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Chapter 10
A Guide to Online Resources: General
The following Web sites are of general multicultural education teaching or scholarly interest.
Multicultural Education Sites
Center for Multicultural Education
http://depts.washington.edu/centerme/home.htm
University of Washington faculty developed the Center to coordinate activities and programs related to multicultural education scholarship. The site includes information about model programs and downloadable publications.
Diversity: Issues and Responses
http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov/iasa/diversity.html
Just one section of the California Department of Education site, Diversity is a collection of resources, models, and interviews related to diversity education.
Diversity Education Network
http://www.acodden.org/info/index17.html
The European Jewish Information Centre launched this organization and Web site devoted to advocating diversity education throughout Europe.
EdJustice.org
http://edjustice.org/
The Justice Matters Institute in San Francisco hosts this well-organized index of Web resources. The goal of the site is to promote educational equality for all students. Resources on the site include dialogue forums, curriculum ideas, and an events calendar.
Inclusive Teaching
http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/inclusive/
The University of Washington hosts this site with strategies and hints for providing student-centered, inclusive teaching and learning.
InTimeMe: Multicultural Education (see Figure 10.1)
http://www.intime.uni.edu/multiculture/
InTime (which stands for "Integrating New Technologies into the Methods of Education") helps educators recognize the intersections between technology and multicultural education.
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium
http://www.maec.org/
MAEC houses a compendium of equity resources for principals, teachers, counselors, and parents.
Multicultural Pavilion
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural
Multicultural Pavilion provides resources for teachers, educators, and activists to explore and discuss multicultural education; facilitates opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development; and serves as a forum for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education. The site offers a plethora of theoretical and practical resources including awareness activities, dialogue forums, collections of original essays and research, an intercultural poetry exchange, and a host of collaborative opportunities for teachers and students.
Multicultural Education Supersite
http://www.mhhe.com/multicultural
Hosted by McGraw-Hill's Higher Education Division, the Multicultural Education Supersite bridges multicultural education theory and practice by offering a variety of resources including original articles, intercultural classroom activities, an exploration of multicultural curriculum transformation, and book reviews. The site is specifically designed for preservice teachers, inservice teachers, and teacher educators.
New Horizons for Learning: Multicultural Education
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/multicultural/front_multicultural.htm
The multicultural education area represents just one of several sets of resources housed within the New Horizons Web site. It is primarily a collection of articles and short papers on multicultural education and related topics.
Our Children, Our Communities, and Our Future
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/equity/
This policy framework for education equity was written in 1997 for Saskatchewan educators.
Racism: No Way
http://www.racismnoway.com.au/together/international/index-The.html
This Australia-based site, also known as International Approaches to Anti-racism Education, includes classroom activities, a library of readings, and other resources on education equity.
SOFWeb Multicultural Education Home Page
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/lem/multi/index.htm
The state of Victoria's (Australia) Department of Education and Training offers a great policy statement, links, and case studies—all useful resources for teacher preparation.
Teaching Tolerance
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp
Though multicultural education challenges us to go beyond tolerance toward equity and social justice, the Southern Poverty Law Center presents some excellent free resources for teachers and students including strategies for responding to bias in the classroom.
Organizations and Associations
Alberta Association for Multicultural Education
http://www.albertaassociationformulticulturaleducation.ca/index.htm
AAME advocates dialogues and programs that support multicultural, antiracist education.
All Kinds of Minds
http://www.allkindsofminds.org/index.aspx
This nonprofit provides promising practices, research, and products for the appreciation and validation of learning differences.
Anti-Defamation League: Education
http://www.adl.org/education/
The ADL has a long history of fighting bigotry of all kinds. Their education site includes lesson plans and access to a plethora of free anti-bias classroom resources.
Center for Language Minority Education and Research
http://www.clmer.csulb.edu/
The Center promotes equity in schools for speakers of languages other than English. Browse current issues in education or download powerful presentations related to language equity.
Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/
This Center, located at the University of Southern California, conducts and facilitates research on bilingual, multicultural, and cross-cultural education. It also serves as a starting point for teachers seeking information about these educational approaches.
Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence
http://www.crede.ucsc.edu/
Through research, publication, and education, CREDE works to assist linguistic and cultural minority students to achieve academically to their highest potentials.
Council for Opportunity in Education
http://www.trioprograms.org/
The Council is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing all students an equal opportunity to achieve a higher education.
Early Childhood Research Institute on Inclusion
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ecrii/
ECRII, a product of five years of research, offers reports and research for administrators determined to practice inclusion in early childhood classrooms.
