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Multicultural Sites of Interest

Curriculum/Non-Book Department Calvin T. Ryan Library University of Nebraska at Kearney

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY

University of Nebraska at Kearney Diversity Guide
     http://www.unk.edu/offices/aaeo/index.php?id= 1549

BOOKS
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE WEB GUIDE
     http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Internet resources about Children's and Young adult literature. Includes best books list and awards lists.

BOOKS HELD AT THIS LIBRARY
     http://www.unk.edu/acad/library/curric/index.php?id=5641

GENERAL

MULTICULTURAL PAVILION
     http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/teachers.html
Includes resources for teaching and learning, awareness activities, song index, and more.

THE CURRY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
     http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/curry/centers/multicultural/teachers.html
Directs to activities and additional on-line resources for K-12 teachers.

ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE     
     http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
AskERIC's research on education as well as lesson plans.

HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES WEB SITE FOR K-12 TEACHERS     
     http://k-12historysocialstudies.com/boals.html
Includes links to non-Western history sites, diversity sources, among many others.

KATHY SCHROCK'S GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS 
     http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Includes links to history and social studies, world cultures and regions, holidays. Start with "history and social studies" and search the links under "American history sites".

CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL PLURALISM     
     http://www.wce.wwu.edu/cep/
Directs to Yahoo Culture Page, Multicultural Education Page (links to over 40 sites), Native American Homepage, African American Homepage, Languages of Special Interest, Deaf World Wide Web, Multiculturalism: Myths and Realities, Yahoo Social Science Page, ERIC Archive Search, and University of Maryland Diversity Database.

NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS     
     http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/
Collects, analyzes, and disseminates information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the U.S.

SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
     http://americanindian.si.edu/
Provides access to many different collections within the Museum (e.g., Exhibitions, Publications & Recordings, and Research & Collections).

FIRST NATIONS
     http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html
A basic list of links to all types of Native American Web sites.

SOCIAL STUDIES SOURCES 
     http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/
Presents an online information resource of WWW sites dealing with topics of interest for teachers of history, geography, politics and government, and other social sciences. Describes and links to many other sites in the social studies. Especially good for African-American sources.

TEACHERS OF ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES, INC. 
     http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp

SPECIFIC

THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOSAIC: A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RESOURCE GUIDE FOR THE STUDY OF BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE 
     http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
Focuses on four areas - colonization, abolition, migrations and the WPA. A rich collection of photographs, maps and other original documents.

ASIAN STUDIES WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY 
     http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
Links to countries and regions of Asia. Truncate address at the black slash for the parent site, CoombsWeb, an exceptionally thorough social sciences server.

BLACK HISTORY QUEST 
     http://blackquest.com/link.htm
Comprehensive listing of African American history, culture, and Black Studies resources.

BLACK HISTORY 
     http://www.blackhistory.com/
An online resource for black historical material, including film and voice clips.

FACES OF SCIENCE: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE SCIENCES 
     https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html
Thorough listing by science area with pictures and synopsis of the individual's contributions and general biography.

INDEX OF NATIVE AMERICAN RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
     http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/
Offers access to sites related to culture, history, education, art, archaeology, government agencies, commercial sites, and nonprofit organizations, as well as museums, nations, and legal resources.

THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PAPERS PROJECT
     http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
Contains secondary documents written about Dr. King as well as primary documents written during his life.

NATIVE AMERICAN HOME PAGES
     http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/indians.html
Presents a collection of home pages. Discusses Native organizations and businesses, Native journals and newspapers, and powwows and festivals.

NATIVEWEB
     http://www.nativeweb.org
A collection of information about indigenous peoples that addresses topics such as art, literature, legal and economic issues, land claims, and new ventures in self-determination. Includes a subject-based directory providing access to information about geographic regions, nations/peoples, education, newsletters and journals, bibliographies, and historical materials.

LIST/DISCUSSION GROUP

MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION DISCUSSION
MULTC-ED is a mailing list covering the topic of Multicultural Education Discussion. Membership in the group is available to anyone. To join the group, send the message "sub MULTC-ED your name" to listserv%umdd.bitnet@listserv.net.


Last rev. 3/08

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