about how different cultures use eggs through the integration of art, math, science, and social studies.
Using Multicultural Literature with Science
An Internet-based elementary lesson plan.
Myths, Legends, and Moon Phases
A multidisciplinary lesson plan for upper-elementary or middle school from New Horizons for Learning.
An Appreciation of the Worlds Ever-Shrinking Rainforests
A lesson plan for grades 4-8 in which students not only learn about the destruction of rainforests, but also about the indigenous peoples who still live in the rainforests and are trying to maintain the lifestyles that the rainforest has supported for generations. See also Tropical Rainforest for another middle-grade lesson plan and Hands-On Science for teaching Rainforest Ecosystems for a unit for grades 6-12..
Finding Out About Herbs in Latin America
A unit for grades 5-12. See also Finding Out About Herbs in New Mexico.
Why is there Pollution in Mexico City?
A lesson plan for grades 9-12.
The Trees: A Connection from Portugal to Brazil from yesterday to Today
A lesson plan for grades 9-12.
Women in Science
A high school lesson plan from Education World.
African American Scientists
An Internet-based lesson plan for grades 5-8.
Multicultural Social Studies Lessons and Resources
(Additional lesson plans are listed on the Social Studies Page)
Human Rights Lesson Plans
Several elementary lesson plans from Universal Voices Online Human Rights Internet Guide.
Integrating Language and Culture in Middle School American History Classes
Information and lesson plans for including multicultural perspective in a unit on the American Revolution.
Celebrations Around the World
A multicultural, thematic unit for students with severe disabilities.
Columbus Day: Native American Perspective
A lesson plan for 4th/5th grade.
Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum
Information and ideas for activities from Education World.
Revisiting Pocahontas
A middle-grade or high school unit in which students engage in a critique of the historical and cultural accuracy of the Walt Disney film, "Pocahontas."
Negotiating Treaties
An 11th-grade lesson plan involving a treaty negotiation simulation.
Eastern Woodland Indians
Many lesson plans for a variety of topics and grade levels.
The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
A lesson plan using historical documents available via the Internet.
After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans in the South
A lesson plan using the Internet to access pamphlets and other materials, most of which were written by African American authors about pressing issues of the day.
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois
A unit on the issues raised by the celebrated debate between two famous African American leaders: Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois.
Have Minorities Gained Acceptance?
A lesson plan in which students research and discuss the impact of the Civil Rights Movement.
Slave Women of African Decent in Brazil, Haiti, and Jamaica
A lesson plan for grades 9-12.
"Hispanic Celebration" Lesson Plan
This is an interesting lesson with many links and resources.
Cinco de Mayo
Lesson plans, activities, and thematic units.
Delores Huerta
A mini-unit for the intermediate grades on this Mexian-American labor activist. See also Lessons on Delores Huerta.
Anasazi/Mesoamerica/Andean: Time and Cultural Passages
A 7th-grade lesson plan
Aff idavit and Flyers from the Chinese Boycott Case
A lesson plan using historic documents from the national Archives.
Incorporating the Japanese Perspective Into a U.S. History Unit on World War II
A 10-day high school unit complete with extension activities and an assessment.
Citizenship Denied: An Integrated Unit on the Japanese-American Internment
An elaborate unit suitable for middle-grade or high school students. See also A History of the Japanese-American Internment.
Cross Cultural Perceptions in Historical Context: Japanese and American
A high school unit.
Experiences in African American - Japanese Relationships
A high school unit designed to develop awareness of race issues in Japan, particularly race issues pertaining to the African American experience.
Lifestyles of the Young and the Restless: A Comparison of Life in Japan and the United State
Another high school unit.
WW II: The Other Americans
A multicultural World War II lesson plan I developed as an example for my students.
Women
4000 Years of Women in Science
Great site for information on women in science. See also Women in Science for a Web-based activity.
Women in Science
A high school lesson plan from Education World.
Women in World History Curriculum
Sample lesson plans for women's history.
Gender Stereotyping
An activity for grades 7-9 from Tolerance.org.
Exceptional Women
An Internet-based history activity exploring the right to vote.
The Nineteenth Amendment
A lesson plan for grades 9-12.
Cultural Change
A high-quality lesson plan for grades 10-12 that requires students to think critically about the arguments and counter-arguments in the debate regarding women's suffrage.
Images of Girls and Women as Portrayed in the Media
A well-done WebQuest.