The Education Alliance
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/
The Alliance, at Brown University, is dedicated to holistic school reform. Their resources are arranged topically, with sections including "Equity and Diversity," "Rural Schools," and "School Reform."
Educators for Social Responsibility
http://www.esrnational.org/home.htm
ESR helps teachers provide a safe learning environment for all students, in part by helping us recognize our roles as social activists. The Web site contains resources pertaining to all levels of education.
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
http://www.glsen.org/
GLSEN is a national organization consisting of educators, students, parents, and others working together to address heterosexism and homophobia in schools. The site includes an index of related resources and access to a downloadable journal.
Global Citizens for Change
http://www.citizens4change.org/
Global Citizens for Change helps educators and others put into practice the social changes they would like to see.
NAACP Education Department
http://www.naacp.org/work/education/education.shtml
This progressive organization's education department is dedicated to ensuring that every student receives a quality education. Resources available through the Web site include a "Call for Action," an Education Advocacy Manual, and a timeline highlighting the organization's educational activities.
National Association for Bilingual Education
http://www.nabe.org/
This nonprofit was created in the mid-seventies to serve the needs of language minority students in the United States. As both a professional and an advocacy organization, it hosts conferences, conducts research, facilitates professional development, and advocates for legislation to support a growing constituency of students.
National Association for Multicultural Education
http://www.nameorg.org/
NAME is the largest organization in the world specifically dedicated to the ideals and principles of multicultural education. The site contains information on NAME's national conference, quarterly journal, and national listserv on multicultural issues in education. A highlight of the site is a collection of position statements on topics including high-stakes testing, Title IX, teacher testing, and the digital divide.
National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education
http://www.ncwge.org/
NCWGE, "a nonprofit organization of more than 50 organizations dedicated to improving educational opportunities for girls and women," developed this site to house press releases, research, and resources on gender equity in education.
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org/
This site, offered in both English and Spanish, provides users with information about children with disabilities. It includes a searchable database of related organizations and resources.
National Multicultural Institute
http://www.nmci.org/
First created in the early 1980s to answer a nationwide need for more information and training opportunities related to diversity, NMCI remains one of the leaders in this field through conferences, trainings, and publications.
Resource Center of the Americas
http://www.americas.org/
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Resource Center promotes human rights and social justice through organizing and educating.
Teaching for Change
http://teachingforchange.org/
Previously the Network of Educators on the Americas, Teaching for Change is a D.C.-based organization that provides easy access to transformational educational resources.
General Teacher and Curricular Resources
Ad Dissection 101: Exposing Media Manipulation (see Figure 10.3)
http://website.education.wisc.edu/rla/ADSITE/index.htm
Mr. Anderson, sophomore English teacher in Verona, Wisconsin, created Ad Dissection 101 to engage his students in a critical thinking exploration regarding the media.
The American Promise
http://www.farmers.com/FarmComm/AmericanPromise/
Sponsored by the Farmers' Insurance Group, PBS Online, and the NCSS, The American Promise is devoted to helping educators create democratic schools and classrooms. The site features downloadable resources and lesson plans, teaching guides, and news about related projects.
AskERIC
http://www.askeric.org/
The Educational Information Resource Center offers this large and growing collection of resources for teachers, administrators, and students. The site includes a "Question and Answer" section for educators looking for specific materials; a "Virtual Library" of resources, links, and materials related to a variety of education topics; and a "Lesson Plans" archive with more than one thousand entries.
Blue Web'n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
The purpose of Blue Web'n is to catalog the best available educational Web sites—particularly those that involve learning activities, lesson plans, and resources for learners. Users are invited to subscribe to a weekly e-mail service to be kept abreast of new educational Web sites.
The Digital Classroom
http://www.archives.gov/
The National Archives and Records Administration puts forth this collection of primary sources and activities for teachers and students. Browse through archives of primary documents and related educational materials and ideas. Another section of the site teaches students how to conduct research using The Digital Classroom's resources.
EdSiteMent
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
This large compendium of resources for teachers and students of the humanities contains original lesson plans as well as links to the best related Web sites. Sponsored by MCI Worldcom, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Council of the Great City Schools, EdSiteMent covers history, language arts, and foreign languages.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education
http://www.ericsp.org/
The Educational Information Resource Center includes this set of links to Web resources for teachers and teacher educators.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html
More than thirty federal agencies collaborate on a compendium of free educational resources. Content is divided by subject area and includes activities, archives, audio interviews, and other documents.
The Gateway of Educational Materials
http://thegateway.org/index.html
The Gateway is an index of lesson plans, curricular units, and other educational resources available via the Web. Users can search for keywords or by topic area or grade level. A search for "multicultural" returned a list of forty-seven related items.
