Curated OER
Grandma Tells A Story
Students read a story with the teacher to reflect upon their own family history. The application of the story is when children create their own family tree and complete the questionaire.
Curated OER
Exploring diversity: Finding ways to learn about our multi-cultural community
Students discuss ways to research our multicultural communities, set personal goals for learning about others, and outline a plan with specific goals to achieve their goals.
Library of Congress
Loc: Family Customs Past and Present: Exploring Cultural Rituals
Photos, documents, music, and stories help students deepen their understanding of the rituals and customs of various cultures throughout American history.
University of California
Ucla: Americans of Filipino Descent Fa Qs
This site provides a good compilation of information on Filipinos in the US- including how, when, and why Filipinos came and noteworthy Filipino-Americans. You can download a chronology of Filipino-American history and jumpt to other...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Achieving Group Diversity
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a cooperative grouping strategy. Students will learn communication skills in ethnically and culturally diverse groups.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Popular Culture
This is an introduction to a unit on Popular Culture with focus on 21st century novels and expository writing.
Utah Education Network
Uen: 1st Grade Act. 10: Rock Art
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...
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Introducing Myself & Others
Lesson plans teachers can use to promote self-understanding, cultural understanding, and the interconnectedness of people and cultures.
Other
Russian Fairy Tales
At this site choose between long version and a short version of these fairy tales translated from the Russian. Each one is illustrated. Be aware that there are advertisements on the page.
Other
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
Other
Gateway to the Classics: Czecholovak Fairy Tales
These tales from Eastern Europe are reproduced here in a very user-friendly environment that allows the student to customize the display to alter text size, background color and other variables.
Other
3rd Ear Music: The Music of South Africa
3rd Ear Music is a comprehensive resource of South African music, past and present. The organization started its collection in 1964 and it now offers links to several South African artists, history of SA music and recordings.
Other
Multicultural Pavilion: A Diversity Newsletter
This is a great newsletter/e-zine with information, articles, links, and much more.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Flying to Freedom: Tar Beach & the People Could Fly
Comparing and contrasting works and looking for underlying themes and messages are at the heart of this multicultural lesson plan. Provides links to several background resources, and suggestions for assessment.
Other
African Australian Online Resource
This site offers dozens of reviews of African recordings, new and re-released. Well-known musicians Zap Mama and Femi Kuti, as well as up and coming ones, are reviewed. Links to individual Web sites and audio files are also featured here.
International Reading Association
Reading Online: A Cooperative Approach for Facilitating Intercultural Education
Research and ideas about teaching in a multicultural classroom.
International Reading Association
Reading Online: Building Cultural Understanding and Communication
Research and ideas about developing cultural awareness and understanding within a classroom.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Colorado
Discover more about the Rocky Mountains. Why is Colorado called the "Centennial State?" Look at this website for captivating facts.
Peace Corps
Peace Corps: Lesson Plan: Recognizing How Another Culture Differs From One's Own
After experiencing time in Guinea, a Peace Corps volunteer shares the cultural differences of punctuality and concepts of time in this lesson plan.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Poetry in Translation
Wonderful multicultural/diversity poetry unit created by a Queens high school teacher. Students explore poetry from different cultures, including their own (in English and/or their native language).
Other
Takelessons: Body Language in Different Cultures
This interactive resource allows students to understand important differences in different types of body language across cultures.
Other
Globe Trottin' Kids: Sharing Many Cultures in the Elementary Classroom
Tips for implementing a culturally responsive classroom are provided on this site. Cultural norms will be celebrated via the resources provided.
Other
Culture Plus Consulting: Nine Cultural Value Differences You Need to Know
This teaching resource provides a general understanding of cultural differences that need to be embraced by teachers and students.
Other
Take Lessons: How to Read Body Language: Examples From Around the World
This resource provides several examples of different meanings of various types of body language.