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Chapter 11
The Arts
Art Research & Curriculum
http://www.arcassociates.org/
ARC is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting educational equity and justice through art.
Art Teacher Connection
http://www.artteacherconnection.com/
Bettie Lake offers this collection of resources and innovative strategies for integrating art into thematic units. Special attention is given to how the Internet can be used for this purpose.
Artists Against Racism
http://www.artistsagainstracism.org/AARMain.cfm
AAR, an international nonprofit, connects artists with youth in an attempt to inspire antiracist thinking and action.
ArtsConnectEd
http://artsconnected.org/
The Minnesota Institute of the Arts, the Walker Art Center, and MCI teamed up to build an engaging set of online resources for exploring and creating art.
ArtsEdge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/artsedge.html
The Kennedy Center and the National Endowment for the Arts support a project that aims to provide educators with ways to link arts and education through technology. The site includes a "Curriculum Studio" with specific ideas.
ArtsEdNet
http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/
Developed by the J. Paul Getty Trust, ArtsEdNet is a catchall resource attempting to meet the needs of the art education community. It provides resources for art educators and other teachers who want to incorporate art into other subjects. The site includes lesson plans, dialogue forums, and interdisciplinary materials.
Crossing the Threshold
http://www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/crossing/crossing.htm
This site honors and exhibits the work of thirty-two women artists of the twentieth century.
Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students (CARTS)
http://www.carts.org/index.html
CARTS, sponsored by City Lore and the National Task Force on Folk Arts and Education, aims to strengthen relationships between schools and communities through the sharing of cultural arts ideas and resources. The site includes a list of related Web sites, a discussion area, and descriptions of model cultural arts programs.
The Drama Teacher's Resource Room
http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/
Thorton Consulting and Training Services offers this collection of drama resources, lesson plans, and discussion forums.
The Drama Teacher's Resource Room Lesson Plans
http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/page2.html
This growing collection of lesson plans adds progressive and dynamic dimensions to drama education. Find a lesson for your class or share one of your lesson plans with other site visitors.
The Incredible Art Department
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/
Ken Rohrer hosts this compendium of resources for arts educators.
The International Society for the Performing Arts
http://www.ispa.org/
ISPA, an international nonprofit, is dedicated to highlighting the social and cultural importance of the arts worldwide.
KinderArt Multicultural Art Lessons
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/
Among KinderArt's extensive collection of art lesson plans is this small array of culturally diverse lesson ideas for kindergarten teachers.
Melissa's Myriad Art Education
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8020/arted.html
Melissa, an artist and art teacher, shares a variety of resources and lesson plans. Many of the lesson plans she includes are based on multicultural themes.
Multicultural Approaches to Art Learning
http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/resources/Chalmers/
This ArtsEdNet site describes strategies for creating and implementing effective multicultural arts curricula. Special attention is given to factors that must be considered in the planning stages of multicultural curriculum transformation in the art classroom.
Multicultural Song Index
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/arts/songs.html
A collaborative project by teachers, students, and others around the world, the Multicultural Song Index encourages educators to use popular music to introduce classroom discussions on prejudice and discrimination. The index contains references and sample lyrics to hundreds of songs that touch on subjects such as racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, and ageism.
M.U.S.I.C.
http://www.wpe.com/~musici/welcome.html
Musicians United for Songs in the Classroom provides a directory of popular and rock songs that can be used in a variety of educational settings. Also included are specific strategies and resources for using music in the classroom and a dialogue forum called "Rock in the Classroom."
Music Heritage Network (MHN)
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/
MHN is a virtual community of educators, musicians, and students working together to provide online music-related multicultural curriculum resources. Current features include "Virtual Tours" that introduce users to various cultures through photographs, text, and music.
Professional Cartoonists Index: Teachers Guide
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/teacher/
Daryl Cagle offers a set of resources for introducing the study of political cartoons to K-12 classrooms.
SUAVE Online
http://ww2.csusm.edu/SUAVE/
Socios Unidos para Artes Via Educación takes a multicultural approach to helping teachers integrate (or reintegrate) the arts into the classroom. The site includes curriculum ideas, articles, and related discussion opportunities.
Teaching Art from a Global Perspective
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed329490.html
This ERIC Digest, written by Enid Zimmerman, explores art education in multinational, multicultural, and community-based contexts.
Women Artists in History
http://www.wendy.com/women/artists.html
Wendy Russ and Carrie Carolin built this index of resources and information about women artists, organized by century.
Women Artists through Time
http://www.uwrf.edu/history/women.html
Browse the work of numerous women artists, arranged chronologically.
World Wide Arts Resources
http://world-arts-resources.com/
This site is a gateway for Internet resources from around the world related to arts and culture. Categories include "Education," "Galleries," and "Exhibits Online."
Bilingual Education and English Language Learning
Adult Education ESL Teachers Guide
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/teacher/teacherguidemain
Though developed by C. Ray Graham and Mark M. Walsh expressly for teachers of adult learners, most of the resources and activities described on this site can be adapted for K-12 students.
Bilingual Education from Education Week
http://www.edweek.org/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=8
Education Week on the Web offers this special topics section exploring bilingual education and related issues. Among the plethora of resources available through the site are a section describing various bilingual education methods, a series of original articles and essays, and a directory of related Web sites.