Global Connections
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/
PBS sponsors this collection of Web sites that keep educators and others informed of current events around the world. Lesson plans, readings, maps, and timelines are available.
Humanities Interactive
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/a_base.html
The Texas Council for the Humanities Resource Center presents an incredible collection of interactive resources, tools, lesson plans, online exhibits, and other materials about culture, history, and literature.
Inclusion: Yours, Mine, Ours
http://rushservices.com/Inclusion/
Rush Services hosts this collection of resources designed to help teachers more effectively include children with special needs in their classrooms. Register for a free newsletter that includes specific and practical information on classroom inclusion.
K-5 Cyber Trail: Multicultural Curriculum Resources
http://www.wmht.org/trail/explor02.htm
K-5 Cybertrail, an index of sites and materials for educators, includes this section highlighting multicultural resources for elementary school teachers.
LD Online
http://www.ldonline.org/
This interactive guide contains information and resources for students, teachers, and parents on learning disabilities. The site includes first-person accounts, audio clips, discussion forums, and other teaching and learning tools. Teachers are encouraged to submit the work and stories of their own students.
More than Bows and Arrows: Curriculum Materials for Preschoolers
http://www.nativechild.com/
The "Curriculum" section of the Native Child Web site contains an array of learning resources with Native American themes. Replace the images of Native Americans that have been fed to students in the past with positive images.
Social Justice Education
http://www.socialjusticeeducation.org/
This organization supports social justice education through curriculum development. Find innovative lesson ideas and tools on the Web site.
TeachersNetwork.org
http://teachnet.org
This nationwide, nonprofit network of educators connects and provides resources to teachers across the country. The network particularly supports teachers who appreciate and strive for innovation in the classroom.
Thinkquest
http://www.thinkquest.org/
Thinkquest sponsors competitions for which students collaborate to build educationally valuable, innovative learning Web sites. The site includes a virtual library of the winning projects.
We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/cmathison/truths/truths.html
This online activity, created by Carla Mathison and Cathy Pohan of San Diego State University, engages educators in a process of examining whether their school supports educational equity, a welcoming learning environment for all students, and democratic education practices.
Online Publications
Diversity Digest
http://www.diversityweb.org/digest/
The Association of American Colleges and Universities publishes this quarterly newsletter highlighting promising diversity practices in higher education.
Education Policy Analysis Archives
http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/
EPAA, a generally progressive peer-reviewed online journal, covers policy issues ranging from standardized testing to the conceptualization of "highly qualified teachers."
Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education
http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme/
EMME is a purely electronic magazine that publishes curricular tools and ideas, reviews of multicultural media, and scholarly essays on multicultural education. Each issue focuses on a particular theme, the most recent being "Urban Education and Reform."
The Future of Children
http://www.futureofchildren.org/
The Packard Foundation sponsors this journal, fully available online, highlighting research that promotes child advocacy.
Humanising Language Teaching (HLT)
http://www.hltmag.co.uk/index.htm
This UK-based journal combines articles on theory and practice promoting a student-centered approach to language teaching. Common topics include multiple intelligences, bilingual education, and equity.
In Motion
http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/
Produced by NPC Productions, In Motion uses a multicultural approach for exploring issues related to democracy. Sections of the magazine include "Affirmative Action," "Education Rights," and "Global Eyes." It is available in both English and Spanish.
International Journal on Multicultural Societies
http://www.unesco.org/most/jmshome.htm
Multiculturalism, migration, and minority rights are the focus of this social science journal sponsored by UNESCO. Topics include language, religion, race, ethnicity, and other social justice issues, all from a global perspective.
Merge
http://www.mergemag.org/
This feminist e-magazine based in Chicago raises awareness about sexism with a strong focus on media messages.
Multicultural Review
http://www.mcreview.com/
Though the site is primarily an advertisement for this quarterly journal for all people interested in remaining informed about trends and publications related to cultural diversity and multiculturalism, it also contains each issue's reviews of books, videos, and other educational resources.
New Horizons Online Journal
http://www.newhorizons.org/
This online journal on progressive educational issues uses quarterly themes. Recent issues have focused on education's role in the twenty-first century, research on ADD/ADHD, the power of storytelling, learning communities, and inclusive schools.
Rethinking Schools Online
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/
The online version of this journal, published by Rethinking Schools, a nonprofit publisher run by activist teachers, contains highlights from the print version. Rethinking Schools examines current educational issues and explores progressive solutions to educational problems.
