This guide to over 50 web sites 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. LANGUAGE WEB SITES
7. REGIONS & ETHNIC GROUPS

A. AFRICA & AFRICAN AMERICANS
B. ASIA & ASIAN AMERICANS
C. CANADA AND UNITED STATES & NATIVE AMERICANS
D. LATIN AMERICA & HISPANICS IN U.S

*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.

Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research at the University of Southern California http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/
Includes African American, Asian American, Latino/Hispanic & Native American Resources for teachers & teachers in training.

Center for World Indigenous Studies http://www.cwis.org/wwwvl/indig-vl.html
4^th world information, excellent virtual library including Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific. A good resource for hard to find information. For older children.

Core Knowledge http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/index.htm
For K-8. On this site find lesson plans shared by teachers at a recent nationwide core knowledge conference. Lessons in multicultural topics, world history, math, science, art and more. Indexed by grade level.

*cyberschoolbus http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.shtml
United Nations Global Teaching and Learning web site with curriculum materials on poverty, human rights, world hunger, indigenous peoples, ethnic and racial discrimnation, etc.

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.

Educator's Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies/Multicultural_Education
Multicultural education lesson plans for a variety of grades and topics.

Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme/current.html
Includes articles, open forum, instructional ideas, and reviews of resources.

Encyclopedia Britannica http://www.britannica.com
A directory created by the encyclopedia editors. A good source for report information and research.

15 Misconceptions About Multicultural Education http://acei.org/misconceptions.htm
Advice from the Association for Childhood Education International

Information Collection http://www.xs4all.nl/~swanson/history/chapter0102.html
Good links to multi-cultural resources, telefield trips to Ancient Egypt, the American West, Russia, museum links, and more.

*International Digital Children's Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
Thousands of full text on-line children's books in 40+ languages from around the world.

Multicultural Book Reviews http://www.isomedia.com/homes/jmele/joe.html
Web site for educators to share information on multicultural books

*Multi-Cultural Calendar http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC
A searchable database of holidays celebrated by people around the world created by Kidproj. Browse by country, month, or holiday and get a good amount of information to help understand the meaning behind the celebration.

Multicultural Education & Ethnic Groups http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/lboyer/multicultural/main.htm
Selected resources Colorado State University.

*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.

Multicultural Lesson Plans and Resources http://cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edmulticult.htm
Web-Quests, lesson plans and resurces sorted by content specialty or ethnicity

Multicultural Resources for Children http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/multipub.htm
General resource links and bibliographies of multicultural children's books.

Project L.E.A.D. http://www.childrenlead.org/
Dedicated to providing multicultural educational resources to teachers, students and trainers.

World Wise Schools http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/
A Peace Corps sponsored site with lesson plans for grades 3-12. Multicultural topics include a new lesson called "Looking at Ourselves and Others", and another that compares the daily activities of teenage girls from several countries. This site can help teachers integrate global education in to daily activities. Indexed by grade level and subject area.

Yahoo Society & Culture http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Holidays_and_Observances/
Easy access to a huge array of cultural information, multicultural holidays, recipes, and web directories.

*Geography World http://geographyworldonline.com
Created by a high school geography teacher. Excellent source of info on regions, culture, earth science, plate teutonics, agriculture and natural resources. Tremendous links to regional web sites, geography quizzes, and interactive maps. All ages.

*Great Globe Gallery http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob1.htm
Print out maps and globes, satellite views, topo maps, historical maps and more. Unusual maps like solstice geography, astronomy, El nino maps and ocean current maps. Very interesting, for all ages.

Lonely Planet Home Page http://www.lonelyplanet.com
Based on the Lonely Planet Travel Guide series of books. Information on specific regions including maps, facts, history, environment, economics, current events and money. Good information for reports.

Captain Planet http://www.turner.com/planet
A site for teenagers created to teach simple environmental lessons.

*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.

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.

*Julie's Multicultural Art Page http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6961/
Great site for multicultural art projects, and museum links. This award-winning site currently has on line lesson plans for Africa, Pacific Asia, Latin America, Native America, and American Folk Art. Complete directions and a photo of the completed project are online.

World Myths and Legends in Art http://www.artsmia.org/world-myths/
Minneapolis Institute of Arts uses 26 works of art selected from its collections to explore mythology from around the world.

KIDLINK
A global online conference for ages 10-15 conducted in several languages, including English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Norwegian, and Hebrew. Membership is required, but free. Over 23,000 members from 60 countries. To join, contact Odd de Presno, at opresno@extern.uio.no.

*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.