Bilingual Research Journal Online
http://brj.asu.edu/
The Southwest Center for Education Equity and Language Diversity hosts an online publication of articles related to social justice and equity for speakers of all languages.
CLAD Web Site
http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/Default.htm
Jill Mora designed the Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development site to provide quick access to resources related to the philosophy, public policy issues, and methods of educating language minority students.
Dave's ESL Café
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/eslcafe.html
Dave Sperling created, and continues to build, this collection of resources for ESL and EFL students and teachers around the world. The Café includes discussion forums, a guide to other Web sites, and ideas for working toward education and change.
The Effectiveness of Bilingual Education
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/faqs/rgos/bi.html
This site serves as an index for other Web and print resources on bilingual education. Links to organizations, monographs, articles, and Web sites are included.
ELTWeb
http://www.eltweb.com/liason/
This well-organized index of English language resources is divided into categories including "Multicultural Issues," "Bilingual Education," and "Immigration."
English Learners: Language and Culture in Education
http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov/el/
A product of the California Department of Education, this site includes news, lesson plans, explorations of current issues and legislation, and other bilingual education resources for teachers and English learners.
ESL and Bilingual Program Models
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/rennie01.html
Jeanne Rennie wrote this exploratory piece on the range of ESL and bilingual education models currently in practice. She provides a list of factors to consider when choosing an appropriate model along with a list of characteristics of effective ESL and bilingual programs.
ESL Lessons, Games, Ideas, and Links
http://members.aol.com/Jakajk/ESLLessons.html
John Korber has assembled a diverse collection of classroom resources and materials. Incorporate these resources into your curriculum, or submit ideas and lesson plans that have been successful for you.
EverythingESL
http://www.everythingesl.net/
Judie Haynes, the creator of Everything ESL, has developed a series of culturally conscious lesson plans and other resources for English language learners. One exciting resource helps students think critically about Christopher Columbus's role in the "founding" of America.
Exploring the World of Meaning of ESL Students
http://www.meaning.ca/articles/meaning_esl_students.html
F. Ishu Ishiyama and Paul T. P. Wong collaborated on an article about considering cultural context in the assessment of ESL students.
Fostering Second Language Development in Young Children
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/ncrcds04.html
National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning compiled this ERIC Digest outlining eight pedagogical principles to guide teachers of second language learning students.
A Global Perspective on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/digestglobal.html
G. Richard Tucker of Carnegie Mellon University steps back from a purely U.S. perspective to consider how a wider global perspective would inform the development of effective bilingual education programs. An important section of his paper reminds readers of the sorts of related issues that need further attention and calls for deeper inquiry.
The Internet TESL Journal
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/index.html
This monthly journal combines articles, research papers, lesson plans, classroom handouts, and references to Web sites for teachers of English as a Second Language.
Issues in U.S. Language Policy: Bilingual Education
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/biling.htm
James Crawford, well-known advocate for speakers of languages other than English, built this compendium of progressive language policy resources including research and articles.
Karin's ESL Partyland
http://www.eslpartyland.com/
Students and teachers will find a plethora of interesting and engaging teaching and learning resources in Partyland, including quizzes, discussion forums, lesson plans, and other educational materials.
Lesson Plans and Resources for ESL, Bilingual, and Foreign Language Teachers
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html
Marty Levine hosts this index of lesson plans and classroom activities. Also included are links to related resources.
Model Strategies in Bilingual Education: Professional Development
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ModStrat/index.html
This report of the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs, part of the U.S. Department of Education, highlights promising practices in current bilingual education practice and the guiding principles of those practices. Topics addressed include cooperative learning in the bilingual context, preparing new bilingual educators, and promoting students' academic success.
PIZZAZ
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
A site specifically for teachers of English as a Second Language, PIZZAZ provides creative writing opportunities for students in an attempt to bring fun into the ESOL classroom. Several activities and lesson plans and links are included.
Ten Common Fallacies about Bilingual Education
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/crawford01.html
In this article, James Crawford attempts to deepen the public understanding of bilingual education by citing a large body of related research that disputes several common myths and misconceptions.
Tower of English
http://towerofenglish.com/
The Tower of English is a fun place for ESL students to use and practice English through interaction, writing activities, and collaborative projects. The site has instituted a new pen pal program, linking ESL students interested in sharing their experiences and challenges.
Counseling and Psychology
Ask Your School Psychologist
http://www.bartow.k12.ga.us/psych/psych.html
This site was created to allow school psychologists to share their struggles, issues, and questions with each other through a discussion forum called "PsychoBabble."
Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
http://www.amcd-aca.org/
This division of the American Counseling Association provides leadership, research, and training in the area of multicultural counseling, with a particular focus on issues of race and ethnicity. Its Web site, AMCD On Line, contains organizational, conference, and publication information.
Counselor's Corner: Multicultural Issues
http://members.aol.com/lacillo/multicultural.html
Lori Cillo, a vocational guidance coordinator in Vermont, has compiled this set of resources related to multicultural counseling. The site includes several original articles and links to related sites and organizations.