STANDARDS: International Journal of Multicultural Studies
http://www.colorado.edu/journals/standards/
Sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Equity at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Standards is a purely electronic journal that combines fiction and nonfiction writing along with resource reviews around topical themes. Recent themes have included "Complexities," "Pride," and "Education."
Urban Educator
http://www.cgcs.org/urbaneducator/
The Council of the Great City Schools runs this online publication covering a variety of issues related to urban education. The site also includes relevant reports and data, press releases, and a guide to promising practices.
Urban Mozaik Magazine
http://www.urbanmozaik.com/index.html
This online and print journal is a celebration of human diversity, working toward a closer multicultural society in North America.
Articles and Essays
Blinding Sight: A Question of Color
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/shin.html
Gene-Tey Shin, a teacher and multicultural education trainer, shares his experiences understanding color, color blindness, and education through this personal narrative spanning most of his life.
A Brief History of Multicultural Education
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/multi/philosophy/1history.html
Part of the Multicultural Supersite's Multicultural Philosophy Series, this article by Paul Gorski examines the roots of multicultural education and how its focus has become increasingly progressive and inclusive.
Confronting the Challenge of Diversity in Education
http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/pndivers.html
Pedro Neguera challenges educators to think of pluralism as an opportunity, not a problem, in the classroom.
Cultural Diversity and Academic Achievement
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le0bow.htm
Barbara Bowman develops a workable plan to address achievement gaps by preventing their emergence in the first place.
A Cultural Plunge
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/garyfortune.html
Gary Fortune shares his experience observing a bilingual elementary classroom in San Diego. In narrative form, he implicitly connects his experience feeling like an outsider (he does not speak Spanish) during that single day to that of many students who feel disconnected in schools across the United States every day because English is not their native language.
Defining Multicultural Education
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/multi/define.html
Paul Gorski suggests a holistic definition of multicultural education that focuses on three levels of transformation: (1) the transformation of self; (2) the transformation of schools and schooling; and (3) the transformation of society.
Educating Teachers for Diversity
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/presrvce/pe300.htm
NCREL's "Critical Issue" paper describes the reform necessary in teacher preparation programs to prepare future educators to effectively teach in increasingly diverse schools.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/
A host of articles and resources are categorized under headings that include "Community Involvement," "Curriculum and Instruction," "Equity and Cultural Diversity," and "School Reform."
Five Ways to Analyze Classrooms for an Anti-Bias Approach
http://www.nncc.org/Diversity/sac26_anti-bias.analyz.html
Peggy Riehl, family life educator, provides practical strategies for minimizing bias in your classroom.
Gifted Education in a Multicultural Australia
http://www.nexus.edu.au/teachstud/gat/becherv1.htm
Neil E. Bechervaise addresses the failure of Australia's education system to adapt to immigrant populations by exploring immigrant attitudes toward gifted education programs.
Multicultural Education
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/keith.html
Keith Wilson provides this introductory look at how multicultural education should look.
Multicultural Education: A Blueprint for Action
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/multicultural/blueprint/front_blueprint.html
The National Council on Educating Black Children wrote this strategic plan for implementing multicultural education. The article is organized around a chronology of five implementation tasks.
Multicultural Education in Elementary and Secondary Schools
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed327613.html
Michael Webb composed this article about the implementation of multicultural programs in K-12 schools. He explores the goals of these programs and their effects on students.
The Multicultural Pavilion Research Room
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers.html
This collection of original articles and essays on multicultural education and related topics is one of the most popular sections of the Multicultural Pavilion Web site.
Racial and Gender Identity in White Male Multicultural Educators and Facilitators
http://home.earthlink.net/~gorski/dissertation.html
Paul Gorski shares several online chapters from his qualitative dissertation on racial and gender identity development among white men who identify as multicultural educators.
Resegregation in America's Schools
http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/research/deseg/reseg_schools99.php
Gary Orfield and John Yun of The Civil Rights Project (Harvard University) report trends of the continued and deepening segregation of schools throughout the United States.
Restructuring Education for the 21st Century
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/caleb/education.html
Caleb Rosado starts with the arguments and research on the need to develop a new, more inclusive, education system, and tackles the question, "how?" He ends the article with three specific methods for implementing educational change.
The Scope of Multicultural Education
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/multicultural/hanley.htm
Mary Stone Hanley of Antioch University uses a social change framework to summarize approaches and conceptualizations for multicultural education.
A Synthesis of Scholarship on Multicultural Education
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le0gay.htm
Geneva Gay summarizes most of the scholarship on multicultural education.
Teaching with a Multicultural Perspective
http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/eece/pubs/digests/1991/gomez91.html
Rey Gomez challenges common myths about the practice of multicultural teaching and learning.