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
WWWomen.com
Links to sites about women and women's issues.
Hispanics
Cultural Aspects of Spanish in America
A unit for secondary Spanish language teachers.
New Movements For Social Justice: The Latino Struggle for Equal Rights
An elaborate high school unit.
Twentieth Century Latin American Writing
Ten more units from the 1997 Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
Hispanic Immigration: America in the Year 2000
A high school unit.
Famous Hispanic Americans
A WebQuest for ESL students.
Culture Quest
Webquests on Hispanic culture, hispanic games, photos of Hispanic America, and tips for teachers.
The Hispanic World
A Internet-based unit for intermediate grades and up in which students explore Spanish-speaking countries.
"Hispanic Celebration" Lesson Plan
This is an interesting lesson with many links and resources.
Ole! Bullfighting
A webQuest for high school Spanish students.
Too Many Tamales
Cross-disciplinary lesson ideas for teaching with this book by Gary Soto.
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
Teacher's Guide from Vintage Books. Click here to access a Teacher's Resource File with other lesson plans for this author. Also, see Understanding Hispanic/Latino Culture and History Through Children’s Literature.
Crossing the Border: A Study of Immigration through Literature
A middle school or high school unit.
RETANET: Resources for Teaching About the Americas
Site contains many high quality lesson plans by secondary teachers as part of the Latin American Data Base. The lessons incorporate Latin American and Caribbean culture into various subjects such as Spanish, social studies, math, art, and language arts.
Latino Web
Links to many sites on Latino/Latina Education.
Who is Who in the Hispanic Web
An alphabetical Directory.
African Americans (Additional lesson plans are listed on History Lesson Plans and Resources)
African American History and Heritage Site
From the U.S. Department of State, this site offers many resources for African-American History. See also Black History Month Origins and Themes, National Organization of Blacks in Government, and Black History Pages.
Black History
Information, products, and activities from the Social Studies School Service.
African and African American K-12 Educational Resources
Contains African resources and curriculum units.
Units on African American Culture
Units for all curricular areas .
The Amistad Case: Teaching Activities
A lesson plan that correlates to the National Standards for History. See also Teaching with documents: The Amistad Case.
Learn About Slavery
A teaching/learning module from Digital History. See also African Diaspora and The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record.
The Slave Dancer
An extensive teacher's guide from Random House Publishers for this Newbery Medal-winning book by Paula Fox.
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
A timeline, quiz, sketches, crossword puzzles, etc. all put together by a 2nd-grade class! Click on Classroom Activities to access lesson plans and units on Harriet Tubman from a variety of sources.
Unforgiveable Blackness
An excellent video about Jack Johnson, the first Black prizefighter..
From Jim Crow To Linda Brown
An elaborate lesson involving a study of the famous court case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1897); a simulation of the Afro-American Council Meeting in 1898 using African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907; and the creation of a similar meeting of the Afro-American Council prior to the landmark Brown vs, the Board of Education case in 1954.
After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans in the South
A lesson plan using the Internet to access pamphlets and other materials, most of which were written by African American authors about pressing issues of the day.
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois
A unit on the issues raised by the celebrated debate between two famous African American leaders: Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois.
Harlem Renaissance Retrospective
A lesson plan for grades 9-12 examining this era between 1917-1935 which redefined African American expression on all levels. For more information on the Harlem Renaissance, click here.
Mosaic America: Patterns of Racism
A 7th-grade unit. For other similar units see Racism and Nativism in American Political Culture.
Lesson Plans and Resources for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A long list of lesson plans from my History Page.
Black History
Click on "Treasure Hunt" or "Web Quest" for on-line activities.
Black History Quest
Links to many sites on African-American history and African Americans.
NAACP Homepage
Institute for Urban and Minority Education
Information about teaching urban and minority students.
Civil Rights
Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
From the National Register of Historic Places, this page would be an excellent resource for putting together a WebQuest on the civil rights movement.
Tuskegee Tragedy
A WebQuest exploring this exploring this dark medical experiment and its victims.
Little Rock 9
A collaborative webquest on integration in schools.
Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate
Information, documents, and lesson plans about Jackie Robinson's role in the Civil Rights movement. Scroll down the page for the lesson plans.
Documents Related to Brown v. Board of Education
An excellent lesson plan using historic documents the National Archives that are available online. See Order of Argument in the Case, Brown v. Board, Brown v. Board: What It Means Today, and Frontiers in Civil Rights: Dorothy E. Davis et al versus County School Board. of Prince Edward County, VA.