Globe Gate Project for Teachers and Students of Foreign Language http://globegate.utm.edu/
Several thousand web links for teachers and students of foreign language. At this site you can also find lesson plans, online newspapers, magazines, radio and TV from all over the world in a variety of world languages.

African American Resources http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/African_American.html
Web links set up by University of Southern Californiaís Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research. Very complete.

AfricanAmericans.com http://www.africanamericans.com/
African Americans - Culture, History, Legacy and Heritage

Africans in America http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
Based on PBS television series; chronicles history of slavery in the U.S.

The Africa Guide http://www.africa-guide.com/
This page has detailed information on 51 African countries and an outstanding original photo gallery.

Asian-Pacific Resources http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/Asian.html
Excellent links from the University of Southern California's Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research.

American Indians http://www.americanindians.com/
Information on American Indians.

American Indians and the Natural World http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/north-south-east-west/
Carnegie Museum of Natural History site

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.

Indigenous Geography http://www.indigenousgeography.si.edu/home.asp?lang=eng
National Museum of the American Indian site

Kid Info: Reference Resources for Native Americans http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Native_Americans.html
Links to Native American information on the Internet

National Archives of US http://www.nara.gov
The on line exhibit hall has sound recordings, articles, photos, and maps. There is also Native American treaty information, and historical photographs.

Native American Heritage Month http://edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=99
Ideas for celebrating Native American Heritage Month in November. Has lessons, etc.

Native American Resources http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/Native_American.html
Excellent links to Native American resources on the web, including tribal homepages, and links to Native language resources. Links to lesson plans for teaching Dakota and Lakota.

Latin American Resources for Primary & Secondary Education http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12/
Univ. of Texas K-12 site

Latino Links http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/Latino.html
A page created by the USC Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research. Great links for teacher and students

Latino Studies Resources http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/
Links to all kinds of information on Latino history, immigration, and current issues

Teaching from a Hispanic Perspective http://literacynet.org/lp/hperspectives/contents.html
A full text handbook for Non-Hispanic Adult Educators.

Index of Professional Organizations for Multicultural Educators http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/proforg.html
An extensive index with links created by the University of Southern California's Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research.

International Journal of Multicultural Education http://journals.sfu.ca/ijme/index.php/ijme
A peer-reviewed open-access e-journal for scholars, practitioners, and students of multicultural 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.

Countering Prejudice in the Deep South http://www.southerninstitute.info/index.jsp
Information on improving race relations from Tulane University

Media Awareness Network http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm
The Media Awareness Network is a pioneer in developing educational resources on online hate.

Teaching Tolerance http://www.tolerance.org/
A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center to fight hate and promote tolerance

Multicultural Education http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/presrvce/pe3lk1.htm
Links to various documents on multicultural education

Multicultural Education http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/multicultural/front_multicultural.htm
New Horizon for Learning links to articles and other recommended readings on multicultural education

Multicultural Education and Culturally Responsive Teaching http://www.ithaca.edu/wise/topics/multicultural.htm
WISE (Working to Improve Schools and Education) links provided by Ithaca College.

The Scope of Multicultural Education http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/multicultural/hanley.htm
Article by Mary Stone Hanley giving the background of Multicultural Education.

What is Multicultural Education? http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/keith.html
Short article defining multicultural education with pros and cons.

Note: Thanks to Kristel Nielsen and my BME 310 Foundations of Multicultural

Dr. Jon Reyhner information from above

Banks and Banks (1995) define multicultural education:

"Multicultural education is a field of study and an emerging discipline whose major aim is to create equal educational opportunities for students from diverse racial, ethnic, social-class, and cultural groups. One of its important goals is to help all students to acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to function effectively in a pluralistic democratic society and to interact, negotiate, and communicate with peoples from diverse groups in order to create a civic and moral community that works for the common good." (p. xi)

"Multicultural education not only draws content, concepts, paradigms, and theories from specialized interdisciplinary fields such as ethnic studies and women studies (and from history and the social and behavioral sciences), it also interrogates, challenges, and reinterprets content, concepts, and paradigms from the established disciplines. Multicultural education applies content from these fields and disciplines to pedagogy and curriculum development in educational settings. Consequently, we may define multicultural education as a field of study designed to increase educational equity for all students that incorporates, for this purpose, content, concepts, principles, theories, and paradigms from history, the social and behavioral sciences, and particularly from ethnic studies and women studies." (p. xii)

Multicultural Websites

http://edchange.org/multicultural/sites1.html

http://www.education-world.com/preservice/learning/multicultural.shtml

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/Multi.html

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies/Multicultural_Education

http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/

Multi-Cultural Education 

Center for Multicultural Education  

Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education 

Multicultural Education Classroom Activities Diversity