Curriculum Resources on the Internet: Multicultural Resources

Produced by the National Endowment for the Humanities, this website offers a collection of lessons and resources for K-12 social studies, literature, and arts classrooms that center around the achievements, perspectives, and experiences of African Americans across U.S. history.

Since 1996, the Alaska Science Consortium has been working with the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative (AKRSI) and the Alaska Department of Education to help develop standards-based, culturally relevant curriculum that effectively integrates indigenous and Western knowledge around science topics.

Produced by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan, this website includes resources for teaching strategies, course planning, difficult discussions and topics in the classroom, and more.

Compiled by Dr. Jon Reyhner of Northern Arizona University, this website is a guide to over fifty websites with multicultural information for educators. The content is varied, and includes links to lesson plans, photographs, maps, videos, and quizzes. Information is sorted by subject and geographical location.

Part of EdChange, an organization devoted to equity, diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice, the Multicultural Pavilion includes handouts, activities, lesson plans, and other resources related to diversity and multiculturalism.

In an effort to be affirming, reflective, and critical about how we approach and celebrate holidays as school communities, the Center for Racial Justice in Education offers a list of resources for educators and families that aims to provide inclusive understanding of religious holidays celebrations and strategies for supporting all students.

A great web resource on prejudice of all types, the Teacher's Corner includes teaching ideas, materials, activities and assignments from elementary level to college.

Located at the University of Washington, the Center for Multicultural Education "focuses on research projects and activities designed to improve practice related to equity issues, intergroup relations, and the achievement of all students." Also included are links to publications, additional resources, and successful K-12 programs.

The National Association for Multicultural Education is an international organization dedicated to multicultural education PreK-12 and beyond. Members include curriculum specialists, teachers, administrators, school psychologists and social workers.

An agency under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Education, the Office for Civil Rights is devoted to ensuring "equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation through vigorous enforcement of civil rights." The agency's homepage includes publications such as reports and other documents, along with additional resource lists.

Click the link above to log in and view the film online. Click this link to learn more about the film, filmmakers and students. http://ilearnamerica.com/the-film/

Inspired by the film "I Learn America," real students who have recently immigrated to the United States tell their stories.