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Indexes & Abstracts

Academic Index. 1996- (Current)

Academic Index. 1982-1995. (Backfile)

An online database indexing over 750 periodical articles about multicultural education. Many of the articles are in full-text format and can be retrieved by using "multicultural education" as the keyword search term. Searching by subject using the terms "intercultural education" and "minority students--education" will also locate additional articles in this subject area.

African American Biographical Database. (Chadwyck-Healy)

The African American Biographical Database is a resource of first resort when looking for biographical information about African-Americans. From the famous to the everyday person, AABD includes profiles and full-text sketches providing both biographical detail and illuminating narratives chronicling the lives of Black Americans. Photographs and illustrations of the persons are also included.

Article First. 1990- (FirstSearch)

An online database indexing approximately 462 periodical articles about multicultural education. This database indexes articles from 12,600 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture.

Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). 1967-

CIJE, which is part of the ERIC online system, indexes over 2,300 journal articles about multicultural education when this term is used in the advanced search mode as a major descriptor. To access only journal articles, you must click CIJE in the format box which is located in the lower left hand corner of the search screen. Printed version is available in the Pace Library's reference collection for the years 1969 to 1992 under call number (Ref. L 11 C8)

Education Abstracts. 1983- (FirstSearch)

An online database indexing over 2,700 articles about multicultural education. However, none of the articles found in this database are full-text.

PsycINFO. 1887-

A computerized index which contains abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters and doctoral dissertations about various psychological subjects and conditions including many related to the field of multicultural education. This database is not full-text. It can be assessed from most of the library's computers and also from remote locations. The printed index, Psychological Abstracts, is located in the reference collection under the call number (Ref. BF  1 P65).

Resources in Education (RIE). 1966-

RIE is part of the ERIC online system. It indexes 2,300 documents and reports about multicultural education when this term is used in an advanced search as a major descriptor. All of the documents are on microfiche and can be found only in the ERIC microfiche collection in reference on the first floor of the John C. Pace Library. The current file covers items from 1988 to the present, and the backfile covers items from 1967 to 1987. The printed source for this index can also be found in the reference collection under call number (Ref. LB 1028 R340).

Wilson Select. 1994- (FirstSearch)

Wilson Select is a full-text database that indexes articles from about 180 education and education related journals.

Bibliographies

Children's Multicultural Literature Resource
http://members.aol.com/mcsing29/books.htm

A list of fiction and nonfiction books, picture books for children, poetry and stories for young readers which describe the culture and lives of Black Americans.

Multicultural Bibliography: African
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mulafrican.htm

A bibliography of African folktales, biographies, poetry, picture books, fiction and nonfiction books. It includes a number of Caldecott Award and Honor books.

Multicultural Bibliography: African-American
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mulafro.htm

A selected bibliography of books that deals with the Black experience. Most annotations are re-printed from the Library of Congress.

Multicultural Bibliography: Appalachian Literature for Youth
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mulappala3.htm

Appalachian Literature for children encompasses a wide range of materials from traditional tales (Jack Tales) to contemporary authors such as Cynthia Rylant and George Ella Lyon. Huston's My Great Aunt Arizona and Naylor's Shiloh also shine as examples of contemporary Appalachian writing.

Multicultural Bibliography: Asian American, Asian, and Pacific Islands Children's Literature
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mulasia.htm

A bibliography of bibliographies of children's books about China and Chinese Americans, India and Nepal, Japan and Japanese Americans, Korea and Korean Americans, Pacific Islands and Pacific Island Americans, and other countries of Asia. A bibliography of professional materials is also included.

Multicultural Bibliography: Central America, South America, Puerto Rico, and Hispanic Americans
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mulhispbib.htm

A bibliography of bibliographies which includes books about Central America, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and South America.

Multicultural Bibliography: Countries of Europe
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/muleur.htm

Covers books and articles relating to the peoples of various European countries as well as to European Americans.

Multicultural Bibliography: Jewish
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/muljewbib.htm

Includes books about the Jewish religion and culture, children's books both print and nonprint, and resources about the holocaust.

