1. GENERAL MULTICULTURAL http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Social_Studies/Multicultural/Multicultural.html
This site organizes 14,000 resources. Find lesson plans, field trips, photos, maps, and online video. A really good and well-organized site.
*Awesome Library
Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research at the University of Southern California http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/
Includes African American, Asian American, Latino/Hispanic & Native American Resources for teachers & teachers in training.
Center for World Indigenous Studies http://www.cwis.org/wwwvl/indig-vl.html
4th world information, excellent virtual library including Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific. A good resource for hard to find information. For older children.
Core Knowledge http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/index.htm
For K-8. On this site find lesson plans shared by teachers at a recent nationwide core knowledge conference. Lessons in multicultural topics, world history, math, science, art and more. Indexed by grade level.
Digital History http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Includes Asian American, Enslaved, Mexican American, and Native American Voices along with teaching materials, active learning, multimedia and much else.
Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme/current.html
Includes articles, open forum, instructional ideas, and reviews of resources.
Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com
A directory created by the encyclopedia editors. A good source for report information and research.
15 Misconceptions About Multicultural Education http://acei.org/misconceptions.htm
Advice from the Association for Childhood Education International
Information Collection http://www.xs4all.nl/~swanson/history/chapter0102.html
Good links to multi-cultural resources, telefield trips to Ancient Egypt, the American West, Russia, museum links, and more.
*Multi-Cultural Calendar http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC
A searchable database of holidays celebrated by people around the world created by Kidproj. Browse by country, month, or holiday and get a good amount of information to help understand the meaning behind the celebration.
Multiculturalism: Children's Gameshttp://www.ed.pdx.edu/multi/games.html
Web site constructed by a sixth grade class, has multicultural games and teacher made lesson planes.
Multicultural Education http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/presrvce/pe3lk1.htm
Links to various documents on multicultural education
Multicultural Education & Ethnic Groups http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/lboyer/multicultural/main.htm
Selected resources Colorado State University.
*Multicultural Pavilion http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/
Varous resources on multicultural education. See in particular the Multicultural Pavilion Teacher's Corner: A great site with impressive resources and links. The Teacher's online archives have children's literature, historic documents, tribal documents, and speeches by Martin Luther King, Mandela and others. Teachers' Toolbox has a photo gallery and multicultural song index. Historic African-American literature collection online for older students. There are also good links to multicultural ed. resources.
Multicultural Lesson Plans and Resources http://cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edmulticult.htm
Web-Quests, lesson plans and resurces sorted by content specialty or ethnicity
Multicultural Resources for Children http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/multipub.htm
General resource links and bibliographies of multicultural children's books.
Project L.E.A.D. http://www.childrenlead.org/
Dedicated to providing multicultural educational resources to teachers, students and trainers.
Race & Ethnicity http://www.tulane.edu/~so-inst/Other2.html Links to educational sites related to race & ethnicity
Teaching Tolerance Organization http://www.tolerance.org/index.jsp
This organization provides resources for teaching tolerance in and out of the classroom
World Wise Schools http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/lessons.html
A Peace Corps sponsored site with lesson plans for grades 3-12. Multicultural topics include a new lesson called "Looking at Ourselves and Others", and another that compares the daily activities of teenage girls from several countries. This site can help teachers integrate global education in to daily activities. Indexed by grade level and subject area.
Yahoo Society & Culture http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Holidays_and_Observances/
Easy access to a huge array of cultural information, multicultural holidays, recipes, and web directories.
2. WORLD GEOGRAPHY SITES http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html
Created by a high school geography teacher. Excellent source of info on regions, culture, earth science, plate teutonics, agriculture and natural resources. Tremendous links to regional web sites, geography quizzes, and interactive maps. All ages.
*Geography World
*Great Globe Gallery http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob1.htm
Print out maps and globes, satellite views, topo maps, historical maps and more. Unusual maps like solstice geography, astronomy, El nino maps and ocean current maps. Very interesting, for all ages.
Lonely Planet Home Page http://www.lonelyplanet.com
Based on the Lonely Planet Travel Guide series of books. Information on specific regions including maps, facts, history, environment, economics, current events and money. Good information for reports.
3. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SITES
Captain Planet http://www.turner.com/planet
A site for teenagers created to teach simple environmental lessons.
*Rainforest Alliance http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
This is a great site. There are fun lesson plans to use on frogs, birds, and more. Complete rainforest thematic units are here for ages K-12, which include rainforest stories, coloring pages and fun activities. Information on how your class can get involved in rainforest preservation.
4. ART SITES
Bill's World of Art http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/8art.htm
Take a virtual tour of many world art museums online. Download paintings and artist bios for use in the classroom. A good link to the International Museum Network is here.
*Julie's Multicultural Art Page http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6961/
Great site for multicultural art projects, and museum links. This award-winning site currently has on line lesson plans for Africa, Pacific Asia, Latin America, Native America, and American Folk Art. Complete directions and a photo of the completed project are online.
World Myths and Legends in Art http://www.artsmia.org/world-myths/
Minneapolis Institute of Arts uses 26 works of art selected from its collections to explore mythology from around the world.
