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Lang Media: Language by Country Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to country-specific multimedia presentations on numerous world languages, including video clips with transcripts and English translations. Sites also feature cultural information valuable to potential travelers. Includes video...
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The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this extensive Ezra-Jack Keats website. It gives a summary of the different books and looks at Keats as a person and author.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: 1st Grade Act. 10: Rock Art

For Teachers 1st
This module engages students in designing their own rock art. Teachers will engage students in a shared texts, The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola and Mathematics from Many Cultures by Calvin Irons, James Burnett and...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Cinderella: A Character With Culture

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will engage in a Reader's Theater adaptation of Cinderella after reading several different versions that come from various cultures. Students will complete a graphic organizer with story elements that apply to the story Cinderella.
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Native Dance

For Students 9th - 10th
A wealth of material for students, teachers, and scholars researching native dance: interviews, articles, an image database, downloadable resource kits, and video footage.
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Oberlin: Arts of Asia in Reach (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of 15 different lesson plans focusing on the art of Asia. Lessons that focus on a variety of different media are available for all age levels.
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Anti Discrimination Committee: Arab Stereotypes & Educators

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides an analysis of stereotypes of Arabs in US pop culture and textbooks, the role of educators in combating these stereotypes, and the effects of such stereotypes on Arab American children. It includes a bibliography for...
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International Reading Association

Using Bilingual Books in Esl and Mainstreamed Classrooms

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The authors explain strategies for using bilingual books to foster literacy development with ESL learners. They argue that the presence of books in other languages in the classroom library sends a clear message about the value of...
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International Reading Association

Using Bilingual Books in Esl and Mainstreamed Classrooms

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The authors explain strategies for using bilingual books to foster literacy development with ESL learners. They argue that the presence of books in other languages in the classroom library sends a clear message about the value of...
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Eserver

E Server: Anti Slavery Literature Project

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Antislavery Literature Project is a collaborative electronic publishing venture that provides educational access to the literature and history of the antislavery movement in the United States that is crucial to understanding African...
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PBS

Arthur's World Neighborhood: Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A variety of activities, resources, and tips designed to help kids explore cultural diversity within their own communities and around the world. All suggestions based on books from the "Arthur" series, which airs on most PBS stations....
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Escort: Educating Migrant Children

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With links and resources, this organization uses federal funding (among other sources) to run a hotline for migrant farm workers and their families (National Migrant Education Hotline), to publish teaching kits (for teachers at all...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: World Cultures Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the world with PBS LearningMedia! This collection focuses on food, folktales, and other aspects of cultural heritage. With your class, hear stories, play through situations, and learn how to make crafts from cultures near and far.
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Equity and Social Justice Awareness Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
How sensitive are you to cultural and multicultural issues? Here a quick quiz, along with classroom discussion tips, to help you explore the answer. Available online or as a downloadable document (PDF, Word).
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Time Is Not on Our Side: Literacy and Literature for High School El Ls

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Given that teachers often have too much to teach and too little time, teacher Dana Dusbiber suggests an alternative approach to teaching literature for secondary ELLs: the introduction of more multicultural literature in the classroom.
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Everything ESL

Everything Esl: Harvest Festivals Around the World

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use this activity to promote a multicultural discussion about the many different harvest celebrations around the world. Festivals in Ghana, China, Korea, Vietnam, and India are included!
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New York Times

New York Times: A Diverse First Family

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate Barack Obama's family tree to discover his family's diverse multicultural roots.
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University of California

Multiverse

For Students 6th - 8th
Resource works to increase diversity in Earth and Space science through multicultural education.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Hope and Change

For Students 9th - 10th
In 2008, American voters, tired of war and dispirited by the economic downturn, elected a relative newcomer to the political scene who inspired them and made them believe that the United States could rise above political partisanship....
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Jewish Museum

Jewish Museum: Examining Identity in Contemporary Art and Photography [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This website contains photographs of many in the multicultural community of Jews in the United States. There are discussion questions and cross-curricular links for integration of culture into your curriculum. A glossary is also included.
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Multicultural Awareness Respect Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A brief article suggesting a "getting to know you" activity. Discusses the different aspects of respect and learning from our differences. SL.9-10.1d Possitive Communication Stratagies
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Building Community in the Classroom (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Exercise in which participants introduce themselves by sharing information about their ethnicities and backgrounds, highlighting the similarity and diversity among members of the class.
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United Nations

United Nations: Introduction of Un to Children (Chinese)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
These are the Chinese language pages of the UN's CyberSchool Bus site. Not as much content as the English version but pages do include resources and information about different nations and cities, UN-sponsored children's events (make a...
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Yale University

Examining African American Culture Through the Use of Children's Literature

For Teachers 3rd
This curriculum unit is designed for third grade students to address the issue of diversity during many different core areas via the use of African-American children's literature. The unit incorporates a variety of children's books, both...

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