Multicultural Children's Literature
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/presrvce/pe3lk28.htm

This site contains hundred of links for teachers as well as indexes of multicultural children's books. A very useful site. This site also contains forums which allows educators to share information.

Our Family, Our Friends, Our World: An Annotated Guide to Significant Multicultural Books for Children and Teenagers. 1992. (Ref. PN 1009 A1 M5)

Provides a long-standing need for a reference work that provides children and their parents, teachers, and librarians with evaluations of the large array of fiction and nonfiction on multicultural themes. This work contains annotations for approximately 1,000 multicultural books published between 1970 and 1990. An excellent source for assessing books that deal with the diverse cultures in the United States, Canada and the rest of the world.

Reference Books on Native Americans
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmai/referenc.htm

Includes a list of biographical dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks and other reference works about Native Americans.

Biographies

Black 100. 1998. (E 185.96 S255)

A biographical sketch is provided for each of the persons justifying and supporting his/her listing and ranking.

Celebration of Women Writers
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/

This site recognizes the contributions of women writers throughout history. Women have written almost every imaginable type of work: novels, poems, letters, biographies, travel books, religious commentaries, histories, economic and scientific works. It promotes awareness of the breadth and variety of women's writing.

Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/faces.html

Profiles of African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering. The accomplishments of the past and present can serve as pathfinders to present and future engineers and scientists.

Global Voices, Global Visions: A Core Collection of Multicultural Books. 1995. (Curr. Lib. Ref. Z5579.6 M56)

An annotated bibliography with a fully global perspective, this comprehensive one-volume guide lists some 1,600 of the best multicultural titles geared to a general adult readership.

Great African American Inventors and Engineers
http://www.uwm.edu/StudentOrg/NSBE/bie.html#1

Some of the great African Americans who have made contributions to society. Their inventions served as foundations for numerous ideas for the growing technological world in which we live.

Jewish Heroes and Heroines in America from Colonial Times to 1900
http://www.fau.edu/library/brodytoc.htm

This exhibit is the documentation and a part of the contribution which Jews have made in America from the colonial times to 1900.

Jewish Heroes and Heroines in America 1900 to World War II
http://www.fau.edu/library/bro2toc.htm

Fifty-five biographical sketches of American Jewish men and women in many different professions.

Jewish Heroes and Heroines in America World War II to the Present
http://www.fau.edu/library/bro3toc.htm

Contains fifty-six biographical sketches most of which are related to Jewish persons in the military service.

Mexican American Biographies: A Historical Dictionary 1836-1987. 1988. (Ref. E 184 M5 M454)

A comprehensive dictionary of some 270 biographies, nearly 200 of them contemporary Mexican Americans.

Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering http://www.mills.edu/ACAD_INFO/MCS/SPERTUS/Gender/wom_and_min.html

This site contains links to biographies of minorities and women in mathematics. There are also links to lists of profiles, resources and documents on equity issues.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Critical Dictionary of Educational Concepts: An Appraisal of Selected Ideas and Issues in Education. 1990. (Ref. LB 15 B29)

Arranged alphabetically. Contains some 150 main entries, and a number of others that refer the reader to one or more of the main entries.

Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. 1988. (E 169.1 H6)

Attempts to identify and define common cultural knowledge rather than to present a lexicon of words or topics.

Dictionary of Latin American Racial and Ethnic Terminology. 1999. (Ref. GN 562 S74)

Designed as a reference for speakers of English interested in topics of race and ethnicity in the Americas. Contains approximately 7,000 entries, incorporating historical, literary, political, sociological, anthropological, and linguistic information, and current colloquialisms.

Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations. 1995. (Ref. GN 496 C37)

This book falls somewhere between a dictionary and an encyclopedia, the former being a work setting out and explaining the vocabulary of a language or subject, the latter a literary, more comprehensive work of information on all branches of knowledge.

Dictionary of Multicultural Education. 1997. (Ref. LC 1099 D53)

Focus is to help explicate the meanings and perspectives of various terms that are used in multicultural education. It addresses both the literal meaning of the words and terms as well as the conceptual meanings and exemplars that help create those meanings. No biographical entries are included in this volume.