Diversity at the Pre-college and Undergraduate Levels of Education
http://www.apa.org/ed/divhscollege.html
The American Psychological Association's Web site includes this section of resources and reflections on the need to diversify psychology curricula.
Psychological Science in Cultural Context
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~alock/culture/culture.htm
Kenneth J. Gergen, Andrew Lock, Aydan Gulerce, and Gerishwar Misra offer an intercultural examination of psychological science, critiquing the assumption of a universally correct approach to psychology.
World Counseling Network (WCN)
http://www.counselingnetwork.com/
WCN is an online community of counseling professionals. Though much of the site's purpose is commercial in nature, it also includes a set of discussion forums including chat rooms and bulletin boards.
Health and Medicine
Band-Aides & Blackboards
http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/fleitas/contents.html
Joan Fleitas, a registered nurse with a doctorate in education, helps us understand the experience of living with a chronic illness. The site is divided into sections for kids, teens, and adults.
Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/bestpractices.htm
This sourcebook for community action can help educators think complexly about and respond effectively to youth violence in their schools and communities.
Closing the Health Gap
http://www.healthgap.omhrc.gov/
Closing the Health Gap is the Web component of an ongoing campaign to challenge health-care and service gaps across race in the United States.
DiversityRX
http://diversityrx.org/HTML/DIVRX.htm
Striving to promote equitable health care through language and cultural competence, DiversityRX offers a collection of online resources such as a Multicultural Health Best Practices report and a database of model programs.
The Mental Illness Education Project
http://www.miepvideos.org/
MIEP develops and distributes resources that challenge the stigmas of people with psychological disabilities. The Web site contains resources to help teachers and students better understand the nature of these illnesses.
Multicultural Health Clearinghouse
http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/multiculturalhealth/
The Special Populations Students' Health Concerns Committee at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, developed this compendium of resources for helping health-care professionals provide the best possible care to a diversity of patients.
Not All Your Patients Are Straight
http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/cdn_medical_association/cmaj/vol-159/issue-4/0370.htm
This article by Ruth Simpkin was originally published in 1998. It challenges health-care providers to transform the culture around their work so that all people, regardless of sexual orientation, receive equitable treatment.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
http://www.nami.org/
NAMI, an advocacy group with more than one thousand U.S. affiliates, provides information, resources, and activism opportunities in support of people with depression, bipolar disorder, and other psychological disabilities.
Transcultural Nursing
http://www.culturediversity.org/
Victor and Kathy Fernandez, both registered nurses, share their experiences and ideas about the complexities and necessities of caring for diverse populations.
History and Social Studies
360degrees
http://www.360degrees.org/
Picture Projects hosts a collection of the stories and experiences of inmates, guards, parents, and others who have been impacted by the criminal justice system in the United States.
1492: An Ongoing Voyage
http://metalab.unc.edu/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
This Library of Congress exhibit addresses the questions and controversies surrounding the year 1492 by exploring the cultures existing in the Western Hemisphere before the arrival of European explorers and then examining how these were changed by the explorers' arrival.
African American Holocaust
http://www.maafa.org/
Milford F. Plaines created this important but chilling Web production using photographs, narrative text, and other media to expose the atrocities African Americans have faced in the United States. The presentation is overtly blunt and will lead to deep processing and dialogue.
African Voices
http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/
The Smithsonian Institute put together a wonderful multimedia and interactive site that deeply explores the history of Africa. Topics include "Africans in Spain," "Slave Trade," and "Colonialism."
American Memory
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
Part of the Library of Congress, American Memory houses an online collection of historical documents, maps, motion pictures, photographs, and sound recordings, all organized into content areas including "Art and Architecture," "Education," "History," and "Social Sciences."
American Women in Uniform
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/
"Captain Critic" hosts this set of interesting and informative resources about women in the military. Features include "Women in Vietnam," "Women in Combat," and "Myths, Fallacies, and Urban Legends about Military Women."
American Women's History: A Resource Guide
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
This guide was designed by Ken Middleton to help those searching for information and resources on women's history. Though it is primarily an index of other sites and print materials, American Women's History stands out because it is organized by resource type, including "General Reference and Biographical Sources," "Finding Primary Sources: Tools/Formats," and "Digital Collections of Primary Sources."
Anti-Slavery Homepage
http://www.antislavery.org/
Founded in 1839, Anti-Slavery International, the sponsor of this site, is the oldest surviving international human rights organization. The site contains resources and advocacy information for ending slavery and related abuses worldwide.
Asian Nation: The Landscape of Asian America
http://www.asian-nation.org/index.shtml
Asian Nation is a source guide for political, social, and cultural issues in the lives of contemporary Asian Americans.
Beyond Face Value
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/cwc/BeyondFaceValue/index.htm
The U.S. Civil War Center hosts this project revealing depictions of slavery in Confederate currency. View images of the currency along with statements putting the images in historical context.
Black Facts Online
http://www.blackfacts.com/
This online resource guide includes tools for education and research related to African American history. Users can search facts by date.
Black Resistance: Slavery in the U.S.
http://www.afro.com/history/slavery/main.html
Carolyn L. Bennet compiled and wrote a series of stories about the history of slavery and resistance to slavery in the United States. The stories are wonderfully written and illustrated.