Varieties of Multicultural Education
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/digest/dig98.asp
ERIC's Clearinghouse on Urban Education includes this article by Gary Burnett about different conceptualizations of multicultural education and how understanding them can help all of us develop more effective programs.
What Makes a School Multicultural?
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/caleb/multicultural.html
Caleb Rosado explores the meaning of "multiculturalism" and how it relates to school change. He moves the conversation into a conceptual framework for multicultural education.
Whites in Multicultural Education: Rethinking Our Role
http://www.enc.org/equity/eqtyres/erg/111354/1354.htm
Gary Howard challenges white educators to think more critically and reflectively about transformative approaches for multicultural education. He does this, in part, by sharing his own powerful and intriguing experiences with multicultural teaching and learning.
Lesson Plan Databases
A to Z Teacher Stuff Thematic Units Index
http://atozteacherstuff.com/themes/
A to Z Teacher Stuff provides a collection of hundreds of resources organized into thematic units. Themes include "Me," "Family," "Around the World," and "Ancient Egypt."
The Academy Curriculum Exchange
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/
A consortium of teachers from fourteen states created the core of this lesson plan database. Now The Academy Curriculum Exchange houses over seven hundred lesson plans in all subject areas. Many of these have a multicultural flavor, including "Awareness to Culture by Self-Esteem," and "Critical Thinking Skills." Users are encouraged to expand the site by donating their ideas and lesson plans.
Active Citizenship: Empowering America's Youth
http://www.activecitizenship.org/
John Minkler created this curricular unit for grades 7-12 to engage students in lessons about democracy and citizenship.
Apple Lesson Plans Library
http://henson.austin.apple.com/edres/lessonmenu.shtml
The Apple Learning Exchange developed this directory of technology-based lesson plans for all grade levels. Many are multimedia in nature, and nearly all are interactive.
AskERIC Lesson Plans
http://askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/
More than a thousand lesson plans are housed in this section of ERIC's Web site. These plans have been submitted and reviewed by teachers all over the world and cover all subject areas.
Beads, Bowls, and Tales
http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/isu/art/beadindex.html
This interdisciplinary multicultural art curriculum unit uses beads to engage students in a variety of learning experiences.
Can Teach
http://www.canteach.ca/
Created for Canadian educators, Can Teach houses a large index of lesson plans. A special section allows users to submit their own materials. Resource categories include "Fine Arts," "First Nations," and "Technological Education." Several e-mail discussion groups are also accessible through the site.
Center for Critical Thinking Classroom Materials
http://www.criticalthinking.org/K12/k12class/trc.html
The Critical Thinking Community site includes lesson plans and classroom ideas to help K-12 teachers develop critical thinking skills in themselves and their students.
Changing Attitudes in America
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1994/4/94.04.04.x.html
Carolyn Kinder challenges participants to think more critically about equity and social justice issues.
Collaborative Lesson Archive
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/
Built by the University of Illinois, the Collaborative Lesson Archive is a forum for teachers of all levels (preschool through college) to exchange lesson plans and curricular ideas. Search through the database by grade level, subject, or keyword.
Diversity Learning
http://www.diversitylearning.ca/
Diversity Learning is a Canada-based gateway to hundreds of lesson plans and curricular resources on multiculturalism, gender equity, human rights, and related topics. It is available in French and English.
EdSiteMent Lesson Plans
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson_index.asp
EdSiteMent, a Web site designed to help teachers and students locate and use a diversity of educational Internet resources, includes a set of lesson plans. The plans help students learn from multiple perspectives. Topics include "Cultural Change," "Common Visions, Common Voices," and "Perspective on the Slave Narrative."
Educational CyberPlayground Online Curriculum
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/culdesac/Home_culdesac.html
CyberPlayground provides collaborative, engaging curriculum materials online. Many of these materials have a multicultural edge and nearly all are interdisciplinary.
The Gateway to Educational Materials
http://www.thegateway.org/
GEM, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, is a searchable database of lesson plans and curricular materials including all subject areas and grade levels.
Houghton Mifflin Activity Search
http://www.eduplace.com/search/activity.html
Houghton Mifflin's Education Place Web site provides a searchable database of more than four hundred classroom activities and lesson plans for kindergarten through eighth grade. Search by subject area or grade level.
Lesson Plans Page
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
EduScope presents this collection of over eight hundred lesson plans in all subject areas. The site also includes a ten-step guide for writing original lesson plans and a keyword search function.
Media Awareness Network: Teaching Media
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm
The Media Awareness Network supplies a collection of lesson plans for encouraging education and critical thinking as it relates to the media. Topics include "Gender Portrayal" and "Stereotyping." Users are also encouraged to contribute their own lesson plan ideas.