E-Conflict: World Encyclopedia and Simulation
http://www.emulateme.com/

Great source of information on countries. Has almanac-style listings and clickable maps that allow one to explore other regions. Includes MIDI recordings of national anthems of many countries.

Encyclopedia of African-American Education. 1996. (Ref. 2717 E53)

A comprehensive reference tool for researchers, teachers, scholars, students, and laypersons who are seeking information under a single cover about significant issues, policies, historical events, laws, theories, organizations, institutions, and people relating to the education of African-Americans in the United States.

Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. 1998. (Ref. LC 3707 E53)

Overall aims of this encyclopedia are twofold: firstly, to promote the subject of bilingualism in an attractive, comprehensible and comprehensive manner; and secondly, to be academically sound while being accessible to as wide and audience as possible.

Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism. 6 volumes. 1994. (Ref. E 184 A1 E58)

This resource brings together many multicultural topics, and it features scholarship that cannot be found elsewhere in a single source. It examines American history and society through the experience of diverse groups whose concerns and contributions have often been overlooked.

International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies. 12 volumes. 1994. (Ref. LB 15 I569)

An excellent collection of scholarly works in education that includes signed articles with good bibliographies. Consult Volume 12 for a complete listing of entries by subject.

Multicultural Resources. 1996. (Ref. HD 62.4 I5625)

Intended for use by people seeking international and multicultural assistance which is related to developing the multicultural workplace. Provides resources in seven useful areas: consulting and training, organizations, publishers, publications, learning aids, services, and academic programs.

Directories

 

America's Black and Tribal Colleges. 1994. (Ref. L 901 B732)

Intended primarily to assist students and their parents, counselors, and college administrators who are searching for an affordable and rewarding institution of higher learning for minority students.

Directory of Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs
http://www.cal.org/cal/db/2way/

This directory provides information about 261 programs from 23 states and the District of Columbia. Most of the information found here was collected during the 1994-95 academic year, with supplemental profiles added during the 1996-97, 1997-98, and 1998-99 school years.

Multicultural Education Directory. 1996. (Ref. LC 1099.3 W37)

A comprehensive, state by state study of multicultural education programs in the U.S. which contains a detailed listing of every large school district's multicultural education program.

Social and Cultural Anthropology for K-12
http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Anthropology-K12/anth-k12-social.htm

A short directory of teaching resources compiled by the Smithsonian Institution's library.

Study Abroad 2004-2005. 32^nd edition. (Ref. LB 2338 S86 v.32 2004/2005)

This work, compiled by UNESCO, outlines over 2,700 opportunities for post-secondary studies in all academic and professional fields in 147 countries and territories, including courses and scholarships offered by international organizations and those offered by national authorities and institutions, as well as distance education opportunities. The directory includes only degree-granting institutions, thereby excluding language courses, summer schools, and seminars that do not offer degrees. Programs between partner schools are also excluded. Information is provided in English, French, or Spanish, according to the language in which it was submitted by the host organization or institution, and it should be assumed that the language of instruction is the national language of the country in which the program is offered.

World List of Universities and Other Institutions of Higher Education. 1997. (Ref. L 900 W67)

An invaluable information tool for all those concerned with higher education in its international context. A concise directory including, in addition to universities, other institutions offering terminal degrees after three to four years of higher education.

Handbooks

African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

The Mosaic is the first library-wide resource guide to the Library of Congress African-American collections. Covering the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere, the Mosaic surveys the full range size, and variety of the Library's collections, including books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound.

Black Student's Guide to College Success. 1994. (Ref. LC 2781 B4656)

This revised edition features a completely updated directory of colleges and universities based on information provided by the participating institutions. It contains the most up-to-date information including rates for tuition and fees and room and board, and other variables in each listing.

Chinese Holidays
http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/festival.html

Contains a wealth of information describing traditional Chinese holidays; also see this page.