Born in Slavery
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/
The Library of Congress offers an online collection of the slave narratives collected between 1936 and 1938 by the Federal Writers' Project.
Children of the Camps: Internment History
http://www.children-of-the-camps.org/history/index.html
Based on the film documentary of the same name, Children of the Camps provides a photographic and narrative history of the experiences of the young people who comprised most of the 120,000 Japanese Americans interned after Pearl Harbor. The site also includes copies of important documents like Executive Order 9066, which permitted the internment for the sake of "national defense."
CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
The Factbook is a collection of raw data compiled by the CIA on various countries around the world. Each country listing contains subcategories of information, including "Geography," "People," "Government," "Economy," "Communications," "Transportation," "Military," and "Transnational Issues."
Columbus and the Age of Discovery
http://www.millersv.edu/~columbus/
Millersville University of Pennsylvania hosts this collection of more than one thousand articles, speeches, and other documents related to Columbus from a diversity of perspectives.
Cyber Newseum
http://www.newseum.org/cybernewseum/html/index.htm
The Newseum, a museum about the people who research and report the news, put several of its multimedia exhibits online, including "Holocaust: The Untold Story," "Every Four Years," and "The Berlin Wall."
Cybrary of Holocaust
http://remember.org/
A site of Remember.org, the "cybrary" gives Web users access to a database of research, books, people, and discussion forums.
A Deeper Shade of History
http://www.seditionists.org/black/bhist.html
This site serves as a clearinghouse for Black History resources, but does so in a way that is not limited to Black History Month or special celebrations. The site includes a "This Week in Black History" feature.
Diotima: Materials for the Study of Gender and Women in the Ancient World
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
Diotima is an exploration of patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean. It provides related articles, course materials, and images. The site also helps facilitate collaboration among educators building curricula around this and related topics.
Documenting the Southeast Asian Refugee Experience
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/sea/seaexhibit/index.html
The University of California's Southeast Asian Archive includes this interactive, multimedia exhibit of the experiences, trials, and tribulations of Southeast Asian refugees to the United States.
First Nations Histories
http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html
This site provides an examination of history by and about First Nations peoples.
A First Person History of the Northwest Coast
http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html
Bruce Hallman combines maps, photographs, documents, and text to tell the history of the Canadian northwest from a Native American perspective.
Herstory: An Exhibition
http://library.usask.ca/herstory/herstory.html
The Canadian Women's Calendar has been an ongoing feminist project for more than twenty years. This site tells the story of that project and includes images from the calendars.
Historic Audio Archives: Civil Rights
http://webcorp.com/civilrights/
This site presents a collection of audio clips from famous and infamous historical figures, including Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Hitler, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, G. Gordon Liddy, and others.
Historical Text Archive
http://historicaltextarchive.com/
Explore history through primary sources with this index of historical texts from around the world. Entries include political, social, governmental, judicial, and legislative documents and are organized by country/region or topic (including "African American" and "Native American").
History and Politics Out Loud
http://www.hpol.org/
Jerry Goldman and Northwestern University host this extraordinary archive of historically significant audio bites. Listen to speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Nixon Watergate recordings, and many other materials.
History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
A collaborative project between the City University of New York and George Mason University, this site is composed of a large collection of progressive, active teaching and learning resources for high school and undergraduate college students. Read articles, download monthly quizzes, search for classroom activities, and dialogue with other educators on topics of historical importance.
Holocaust Archive Project
http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~philip/holo.html
By combining discussion forums, art, photography, research, and original documents, this site serves as both a virtual museum and virtual classroom.
Integrating Mexican-American History and Culture into the Social Studies Curriculum
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed348200.html
Kathy Escamilla offers practical suggestions for deep integration of the Mexican American voice and suggests ways of helping teachers do so successfully.
Interactive Border Studies
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/borderstudies/
Border Studies is a collection of multimedia learning resources including nine graphical exhibitions and three slideshows, along with associated classroom activities "presenting the history and culture of the lands and nations bordering Texas and the United States from the 15th Century to the present day." This site was developed by the Texas Humanities Resource Center.
The Japanese American Internment
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8420/main.html
Photographs, articles, and intriguing quotes make this an interesting educational journey into a too-often not-talked-about piece of American History. It also includes an impressive index of links to important historical sites.
Jim Crow Museum
http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/menu.htm
Ferris State University offers a virtual tour of its museum of racist memorabilia. Accessible items include racist cartoons and descriptions and depictions of common African American stereotypes.
The Latino History Project
http://www.museumca.org/LHP/
The Oakland Museum of California's Web site includes parts of its exhibits on Latino history, including "Striving for Equality," "Latino Workers," and "Community and Social Life."
Lesbian History Project
http://www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/main.html
Yolanda Retter amasses links to numerous resources, articles, interviews, and bibliographies about lesbians in U.S. history.
Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers
http://www.csun.edu/%7Ehcedu013/index.html
Marty Levine of California State University, Northridge, hosts an index of social studies resources including lesson plans, online activities, e-mail discussion groups, and curriculum frameworks.
Living the Legacy
http://www.legacy98.org/
The National Women's History Project sponsors this site about 150 years of the women's rights movement.
