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Teaching Multiculturalism, by Deborah A. Wallace
Reading Online http://www.readingonline.org/articles/multi/index.html
A project for teaching elementary school students to understand and accept multicultural differences.
Objectives: Comparing Cultures, by Karin Blair
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/papers/karin.html
A cross-cultural experience, China. What it means to investigate cultural differences
Multiculturalism: What do Students Think? Survey by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr041.shtml
Do kids want to study it? Do they think it's important?
English-Avenue.com - www.english-avenue.com - a comprehensive online library of printable ESL resources for parents, teachers, and kids. Offers hundreds of ready-to-teach phonics and grammar worksheets, printable games and activities, flashcards and more.
National Geographic - www.nationalgeographic.com - incomparable resource for anywhere in the world. Information for kids, parents, teachers and schools. Maps, culture, history and more.
Geography Hotlist - http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/geography.html - an outstanding list of links to fascinating places around the world, geography and science resources, teacher resources
The CIA World Fact Book – one of the best resources available: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
World explorers and travelers site with excellent links - http://www.kropla.com/links.htm - find weather around the world, basic foreign language, embassies and consulate locations, links to world tourism sites and more.
Currency converter: http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic
Distance calculator: finds place to place distances in both kilometers and miles: http://www.indo.com/distance/
Time calculator: a world clock showing time differences by location: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
Flags of the world: http://www.flags.net/
Websites for the Classroom
Explorer Trail – Walk a Mile in my Shoes
http://www.wmht.org/trail/explor02.htm
Complete multicultural resource links – country-specific studies, student to student connections, resources for teachers
iEARN
http://www.iearn.org/home.html
An educational project linking site – schools and projects worldwide. Sponsors language communities.
The Global School House
http://www.gsn.org/
Site linking kids and classrooms around the world.
Peace Corps website for educators
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/index.html
Opportunities to connect your classroom with a peace corps volunteer. Lesson plans and resources for multiple grade levels.
Resource materials and people:
www.mapping.com - Excellent geography and mapping resources by “If the World Were a Village” author David Smith. Resources and workshops for students and teachers.
www.markwahl.com - Creative math activity books for teachers, home schoolers, and concerned parents (especially grades 3-9) authored by math specialist Mark Wahl. Also info for booking teacher professional development workshops and conferences as well as innovative math and education links.
www.smartneurons.com - Kids educational software for preschoolers. Smart Neurons provides educational software for preschoolers and kids to help enhance their pre-reading skills, story building logic and imagination.
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