Multicultural Education Internet Resource Guide
Updated May 29, 2024
This guide was created to assist multicultural
educators in locating educational resources on the Internet. World wide access to multicultural information and current events in other regions makes the Internet an important
educational tool. Teachers through the internet have access to lesson plans,
on-line photo galleries, stories, maps, virtual field trip, international radio
programming, and e-mail pen pals. In the multicultural classroom these resources
can be used to create thematic units. Other sites, such as those devoted to
art and geography can supplement an existing lesson. Many of the sites listed
are source sites with lessons, pictures, problems and quizzes on-line, and other
sites are Index sites which provide extensive links related to a subject of
interest. Teachers should keep in mind that the Internet is a temporary resource,
and sites move and change rapidly. A listing of professional organizations for
multicultural educators is also provided. Highly recommended sites are marked
by an "*".
1. GENERAL MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION SITES
2. WORLD GEOGRAPHY WEB
SITES
3. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
WEB SITES
4. MULTICULTURAL ART WEB
SITES
5. INTERACTIVE SITES &
WORLD WIDE PEN PALS
6. REGIONS & ETHNIC GROUPS
A. AFRICA
& AFRICAN AMERICANS
B. CANADA AND
UNITED STATES & NATIVE AMERICANS
C. HAWAI'I AND HAWAIIANS
D. LATIN
AMERICA &
HISPANICS IN U.S
7. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
& JOURNALS
8. RACISM AND TOLERANCE
RESOURCES
9. LINKS TO
ARTICLES AND OTHER READINGS ON
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
1. GENERAL MULTICULTURAL
*Awesome Library 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.
*Critical 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.
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.
Edutopia: Preparing for Cultural Diversity
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/preparing-cultural-diversity-resources-teachers
Resources for teachers, including links to other sites that focus on diversity.
Peace Corps: Global Competence for Educators https://www.peacecorps.gov/educators/resources/global-competence-training-educators/
U.S. Peace Corps site with information on culture plus lesson plans and activities.
Purdue Global https://www.purdueglobal.edu/blog/education/promote-classroom-diversity/
Article describing five activities to promote diversity in the classroom.
2. WORLD
GEOGRAPHY SITES
Worldmapper http://www.worldmapper.org/
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized
on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 700
maps.
3. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SITES
*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.
5. INTERACTIVE SITES-WORLD WIDE PEN PALS
KIDLINK https://www.kidlink.org/
Promotes a global dialogue among the youth of the world.
*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-A. AFRICA & AFRICAN AMERICANS
Africa.com http://www.africa.com/
Contains current and historical information for students interested in one or more of the fifty-three countries on the continent.
6-B. CANADA AND UNITED STATES & NATIVE AMERICANS
American Indian and Alaska Native Youth https://youth.gov/youth-topics/american-indian-alaska-native-youth
U.S. government web site with information on American Indian and Alaska Native youths.
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.
Kid Info: Reference Resources for Native Americans http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Native_Americans.html
Links to Native American information on the Internet.
Native American Indian Education
http://www.olelo.hawaii.edu/kwo/kumuwaiwai.php#section6
Information on American Indian and Alaska Native education.
6-C. HAWAI'I & HAWAIIANS
Hawaiian Language, Culture, and Education Resource Support http://www.olelo.hawaii.edu/kwo/kumuwaiwai.php#section3
Information on Hawaiian history and culture.
6-D. LATIN AMERICA & HISPANICS IN U.S.
Latin American Resources for Primary & Secondary Education http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12/
Univ. of Texas K-12 site
7. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND JOURNALS
International Journal of Multicultural Education http://ijme-journal.org/index.php/ijme
The International Journal of Multicultural Education is committed to promoting educational equity, cross-cultural understanding, and global awareness in all levels of education.
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.
8. RACISM RESOURCES
Learning for Justice
https://rossieronline.usc.edu/youth-and-racism/
ToLearning for Justice seeks to uphold the mission of the Southern Poverty Law Center: to be a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people.
9. LINKS TO ARTICLES AND OTHER READINGS ON
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
Multicultural Education http://www.tsowell.com/spmultic.html
A conservative attack on multicultural education by conservative columnist
Thomas Sowell
What is Multicultural Education? http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/keith.html
Short article defining multicultural education with pros and cons.
Note: Thanks to my students in BME 637: The Cultural Component of Bilingual/ESL Instruction for suggesting most of these sites.
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