Making of America
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
This digital library, sponsored by the University of Michigan, houses a collection of primary sources in U.S. social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
MidEast Web
http://www.mideastweb.org/history.htm
This collection of resources on Middle East history includes excellent pieces about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian identity, and recent news about the region.
A More Perfect Union
http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/non-flash/index.html
The Smithsonian explores the lines between national security and human rights through a multimedia exhibit about the Japanese internment.
National Council for the Social Studies: Teacher Resources
http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/
NCSS assembles an extensive collection of organized resources for social studies teachers, including original materials related to "teachable moments."
The National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org/
This, the official Web site of the NWHP, includes an interactive online quiz on women's history and a host of practical suggestions for incorporating the voices and experiences of women into the curriculum.
Native American Documents Project
http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/nadp.htm
California State University, San Marcos, hosts this impressive collection of documents related to Native American experience in the United States. Resources include a list of existing reservations, published reports, letters, chronologies, and maps.
Native American Website for Children
http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/NativeAmerhome.html/nativeopeningpage.html
With kid-friendly graphics and a simple navigation system, this site actively engages students in a multimedia adventure as they learn about the lives, cultures, and histories of Native American tribes.
Oneida Indian Nation Treaties Project
http://oneida-nation.net/treaties.html
The Treaties Project provides all people access to historic treaties to help us better understand an Indian nation's sovereign status.
Our Shared History: African American Heritage
http://www.cr.nps.gov/aahistory/
The National Park Service developed this collection of text and photo exhibits related to African American history. Highlights include a piece about the Underground Railroad and a collection for teachers and students called "Tools for Learning."
Pluralism and Unity
http://www.expo98.msu.edu/
This site was designed to explore conflicts between American identity and the nature of cultural and political pluralism. Among its many resources are historic texts written by Jane Addams, W. E. B. DuBois, Margaret Mead, and Booker T. Washington.
Power, Politics, and Protest
http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/politics/suffragettes/
Learning Curve explores the history of women's rights in nineteenth century Britain. The site includes wonderful historical photographs.
Powerful Days in Black and White
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml
Kodak features Charles Moore's photo exhibit from the civil rights movement.
Primary Source
http://www.primarysource.org/
This nonprofit organization supports inclusive, accurate, and interdisciplinary social studies education. The Primary Source Web site includes lesson plans, curriculum ideas, and other related resources.
Social Studies and Multicultural Education
http://instech.tusd.k12.az.us/SS/ss.html
Tucson Unified School District provides a compendium of links to multicultural resources by grade level.
Spartacus Educational
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
This multimedia, online history encyclopedia focuses on specific eras, events, and issues. Entries include "Slavery: 1750-1870," "Investigating the Vietnam War," and "The Trade Union Movement." All entries expand into several subentries focused on relevant people, subtopics, and issues.
Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/
The Florida Center for Instructional Technology offers an impressive collection of teaching and learning resources, including photographs, movies, music and sound files, art, classroom activities, and historical timelines.
Teaching World History: The Global Human Experience through Time
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed419772.html
Simone Arias, Marilynn Hitchens, and Heidi Roupp develop a humanistic conceptualization for world history in this article. They explore why world history is important and share effective instructional strategies for history teachers.
The Underground Railroad
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
National Geographic produced this Web site in conjunction with its PBS program on the same topic. This site takes users through an interactive exploration of the Underground Railroad, employing art, artifacts, and text.
U.S. Labor History: Famous Strikes
http://www.state.sd.us/deca/DDN4Learning/ThemeUnits/USLabor/strikes.htm
This online unit about labor history in the United States includes links to information about famous strikes. It also contains a section on "Women in Labor History."
Voices of the Holocaust
http://voices.iit.edu/education.html
The Illinois Institute of Technology has collected and made available a series of interviews with Holocaust survivors. The site also includes audio clips.
War Relocation Authority Camps in Arizona
http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/jpamer/wraintro.html
The University of Arizona library offers this look into the relocation camps through maps, stories, and photographs.
Wide Horizon Education Resources
http://members.aol.com/WEREdu/
Wide Horizon Education Resources is dedicated to providing teachers with creative ideas and resources for teaching world history in middle and high school. Sample lessons and archived editions of the Wide Horizon newsletter are available through the site.
Women and the Holocaust
http://www.interlog.com/~mighty/
This site incorporates poetry, art, personal reflections, biographies, and other ways of learning about the unique experiences of women victims of the Holocaust.
Women in World History
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/
Directed by Lyn Reese, Women in World History provides resources for teachers, students, parents, and others interested in women's experiences in a world history context. The organization's Web site contains information resources, lesson plans, essays, and reviews of classroom materials.
Women's Suffrage
http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/suffrage.htm
This site is a comprehensive timeline of women's rights around the world.
World History Archives
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/index.html
Dedicated to understanding world history from a working-class perspective, World History Archives provides a collection of documents focusing on politics, society, culture, and telecommunications.
Language Arts
The Creative Connections Project
http://www.ccph.com/
Creative Connections developed this language-arts-focused "global exploration" Web site of learning activities. The site houses a variety of interactive, multimedia adventures for students.
CyberGuides: Teacher Guides and Student Activities
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
The resources on the Cyberguides Web site supplement language arts and literature education. Full educational units are divided into grade level and subject area.