Global Guide to International Education. 1984. (Ref. L 900 H66)

Provides information on international education organizations, academic programs, printed and other resources currently available that will enable the user to pursue more effectively his/her interests in the field.  It also is useful as a directory in which names, addresses, and phone numbers of most of the programs, organizations or institutions can be found.

Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education. 1995.  (Ref. LC 1099.3 H35)

Assembles in one volume the major research and scholarship related to multicultural education that has developed since the field emerged in the 1960s and 1970s.

Multicultural and Diversity Education. 2002. (Ref. LC 1099.3 A66 2002)

This useful reference handbook provides an overview and discussion of the origins of the title's topic and presents multiple curricular approaches to multicultural education. The work also addresses political and legal issues surrounding the topic, as well as barriers to multiculturalism in the educational environment. The author also presents various case studies in multicultural education, while appendixes provide listings of related organizations and associations, print and non-print resources, and a glossary.

Multi-Cultural Calendar
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/

A Multicultural calendar with sites that make it easy for the user to find the holiday that he is seeking. Users can browse by month, author, country or holiday by using buttons on the left or by using the search option to create their own index.

Multicultural Education: A Source Book. 1989. (Ref. LC 1099.3 R35)

Contains essays and annotations on a number of issues related to multicultural education. The scope of this book includes theoretical, research, and practical information related to the implementation of a multicultural perspective in early childhood and elementary school classrooms.

Multicultural Student's Guide to Colleges. 1993. (Ref L 901 M58)

Offers in-depth profiles of most of the country's 200 top schools and seeks to fill the void left by the other guides by providing information which allows students of color to make confident and wise college choices. Includes a list of America's predominantly Black colleges and universities.

Almanacs

Ethnic Almanac. 1981. (Ref. E 184 A1 B426)

Looks at the customs, culture and traditions various ethnic groups brought to America from their homelands. It contains information culled from thousands of books, encyclopedias, periodicals, newspapers and private sources, all of which add up to a vivid ethnic picture of American history. A copy of this book is also in the Curriculum Materials Library, Bldg. 86.

Lesson Plans

Activities for Newcomers
http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/september.html

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
http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/SS/SSK_3/SSk-3mc.html

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
http://www.askasia.org/for_educators/fe_frame.htm

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
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Anthropology/ANT0202.html

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
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Anthropology/ANT0201.html

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.

China: Abacus
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Anthropology/ANT0200.html

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)
http://henson.austin.apple.com/edres/mslessons/connectivity.shtml

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
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/multicultural/hanley2.htm

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.

Multicultural Day/International Market
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/195.html

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

Multicultural Education Lesson Plans
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies/Multicultural_Education

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 Lesson Plans
http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/passport/lessonplan/lessonindex.htm

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 & Resources
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edmulticult.htm

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
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/multicultural/freed.htm

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
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/98.html

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

Navajo Indian Culture
http://www.LessonPlansPage.com/SSLAArtNativeNavajo-Culture35.htm

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)
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/LESSONS/2545.html

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: English, Social Studies, Science, Cross-Curricular (Grades 4 - 12)
http://henson.austin.apple.com/edres/ellesson/thnkdif.shtml

Students learn about famous people who were instrumental in changing the world in their own way.

Using the Internet for Multicultural Education
http://muskingum.edu/~csun/lessonplan.html

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.

Organizations

Association for Integrative Studies
http://www.muc.muohio.edu/~ais/intro.html

An interdisciplinary professional organization founded in 1979 to promote the interchange of ideas among scholars and administrators in all of the arts and sciences on intellectual and organizational issues related to furthering integrative studies.

Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence (CREDE)
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/crede.html

The mission of the center is to assist the nation's diverse students at risk for educational failure to achieve academic excellence. Central to its mission, CREDE's research and development focuses on critical issues in the education of linguistic and cultural minority students and those placed at risk by factors of race, poverty, and geographic location. CREDE's research program is based on a sociocultural framework that is sensitive to diverse cultures and languages, but powerful enough to identify the great commonalties that unite people.

National Association for Bilingual Education
http://www.nabe.org/

This organization promotes educational excellence and equity through bilingual education. The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) is the only national organization exclusively concerned with the education of language-minority students in American schools.