Civil Rights Movement Unit
Excellent 5-lesson unit for high school students that uses primary sources of information.
Famous Person: Rosa Louis Parks
A unit for grades 3 or 4 using The Story of Ruby Bridges. See also An Act of Courage, The Arrest Records of Rosa Parks for a lesson plan using historic documents and Meet Rosa Parks for an on-line interview as well as additional lesson plans and resources.
Before Rosa Parks
A high school lesson plan from Tolerance.org. See Classroom Activities for similar lessons for middle and elementary grades.
Opening Doors to Social Studies with Children's Literature: Take Seat or Get off the Bus
A unit for 5th-grade using the book Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor.
Lesson Plans and Resources for Martin Luther King, Jr.
A long list of lesson plans from my History Lesson Plans Page.
Timeline of Selected Events of the Civil Rights Movement
From the Greensboro Sit-Ins Page.
National Civil Rights Museum
Saturn Hmong Home Page
Interesting site for Hmong language with a Hmong-English dictionary and lesson plans. See also Hmong Lessons for thirty lessons plus a pronunciation guide.
Hmong Center - Multicultural Resources and Education
Lesson plans as well as a great deal of information about Hmong culture and history, including an online quiiz.
An Integrated Unit on Hmong Story Cloth
A middle-grade unit. For an additional lesson plan on the Hmong story cloth, see also Hmong Tapestry Lesson Plan.
The Hmong People in the U.S.
Historical information and a long list of links. See also Hmong History.
WWW Hmong Homepage
A collection of resources relating to Hmong history, culture, language, and current events.
Teachers' Asian Studies Summer Institute (TASSI) Web Page
This page provides lesson plans and information related to Asia, Asians, and Asian Americans with an emphasis on China, Japan, and Korea. Click on the highlighted text for the 1996 Curriculum Materials and the 1997 Curriculum Materials. Both are excellent sources of multicultural lesson plans.
Traditional Values vs. Modern Culture in the Asian Community
Lesson plans for grades 6-9 from TASSI examining the culture clash experienced by Asian teens and the trend of Asian teens choosing gangs over tradition.
Ask Asia
Many lesson plans about Asia and Asian Americans.
Asian American Experiences in America
One lesson plan from the above site.
Asian Indian Immigration
A 10-lesson 4th-grade unit exploring the concept of immigration through the in-depth study of Indian immigrants and their effect on the culture of the United States.
Japan Studies Leadership Program
Many lesson plans about Japan and Japanese-Americans.
The Japanese-American Experience
A 3-5 day high school unit from the above site.
Yushiko Uchida
An elementary unit on Japanese culture and how it influenced the life of Yushiko Uchida, a Japanese-American author of The Bracelet. Click here for a 5th-grade lesson plan using this book.
Tassi - Children's Day
A multicultural unit that introduces primary-grade students to the customs and traditions of Japan.
Culture of Japan
Links.
China
A unit emphasizing the cultural roots of Chinese Americans.
Teaching the Chinese Immigrant's Story - Angel Island
A unit from TASSI. See also Angel Island for another lesson plan and Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum, which tells the story of the Central Pacific Railroad (which was built almost entirely through the labor of Chinese immigrants).
China: Dim Sum: A Connection to Chinese American Culture
Lesson plans across the curriculum!
Immigration
The Immigrant Experience in America
A lesson plan for grades 5-8.
Immigration Curriculum Resource Site
Lesson plans for a variety of grade levels from the American Immigration Law Foundation.
American Immigration Past and Present
A simulation activity.
New Kids on the Block
A 7th-grade lesson plan on teen immigrants and the difficulties they sometimes have transitioning into American culture.
Migration & Immigration: How Does Moving Affect Me and My Community
A lesson plan for grade 10.
Immigration: Coming to America
An online activity complete with a teacher's guide.
Hispanic Immigration: America in the Year 2000
A high school unit.
Ellis Island
A unit and electronic field trip for intermediate, middle, or high school students.
German Immigrants: Their Contributions to the Upper Midwest
A lesson plan in which students answer questions and practice their German while viewing photographs and documents from the American Memory of the Library of Congress.
Where I Come From
A high-quality 5th-grade lesson plan.
Immigration
Resources from TeacherVision.