New York Times Lesson Plan Archive
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html
The Times provides daily lesson plans connecting its contents to classroom learning. This database houses an archive of the plans, many of which are progressively themed.
TeachNet.com
http://www.teachnet.com/
TeachNet includes a collection of lesson plans created and submitted by teachers across the United States. All subject areas and grade levels are represented.
Women's History Teacher's Guide
http://www.feminist.org/research/teach1.html
The Feminist Majority Foundation offers an excellent collection of curricular materials and lesson plans on women's history. Well-developed one-day and five-day plans are available, along with other readings, resources, and learning tools.
Multicultural Classroom Activities
CaMP Coop
http://www.scsv.nevada.edu/~neese/campcoop.html
Denise M. Dalaimo, mediator of the Critical and Multicultural Pedagogy Cooperative, highlights some of the most powerful global, multicultural activities and exercises available online.
EE Link—Multicultural Activities
http://eelink.net/eeactivities-multicultural.html
EE Link, a Web site on environmental education, provides these activities and curricular materials that combine multicultural and environmental concepts.
Exercises to Build Multicultural Awareness
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1249/3_73/62896135/p1/article.jhtml
Camping Magazine published this online article outlining activities that teach children to think more complexly about diversity.
Gender Equity Activities for Teachers
http://www.sadker.org/ge-teac.htm
Myra Sadker Advocates for Gender Equity, an educational nonprofit, developed this series of classroom activities for students at all levels of education.
Intercultural Activities
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/multi/activities.html
The McGraw-Hill Multicultural Supersite includes activities about education equity for teacher educators. Entries include "Student Fishbowl," "The Depth and Breadth of 'Multicultural'," and "Connecting with School Prejudice." Activity descriptions include facilitator notes and a list of necessary materials. Another useful resource on this site is a guide for setting ground rules for dialogue on multicultural issues.
McGraw-Hill Trainer's Toolchest
http://web10.eppg.com/training/toolchest/games.html
McGraw-Hill offers a free collection of games, ice-breakers, and mood setters. Many are designed for a corporate setting, but several can be modified to fit a classroom or in-service environment. Activities include "Learning about Change from Our Experiences," "Stand Up and Be Counted!" and "Assessing Your Skills for Managing Change."
Multicultural Awareness Activities
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/activityarch.html
The Multicultural Pavilion hosts a collection of activities designed to engage students in dialogue on multicultural issues. The activities were developed specifically for K-12 teachers and teacher educators but can be adapted for wider use. They include "Name Stories," "Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination," and "Knowing the Community."
Progressive Technology Integration
Closing the Equity Gap in Technology Access and Use
http://www.netc.org/equity/
The Northwest Educational Technology Consortium provides this guide for teachers dedicated to ensuring equity in technology education. Sections of the guide include "Access Issues," "Access Strategies," and "Curriculum Strategies."
Community Learning Network
http://www.cln.org/
The Open Learning Agency developed this site to help K-12 teachers find useful ways for integrating Internet technology into classroom teaching and learning. This site is primarily an index of links to other original resources.
Co-nect
http://www.co-nect.com/
Co-nect supports school reform by supplying resources on project-based learning, standards-based reform, instructional educational technology, and online learning. A series of projects help teachers find pedagogically sound ways to integrate Internet technology into their curricula.
EdWeb: Exploring Technology and School Reform
http://www.edwebproject.org/
Andy Carvin is the creator and maintainer of EdWeb, a site exploring issues and intersections related to school reform and educational technology. Resources include an HTML guide for educators, informational pieces about the role of the Web in education, and a K-12 resource guide.
Integrating the Internet
http://integratingtheinternet.com/
This site helps teachers find online activities and primary sources to use in the classroom. It also offer tips for creating class home pages.
Integrating Technology in the Classroom
http://www.enc.org/focus/topics/edtech/index.htm
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) has assembled a collection of explorations and resources to help teachers find useful and responsible ways to use the Internet and other technologies. The site includes several articles and an index of related resources from ENC.
Increasing Multicultural Awareness Using the Internet
http://showcase.netins.net/web/nwc-iowa/multi/
Floyd Johnson of Northwestern College explores the Internet as a tool for enhancing users' awareness of diversity issues.
Net Day Compass
http://www.netdaycompass.org/
Designed for technology decision makers in K-12 schools, this site is a wide-ranging compendium of education technology resources available online.
Teachers Connect Online
http://www.enc.org/focus/topics/edtech/articles/a08/index.htm
This article by Leah Poynter describes how teachers who use the Internet for personal and professional development find ways to use what they have learned to improve teaching and learning in their classrooms.