EnglishCLUB.com Teachers' Room
http://teachers.englishclub.com/index.html
EnglishCLUB.com is a connecting place for teachers of English and language arts. Available resources include lesson plans, classroom handouts and activities, articles, and dialogue forums.
Human Languages Page
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/
The Human Languages Page is a comprehensive index of Web sites related to the world's languages. Nearly two thousand links are divided into categories such as "Language Lessons" and "Linguistics Resources." The site is offered in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.
On-line English Grammar
http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/index.cfm
Anthony Hughes hosts this "ask the expert" site, encouraging students to send in their questions about English grammar.
Story Arts
http://www.storyarts.org/
Created by author Heather Forest, Story Arts is a collection of resources on incorporating storytelling into the K-12 classroom. The site includes lesson plans, a library of stories, articles, links, and a curriculum exchange for language arts teachers.
Teaching with the Web
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/teach.html
Lauren Rosen provides Web-based activities, lesson plans, teaching resources, and collaborative teaching and learning opportunities. Users are encouraged to contribute their ideas and resources.
Thoughts on Not Seeing Oneself
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/Culture/oneself.html
Debbie Reese, an education doctoral student at the University of Illinois, wrote this short piece on the needs of all students to see their cultures and ancestry reflected in books.
Using Multicultural Literature to Teach Reading Processes
http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/MulticulturalLit/
Jill Kerper Mora of San Diego State University created this online presentation. Topics covered include "Literary Discrimination," "Interpretation in Multicultural Literature," and "Evaluation in Multicultural Literature."
Librarianship
Diversity & Libraries
http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/cchu/diversity/
Clara M. Chu of UCLA built this set of resources to help librarians stay informed about the diversity communities around them and to help library educators infuse multiculturalism into their curricula.
Librarians' Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/
The Library of California sponsors a comprehensive index and search tool developed specifically for librarians.
Public Libraries and Cultural Diversity
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed358871.html
Debbie Yumilo Carton composed an ERIC Digest discussing collection development and other multicultural concerns in libraries.
Literature
10 Quick Ways to Analyze Children's Books for Racism and Sexism
http://www.birchlane.davis.ca.us/library/10quick.htm
The Council on Interracial Books for Children lays out simple strategies for making sure our books challenge biases instead of recycling them.
Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By
http://www.storiestogrowby.com/
Whootie the Owl hosts a fun collection of fairly tales from around the world for young children, all with positive messages for growth and openness.
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/toc.html
The New York Public Library offers this online database of literature including poetry, fiction, and autobiography.
Crossing Borders: Multicultural Literature in the Classroom
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/miscpubs/jeilms/vol15/crossing.htm
Deborah Dietrich and Kathleen S. Ralph composed this essay about effectively and interactively employing multicultural literature.
Cynthia Leitich Smith's Children's Literature Resources
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/index1.htm
This author of children's books is also the creator of an enormous collection of resources, bibliographies, and reviews. The site has a multicultural flavor, including a section on "Multiculturalism" in children's literature.
Feminist Foremothers
http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/biblio/biblio.html
Sunshine for Women houses a great collection of historic feminist literature, including some of the earliest proclamations of women's rights.
How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/multicultural.htm
Scholastic shares strategies for finding truly multicultural books for children. Several different perspectives and guidelines are offered.
Indigenous Australia: Stories of Dreaming
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/storylist.htm
The Australian Museum Online includes this collection of stories from various indigenous cultures. The site also incorporates a piece about the role of storytelling in indigenous cultures.
Online Books Page
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
John Mark Ockerbloom edits this elaborate database of full-text online books. Browse by topic area, including "Social History, Problems, and Reform," "Human Geography," and "Education."
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
This site houses over forty-five thousand full electronic texts along with over fifty thousand related images from the University of Virginia library system. Collections are plentiful and diverse in language, topic, era, and medium. Browse by language, subject, or era. Current holdings categories include "African American," "Native American," "American Civil War," "Women Writers," and "The English Poetry Database."
Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/ChildrenLit/index.html
Kay Vandergrift of Rutgers University has compiled an extensive set of resources on children's literature with special attention to multicultural concerns. Sections include "Gender and Culture in Picture Books," "Powerful Multicultural Images," and "Thought Capsules," a collection of short writings about culture and children's literature from a variety of sources.
Voices from the Gaps
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/
Introduce yourself to the lives and literary works of North American women of color. You can also contribute your own page or publish a book review through the site.
Voices! Intercultural Poetry Exchange
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/voices.html
The Multicultural Pavilion hosts this collection of poetry and prose about culture, identity, and education. Most of the entries are by educators and activists. Visitors are encouraged to participate in the exchange by submitting their writing.
Writing Black
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/Literature/amlit.black.html
The School of American Studies hosts a directory of online resources by and about African American authors.
Math
Annotated Bibliography of Multicultural Perspectives in Mathematics Education
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/DEPT/Multicultural/MEBib94.html
Patricia S. Wilson, Julio C. Mosquera P., Marilyn E. Strutchens, and Annicia J. Thomas compiled this extensive annotated listing of resources related to multicultural education in the math classroom. Items are divided into three major categories: "Theory," "Research," and "Practice."
