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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Amish

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Amish. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Druze

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Druze people from the Middle East. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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University of Hawai'i

University of Hawaii: Communication Ethics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
"Active Learning, Critical Thinking and Multicultural Education in Communication Ethics" discusses strategies to assist students in dealing with moral issues and to develop higher order thinking in the ethical decision-making process.
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Library of Congress

World Digital Library

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This multicultural digital library delivers a vast collection of various primary sources from all over the world to enhance studies in all areas.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactive Strategy Workbook

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Read two poems and reflect on the numerous teaching strategies featured in Teaching Multicultural Literature . Choose strategies to explore, and consider how you might adapt them for these poems and your students. Then compile and print...
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Other

Dick Blick Art Materials: Multicultural Lesson Plans

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Twelve teacher-tested lesson plans to integrate art from around the world into your classroom. Each activity comes with a list of materials you'll need, easy-to-follow explanations, and examples.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Asian Pacific Printable Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Create fun Asian Pacific crafts and activities such as, zodiac necklaces, calligraphy, and kites to enhance understanding of our multicultural world.
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Kent State University

Virginia Hamilton Conference

For Students 6th - 8th
This resource provides information about the annual Virginia Hamilton Conference, which is all about multicultural literature for children. There is also a link to biographical information on Virginia Hamilton.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Flying to Freedom: Tar Beach & the People Could Fly

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
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.
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International Reading Association

Reading Online: A Cooperative Approach for Facilitating Intercultural Education

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Research and ideas about teaching in a multicultural classroom.
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Other

American Girl: For Parents & Teachers

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Meet the characters of Valerie Tripp's American Girl series, and learn cultural lessons through this collection of worksheets and guides (PDF, require Adobe Reader). Resources cover a variety of social issues including bullying,...
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Other

Anti Discrimination Committee: What Teachers Can Do

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site lists ways to combat bias and stereotypes of Arabs and Arab Americans in the curricula or with students of all ages. Includes a brief bibliography of suggested works on multicultural education.
Unit Plan
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Poetry in Translation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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).
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Other

Multicultural Literature for Children: Abuela's Weave

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan is perfect in an ESL classroom. "Abuela's Weave" is the story of a young girl from Guatemala and the beautiful tapestry she creates. Includes prereading questions, vocabulary, and activities to integrate into other...
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California State University

Island Maracas

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A great multicultural art instructional activity that also connects visual art to music. Pupils create a set of paper mache maracas emphasizing rhythm and expression in the painting details. Upon completion students will have the...
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Other

Global Art: Framed Tin Plate

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Add this art idea to your list of multicultural activities. Inspired by the Mexican tradition of tin punching this lesson gives some ideas for good cheap tin alternatives.
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis Institute of Art: Book of Multicultural Images

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Pictures of people, clothing styles, spiritual deities, places, and animals from around the world to color, to paint, and to use as inspiration. Different historical periods and cultures are represented making this a good resource for...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: English Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of English Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Lesson Plan
Reading Is Fundamental

Rif: Booklists: The Pirate of Kindergarten

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site features a description of George Ella Lyon's children's book entitled The Pirate of Kindergarten. A lesson plan and related activities are included for this book about a little girl who faces vision problems and must overcome...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: K Act.13: Forming Relationships Using Music & Rhythm

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This instructional activity engages young scholars in learning about short vowel sounds. Connections to multicultural songs, books, music, stories, and activities immerse students into new content. Young scholars will connect letter and...
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George Mason University

George Mason University: Interpreting the Declaration of Independence

For Students 9th - 10th
Read multicultural translations of the Declaration of Independence, including interpretation of the document by translation in languages like French, Spanish, German, and Italian. Also includes topics on individual cultures views of the...
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British Council

British Council Learn English Central: Listening and Watch

For Students 9th - 10th
A selection of 20 or so mp3 listening files, with audioscripts, that you can download and play on your computer or portable player. Each comes with a follow-up activity -- these can vary, e.g., an offline writing assignment, online...
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Northern Arizona University

Racing Against Time: Navajo Immersion Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is an anecdotal report on the state of Navajo language use today. It is a good source of information to increase the sensitivity of teachers of multicultural classes, including native Americans.
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Other

Lee & Low Books: Book Talk With Pat Mora

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shares Pat Mora's poem "Song for April 30th." It also gives a link to an interview with Pat Mora and a link to her book "Confetti: Poems for Children." Great site for multicultural literature for children.

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