Ten Nifty Ways Teachers Can Use Email
http://www.electronic-school.com/0398f5.html
This feature of the Online Electronic School authored by James Lerman provides specific strategies for how teachers can use electronic mail to enhance the learning experiences of their students.
Site Indexes and Search Tools
The African American Studies Toolkit
http://creativefolk.com/toolkit/reference.html
Gerri Gribi amassed and categorized a selection of resources for educators including biographies, images, timelines, and speeches.
Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
Awesome Library has collected and organized thousands of the best K-12 education-related Web sites and provided reviews of many of them. Search or browse by subject, role (teacher, principal, etc.), or topic.
Border Crossings
http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/bordercrossings/
Karla Tonella has been building this site for almost ten years. It is a compendium of resources related to cultural studies and social justice. Categories include "Diaspora," "Border Incidents," and "Gender."
Disability Resources
http://soeweb.syr.edu/thechp/disres.htm
This categorically organized index of sites includes sections on "Community Supports/Inclusion" and "Early Childhood/Children."
Diversity Database
http://www.inform.umd.edu/diversitydb/
Hosted by the University of Maryland, the Database is organized by diversity issues. Find conference and job announcements, Web sites, articles, and other resources.
Dr. Labush's Links to Learning
http://www.netrox.net/~labush/
Norman Labush has mined the Internet for the best teaching and learning resources and organized them into an easily navigable Web site. Links to Learning has a decidedly, but not completely, elementary school focus.
EduHound
http://www.eduhound.com/
Browse or search through thousands of categorized Web sites related to education. Categories include "Culture & Religion," "Standards & Assessments," and "Kid Sites."
Global Diversity Search Engine
http://www.globaldiversitysearch.net/
The National Multicultural Institute set up a search engine of the best Internet sites and tools related to diversity. You can search in nine languages.
Hall of Multiculturalism
http://www.tenet.edu/halls/multiculturalism.html
The Texas Education Network hosts this index of sites organized around racial and ethnic identities. Categories include "African/African American," "Asian/Asian American," "Indigenous People," "Latino/Chicano/Hispano/Mexican," and "Native American."
History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers
http://execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html
This extensive, often-updated directory of educational Web sites is organized into categories that include "Non-Western History Sites," "Research/Critical Thinking," and "Diversity Sources."
Instant Access Treasure Chest
http://www.fln.vcu.edu/ld/ld.html
Though this collection of links was created to help foreign language educators effectively reach students with learning disabilities, it can be a useful resource for all educators. Links are divided into categories including "Learning Styles" and "Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities."
Interracial and Multiracial Links
http://multirace.org/multirace.htm
Part of the Interracial Connection Web site, this is an index of sites that explore the experiences of bi- and multiracial people in the United States.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Discovery Channel School sponsors a comprehensive guide of Web resources for teachers.
Lives: The Biography Resource
http://amillionlives.com/
Kenneth P. Lanxner created and continually updates this index of biographical Web sites. Browse the index alphabetically, search for a name, or explore special topics including "African Americans," "Women," "Holocaust Survivors and Rescuers," and "U.S. Civil War."
Multicultural Paths
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/sites1.html
Multicultural Paths is an index of multicultural education sites. Entries are divided into categories and subcategories including "Curriculum Transformation," "Homophobia and Education," "Bilingual Education," "Evaluation and Research," and "Digital Divide."
Multicultural SuperLinks
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/multi/links.html
The Multicultural Supersite offers this directory of multicultural education resources divided into topic and subject area.
OutProud: Explore the World Wide Web
http://www.outproud.org/web.html
OutProud, an organization run by and for lesbian, gay, and questioning youth, offers a guide to related online resources.
Skewl Sites
http://www.skewlsites.com/
This site indexes the best educational Web sites as identified by teachers for teachers. A monthly newsletter informs users about the best new Web sites as they emerge in cyberspace.
Social Class Links
http://www.src.uchicago.edu/SocialClass/links.html
The University of Chicago amassed a list of links to Web sites related to socioeconomic status. A helpful index of online articles supplements these links.
SocioSite
http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/
The University of Amsterdam hosts this "social science information system," a guide to Web resources with a progressive twist for sociologists.
Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI)
http://seriweb.com/
SERI indexes Internet-based resources of interest to teachers, students, parents, and anyone else involved in special education. Sites are organized under several categories including "Special Education Discussion Groups," "Learning Disabilities," and "Inclusion Resources."