Ask Dr. Math
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Part of Swarthmore College's Math Forum, this site encourages teachers and students to send their questions and challenging problems to a team of expert mathematicians. Another feature of the site, the Teacher2Teacher forum, facilitates dialogue among mathematics educators.
Barrier Free Education
http://barrier-free.arch.gatech.edu/
The aim of Barrier Free Education is to help students with disabilities gain access to math and science education. The many resources on the site include lab experiments and lessons modified for accessibility, original articles and research, and a related e-mail discussion group.
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
Larry Riddle of Agnes Scott College maintains this collection of short essays on more than one hundred women mathematicians. Browse through the entries by name or chronology.
The Compatibility of Good Mathematics Tasks with Good Multicultural Teaching Strategies
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathed/nctm96/multicultural/grover.questions.html
Barbara W. Grover and Marcia Seeley of the Ohio University and Allegheny Schools Partnership developed this set of questions to help guide math teachers in the process of creating effective lesson plans for a diversity of students and learning styles.
CyberSisters
http://www.cyber-sisters.org/
CyberSisters is a telementoring program created to help middle school girls in math, science, and technology education. Sponsored by the American Association of University Women, the program connects students with mentors all over the country. Both mentors and protégées can register online.
EPA Curriculum Resources & Activities
http://www.epa.gov/teachers/curriculum_resources.htm
A product of the Environmental Protection Agency's Education Center, this site is home to a collection of lesson plans and activities addressing the environment, conservation, and pollution. Many of the activities encourage social action and involvement.
Ethnomathematics
http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/seminar/ethno.html
This site by Nancy Casey explores the meaning of "ethnomathematics" and related math teaching and learning issues. Casey also provides a long list of resources that further explore the topic.
Extend Equity and Access in Mathematics Education
http://www.stolaf.edu/other/extend/Access/access.html
This large collection of articles and essays emerged from a roundtable discussion on equity and access in mathematics education in the context of rapidly changing state and local education policy.
Integrating Gender and Equity Reform in Math, Science, and Engineering Instruction
http://www.coe.uga.edu/ingear/
InGEAR houses a collection of curriculum materials promoting excellence and equity in math, science, and engineering education. The site includes specific teaching strategies, online publications and articles, and a collection of classroom activities that address gender issues.
MathNerds
http://www.mathnerds.com/mathnerds/
With a strong commitment to inquiry-based education, the MathNerds are an international volunteer network of mathematicians providing free discovery-based guidance for teachers and students.
Math Teacher Link Message Board
http://mtl.math.uiuc.edu/message_board/
This discussion board was designed for educators to exchange ideas and questions related to math, science, and education. Users are primarily K-12 teachers but also include preservice teachers and others interested in math and science education.
Mathematicians and Education Reform (MER)
http://www.math.uic.edu/MER/pages/
MER is a partnership of mathematicians working for education reform at the K-12, undergraduate, and graduate levels. Learn how to get involved or take advantage of their work and resources on this Web site.
Multicultural Math Fair: Links for Activities
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/alejandre/mathfair/mmflinks.html
The Math Forum, hosted by Swarthmore College, includes this collection of mathematics lesson plans and classroom activities built around multicultural themes. Several of the lesson plans are in Spanish.
Multicultural Math Goals
http://people.clarityconnect.com/webpages/terri/multicultural.html
Terri Husted created this page of resources and frameworks for incorporating multicultural teaching and learning into mathematics education. In addition to offering her own set of "goals" for math education, she includes book reviews and links to related sites.
Multicultural Perspectives in Mathematics Education
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/DEPT/Multicultural/MathEd.html
University of Georgia's Department of Mathematics hosts this resource directory to help educators understand the role of multicultural teaching and learning in mathematics education. The site includes an annotated bibliography, dissertation references, and Web links.
Native American Geometry
http://www.earthmeasure.com/
This fascinating site gives the history and fundamentals of a Native American tradition of geometry dating about two thousand years.
Plane Math
http://www.planemath.com/
NASA and InfoUse cosponsor a set of interactive activities to help students better understand the mathematics of aeronautics.
Practical Uses of Math and Science (PUMAS)
http://pumas.jpl.nasa.gov/
PUMAS provides thirty-two examples for ways in which math and science lessons can be used in everyday life, effectively drawing on the actual experiences of the students.
Profile of Equitable Mathematics and Science Classroom and Teacher
http://www.col-ed.org/smcnws/equity/profile.html
Joy Wallace of the Columbia Education Center developed this set of equity guidelines for math and science classrooms and teachers. Special attention is given to physical environment, curriculum, language, pedagogy, behavior management, and assessment.
Teaching Mathematics Effectively and Equitably to Females
http://www.enc.org/resources/records/full/0,1240,017214,00.shtm
Katherine Hanson of the Education Development Center explores classroom climate issues for females in mathematics.
Women in Math Project
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~wmnmath/
Marie Vitulli of the University of Oregon directs this large collection of resources highlighting women's achievements in math including a directory of publications, a biographical collection, and statistics.
Physical Education and Athletics
Adapted Physical Education
http://www.pecentral.org/adapted/adaptedmenu.html
This section of P. E. Central contains resources for teachers working with students with special needs. There is an "Ask the Expert" section through which users pose questions about related issues and suggestions for adapting P.E. activities for students with special needs.