National Multicultural Institute (NMCI)
http://www.nmci.org/

NMCI was founded in 1983 in response to our nation's growing need for new services, knowledge, and skills in diversity. NMCI's mission is to increase communication, understanding and respect among people of different racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and to provide a forum for discussion of the critical issues of multiculturalism facing our society.

Quality Education for Minorities Network (QEM)
http://qemnetwork.qem.org/

This group proposes restructuring the school system to ensure that minorities receive a high-quality education. Check out their program ideas online to see if they are feasible for your community.

Statistical Sources

African American Education Databook. 3 volumes. 1997. (Ref. LC 2717 N47)

The data and information contained in these volumes are among the best for reporting educational statistics concerning higher and adult education, preschool through high school, and the transition from high school to college and high school to work.

Condition of Education
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/

This annual resource produced by the U.S. government offers countless statistical tables addressing education in the United States.

Statistical Abstracts of the United States: Table No. 264 Educational Attainment by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex
http://www.census.gov/statab/freq/99s0264.txt

These tables from the 1999 edition of the Statistical Abstract of the United States have been selected on the basis of public requests via telephone and e-mail and information collected through user questionnaires.

Statistical Handbook on U.S. Hispanics. 1991. (Ref. E 184 S75 S27)

This book provides a selection of statistical data from various sources which illustrates the growing demographic, political, economic, social, and cultural impact exerted by America's Hispanics. The tables and charts are given as they appear in the sources from which they were taken. A glossary of statistical terms and abbreviations is also included as is an index.

Online Journals

Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education (EMME)
http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme/

EMME is a free-access electronic magazine that publishes multicultural instructional ideas; reviews of resources; and practitioner and scholarly essays.

In Motion Magazine
http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/

A multicultural, online U.S. publication about democracy.

Multicultural Review
http://www.mcreview.com/

A quarterly journal for teachers at all grade levels, college professors, librarians, administrators, and anyone else who is interested in learning about new developments and trends in the field of cultural diversity. The journal features reviews of new print and non-print resources on multicultural topics and articles that explore current issues.

Standards: The International Journal of Multicultural Studies
http://www.colorado.edu/journals/standards/

Contains full text articles, special themes for issues (including education, pride, resistance, survival), educational hot links to other websites, reviews, and more.

UWF-Owned Journals

The following is a partial list of journals available on the second floor of the UWF library.

Internet Resources

Asian American Resources
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/irie/aar/

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

Changing Roles
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/roles.html

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

Christmas Around the World in More than 200 Countries
http://christmas.com/worldview/

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
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/exchanges.html

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

Exploring Amistad
http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/

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.

How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/instructor/multicultural.htm#more

Leads to 50 great books, plus advice from top educators, writers, and illustrators on how to spot literature that transcends stereotypes.

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections
http://www.iecc.org/

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
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/crew.html

Students in grades 4-6 learn about cooperation by planning an international project

K-12 Electronic Guide for African Resources on the Internet
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html

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
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/calend.html

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

Multicultural Books
http://www.intac.com/~booklink/mb.htm

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

Multicultural Collage
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/multicoll.html

Students in grades 4-6 use mixed media to create a collage that represents the diversity of a country of North America or the Caribbean.

Multicultural Pavilion
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/

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
http://www.isomedia.com/homes/jmele/mcultlink.html

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

Native American Educational Resources
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAschools.htmlm

Urban/Minority Families
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/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.

Metalists

Clearinghouse for Multicultural/Bilingual Education
http://catsis.weber.edu/mbe/htmls/mbe.html

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.

Multicultural Pavilion Teacher's Corner
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/multicultural/

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 Pages
http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/fac/rmackinn/native.htm

Lots of links, with many educational/native schools.

Resources for Diversity
http://www.scu.edu/SCU/Programs/Diversity/esources.html

Provides a sampling of diversity resources available on the net.

Created by Ron Toifel: Former Education Librarian
With revisions by Kymberly Goodson: Social Science/Reference Librarian
John C. Pace Library: University of West Florida Library
Date Last Updated: April 2007