5. INTERACTIVE SITES-WORLD WIDE PEN PALS
KIDLINK
A global online conference for ages 10-15 conducted in several languages, including English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Norwegian, and Hebrew. Membership is required, but free. Over 23,000 members from 60 countries. To join, contact Odd de Presno, at opresno@extern.uio.no.
*ePals Classroom Exchange http://www.epals.com/
For K-12, this is the world's largest electronic pen pal network. Over 1 million students from 108 countries are registered with ePals. Great way to communicate with children overseas, and practice new language skills.
6. LANGUAGE WEB SITES
Globe Gate Project for Teachers and Students of Foreign Language http://globegate.utm.edu/
Several thousand web links for teachers and students of foreign language. At this site you can also find lesson plans, online newspapers, magazines, radio and TV from all over the world in a variety of world languages.
7-A. AFRICA & AFRICAN AMERICANS http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/sites/aframdocs.html
African American Literature Links on Multicultural Pavilion
African American Resources http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/African_American.html
Web links set up by University of Southern Californiaís Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research. Very complete.
AfricanAmericans.com http://www.africanamericans.com/
African Americans - Culture, History, Legacy and Heritage
Africans in America http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
Based on PBS television series; chronicles history of slavery in the U.S.
The Africa Guide http://www.africa-guide.com/
This page has detailed information on 51 African countries and an outstanding original photo gallery.
Black Quest Power Links http://blackquest.com/link.htm
African-American History, Culture, and Black Studies Resources
7-B. ASIA AND ASIAN AMERICANS http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/Asian.html
Excellent links from the University of Southern California's Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research.
Asian-Pacific Resources
Culture AZ: Asian Americans http://azcentral.com/culturesaz/asianam/asianindex.shtml
The story of Asian-Americans in Arizona
Japanese Information Network http://www.jinjapan.org
This is a comprehensive Japanese web site, which gives information on language, culture, arts, education and more. Hear the Japanese National Anthem, and tour the museums of Japan.
A Look Into Japan http://www.allonjapan.com
Introduces students to various information about Japan (in English and French)
Zhongwen.com Chinese Characters and Culturehttp://www.zhongwen.com/m/hello.htm
An interesting site dedicated to the Chinese language. Find dictionaries, poetry, cultural information, links to current events and a place to translate your name into Chinese characters.
7-C. CANADA AND UNITED STATES & NATIVE AMERICANS http://www.americanindians.com/
Information on American Indians.
American Indians
American Indians and the Natural World http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/north-south-east-west/
Carnegie Museum of Natural History site
Bill's Aboriginal Links: Latin America http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/aborintl.htm#3
Tremendous links to Latin America, Mexico, Central and South America. Includes links to dictionaries, indigenous peoples, art, culture and current events.
Indigenous Geography http://www.indigenousgeography.si.edu/home.asp?lang=eng
National Museum of the American Indian site
Kid Info: Reference Resources for Native Americans http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Native_Americans.html
Links to Native American information on the Internet
National Archives of Canada http://www.archives.ca
This site is in English and French. The focus is on history of the aboriginal peoples, including history, treaties, and over 100 photos.
National Archives of US http://www.nara.gov
The on line exhibit hall has sound recordings, articles, photos, and maps. There is also Native American treaty information, and historical photographs.
Native American Culture http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/argylems/lessons/native_am/NativeAm.htm
An on-line unit on Native Americans for grades 5-9 from Montgomery County Schools
Native American Heritage Month http://edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=99
Ideas for celebrating Native American Heritage Month in November. Has lessons, etc.
Native American Resources http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/Native_American.html
Excellent links to Native American resources on the web, including tribal homepages, and links to Native language resources. Links to lesson plans for teaching Dakota and Lakota.
7-D. LATIN AMERICA & HISPANICS IN U.S. http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12/
Univ. of Texas K-12 site
Latin American Resources for Primary & Secondary Education
Latino Links http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/Latino.html
A page created by the USC Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research. Great links for teacher and students
Latino Studies Resources http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/
Links to all kinds of information on Latino history, immigration, and current issues
Rainforest Alliance http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
This is a great site focusing on the environment and history of Central and South American Rainforests. Lesson plans for K-12 are available on frogs, birds, plants and more. Information on how to get involved in Rainforest Preservation is also available here.
*RETANET http://ladb.unm.edu/retanet/plans/
Provides lesson plans sorted by content specialty for secondary teachers.
Teaching from a Hispanic Perspective http://literacynet.org/lp/hperspectives/contents.html
A full text handbook for Non-Hispanic Adult Educators.
8. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/proforg.html
An extensive index with links created by the University of Southern California's Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research.
Index of Professional Organizations for Multicultural Educators
National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) http://www.nameorg.org/
This organization is committed to a philosophy of inclusion that embraces the basic tenets of democracy and cultural pluralism.
National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) http://www.nabe.org/
Founded in 1975, this organization addresses the needs of language minority students in the US, and works to advance language competence and multicultural understanding of all Americans.
9. ANTI-HATE GROUPS http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm
The Media Awareness Network is a pioneer in developing educational resources on online hate.
Media Awareness Network
Teaching Tolerance http://www.tolerance.org/
A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center to fight hate and promote tolerance
Note: Thanks to Kristel Nielsen for finding the major portion of the web sites listed above.
Dr. Jon Reyhner
Multicultural Education Internet Resource Guide
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