Women's Studies Database: Other Sites
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/OtherWebSites/
The Database has been a long-standing and always popular staple of Internet researchers. Its index of other sites has wonderfully progressive topic areas including "Activism and Activist Resources," "Feminist Theory," and "Women of Color."
World History Compass
http://www.worldhistorycompass.com/
Schiller Computing provides this globally focused index of the best history resources on the Web, including Web sites, primary documents, and historical letters and speeches.
Research
City Population
http://www.citypopulation.de/
In both German and English, City Population provides research and statistical information on most of the major cities in the world.
CYFERnet
http://www.cyfernet.org/
The Children, Youth and Families Education and Resource Center maintains an extensive collection of research reports on best practices and contemporary issues for young people and their families.
Explorations in Social Inequality
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/strat.html
This Web resource is the highlight of the Sociological Tour through Cyberspace site. It provides links, graphs, statistics, and other resources related to inequality and social injustice.
Feminist Research Center
http://www.feminist.org/research/1_public.html
The Feminist Majority Foundation hosts a collection of research materials including data and analyses of sexism-related issues.
Intercultural Development Research Center
http://www.idra.org/default.htm
IDRC, a nonprofit, conducts and collects research for the purpose of advocating equal educational opportunity for all students.
National Center for Educational Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/
A seemingly endless collection of research reports on a broad range of educational topics are available free of charge at the NCES Web site. They range across topic area, educational issue, and grade level.
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
The Census Bureau makes nearly all collected information available online through both raw data and statistical reports. Many of these reports are categorized under topics such as "Income," "Housing," "Language Use," and "School Enrollments." You will also find a special section of classroom resources and tools for teachers.
Multiculturalism in Higher Education
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
http://www.aacte.org/Multicultural/default.htm
AACTE's Multicultural/Diversity page highlights current projects, resources, and events for teacher educators.
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/
Crossroads is a networking and curriculum project providing resources for educators. Though the intended focus is American Studies, the site contains many resources adaptable to related areas including the social sciences.
Association on Higher Education and Disability
http://www.ahead.org/
AHEAD is a national organization based in the United States. The Web site contains information about its publications, conferences, and newsletter.
Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/compendium/
Berkeley offers practical and theoretical thinking points for instructors and professors. Sections include "Encouraging Class Discussion" and "Emphasizing Conceptual Understanding."
Diversity and Affirmative Action in Higher Education
http://www.aaup.org/Issues/AffirmativeAction/Archives/aaindex.htm
The American Association of University Professors offers this compendium of articles and research supporting affirmative action.
Diversity Digest
http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/
Diversity Digest is an online journal highlighting the best practices in higher education. Each quarterly edition focuses on a particular topic. Recent topics have included curriculum transformation, institutional leadership and commitment, and student experience.
Diversity on Campus: Reports from the Field
http://www.naspa.org/resources/reports.cfm
Part of NASPA Online, this is a set of reports and findings from research conducted on campuses across the United States. Topics covered in the reports include intergroup interactions, the effects of racial diversity on campus, and campus climate.
DiversityInc.com: Future Work Force
http://www.diversityinc.com/Workforce/FutureWFTOC/futurewftoc.cfm
This online news source focuses primarily on diversity in the corporate United States. The Future Work Force section houses all of the publication's higher education articles. Many of these articles highlight promising practices, including the University of Maryland's Student Intercultural Learning Center and Duke University's Cross-Cultural Relations Office.
DiversityWeb
http://www.diversityweb.org
Created and maintained by the Office of Human Relations Programs at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the Association of American Colleges and Universities, with support from the Ford Foundation, DiversityWeb serves as a compendium of higher education resources aimed at institutional change. The site is organized around a series of campus priorities including "Institutional Vision, Leadership, and Systemic Change," "Curriculum Transformation," and "Campus Community Connections."
Multicultural Education Pathfinder
http://lweb.tc.columbia.edu/rr/mc/
MilbankWeb compiled this index of multicultural education resources. Listings include e-mail discussion groups, Web sites, print materials, and professional organizations.
Multiculturalism in the Community College Curriculum
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed424898.html
This ERIC Digest, written by Paula Zeszotarski, explains the unique ways in which a multicultural curriculum is of particular importance to community colleges.
National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education
http://www.lgbtcampus.org/
The consortium works to achieve equity for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people involved in higher education.
On the Importance of Diversity in Higher Education
http://www.aera.net/about/policy/diverse.htm
The American Educational Research Association published this policy statement supporting the diversification of colleges and universities.
Teaching for Inclusion: Diversity in the College Classroom
http://ctl.unc.edu/tfitoc.html
The Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wrote this guide for faculty and staff to critically consider their roles in the inclusion or exclusion of a diversity of students.