American Indian Sports Team Mascots
http://schools.eastnet.ecu.edu/pitt/ayden/PHYSED8.HTM
AISTM educates all people about the harm and oppression caused by racist team mascots. A guide for educators gives tips for addressing the problem.
The Athletic Experience of Ethnically Diverse Girls
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/digest/dig131.asp
Jeanne Weiller explores how race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status impact girls' experiences in sports.
Diversity and Inclusion in Physical Education
http://www.cbe.ab.ca/sss/Physed/div-incl.asp
The Calgary Board of Education leads the way for physical education programs by insisting on a framework that centers on diversity and inclusion.
Empowering Women in Sports
http://www.feminist.org/research/sports2.html
The Feminist Majority published this research report on effective ways to support women's athletic pursuits.
Physical Education Lesson Plans
http://schools.eastnet.ecu.edu/pitt/ayden/PHYSED8.HTM
Share P.E. lesson plans. Resources are divided into categories including "Integrated Curriculum" and "Assessments."
Sports and the Disabled
http://www.feminist.org/sports/disability.html
Claudine Sherrill provides a critical analysis of the lack of support for disabled athletes in schools and beyond.
Science
4000 Years of Women in Science
http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000ws/4000ws.html
Taking the interdisciplinary approach of combining science education with history education, this site houses photographs, biographies, and references for women who contributed to the fields of science. An interactive quiz is also included.
Access Excellence
http://www.accessexcellence.org/
A site specifically designed for Health and Bioscience teachers and learners, Access Excellence is a virtual museum combining informational resources, collaborative opportunities, and dialogue forums for science education reform.
Achieving Gender Equity in the Science Classroom
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/homepginfo/equity/Equity_handbook.html
Originally written for college faculty at Brown University, this handbook of specific strategies for ensuring gender equity is in many ways transferable to the K-12 classroom. Some of the specific strategies covered are "Observe Classroom Dynamics," "Switch from a Competitive to a Cooperative Educational Model," and "Fight Narrow Stereotypes of Science."
BEEMNET
http://www.beemnet.com/
The Brain Exchange Electronic Mentorship Network sets up exchanges between elementary school classes and neuroscientists. Students are encouraged to publish their responses to the exchange, in writing or art, on the Web site.
Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
An online museum "of science, art, and human perception," this site engages children and adults in interactive explorations of intriguing science questions. Highlights include webcasts, virtual trips, and a learning studio.
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html
Mitchell C. Brown hosts this virtual encyclopedia highlighting African American scientists and their work and accomplishments. The site is full of biographies, statistics, and other related informational sources. Biographical entries are organized both alphabetically and by discipline.
Integrating Critical Thinking into the Classroom
http://www.accessexcellence.org/21st/TL/buchanan/
Anne Buchanan wrote this piece on critical thinking in the science classroom for Access Excellence. She provides a conceptualization for critical thinking, then provides strategies for incorporating it into the science teaching and learning process.
NASA Quest
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
NASA helps bring space and science into the classroom through a series of virtual events, interactive Web pages, and Internet-based space adventures. A "Journal of the Week" gives all of us a glimpse into the lives and work of NASA employees.
Science Playwiths
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/scifun/index.htm
Find simple but engaging science experiments using only "junk" you can find around the house.
Special Education
Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org/ab/
CEC is dedicated to providing equitable educational outcomes for students with disabilities, exceptionalities, and giftedness.
Effective Intervention Techniques
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/sped/projects/ose/information/interventions.html
This collaborative project by the students from the University of Virginia and East Tennessee State University summarizes scores of studies on effective teaching techniques for exceptional learners.
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.
Inclusion: Yours, Mine, Ours
http://rushservices.com/Inclusion/homepage.htm
The Florida Inclusion Network sponsors this site to give teachers the support and resources needed to include students with special needs in their classrooms.
LD Online
http://www.ldonline.org/
The Learning Project hosts an excellently organized compendium of resources and strategies on learning disabilities for teachers and parents. The site also includes KidZone to help children better understand ADD, ADHD, and other disabilities.
World Languages
Anacleta's Spanish and World Language Resources
http://anacleta.homestead.com/
A longtime teacher regularly updates this directory of resources for teachers and parents.
FLTeach
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/
The National Endowment for the Humanities funds this network of foreign language teachers. The site contains articles, dialogues, and other resources and collaborative opportunities.
Foreign Language Resources for Teachers and Students
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1506/
This site serves as an index of online foreign language education resources. Discussion forums and online newspapers and magazines in various languages are included.
Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes
http://www.clta.net/lessons/
Lewis Johnson maintains this collection of lesson plans for Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, and German language students. Many of the lesson plans are culture related.
Language Learning and Technology
http://llt.msu.edu/
This refereed journal for second and foreign language educators disseminates research and information about the intersections of language learning and technology. Each issue is focused on a specific topic and includes articles, reviews, and references related to that topic.
Web Based Activities for Foreign Languages
http://facweb.furman.edu/~pecoy/lessons.htm
Patricia Pecoy has drawn from several other Web sites in producing this index of available foreign language learning activities. Sections include "Vocabulary," "Grammar," and "Information Discovery."