Multicultural and Minority Resources on the Internet
The following listings provide a brief sampling of the many sites on the World Wide Web that relate to multicultural education and diversity. The Internet also provides numerous sites related to aspects of minority achievement.
Afro-American Newspaper
http://www.afro.com
A website sponsored by the Afro-American Newspaper that features information about African American culture and current events.
Children's Literature
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/ChildrenLit/index.html
Lists young children's picture books with positive images of people from a range of ethnic groups, Also lists positive gender-fair books
Cornucopia of Disability information
http://codi.buffalo.edu
Lists range of resources related to services and organizations
Equity Online/Women's Educational Equity Act
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/gems/eeo/law/usa/l_ea.htm
Resources and information about the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEE4) Resource Center providing gender-fair multicultural materials, training, and discussion lists
European History and Culture
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Extensive Collection of information on American/European history and culture
GIRLTECH
http://www.girltech.com
Interactive activities related to girls in technology
Global School Net Foundation (GSN)
http://www.gsn.org
Organizes a monthly calendar of on-line projects related to enhancing global understanding
A Guide to Children's Literature and Disability
http://www.kidsource.com
Features bibliography of books written about or including characters with a wide range of learning and physical disabilities
Hispanic America USA
http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/content.htm
World and United States history information highlighting HispanicAmerican contributions, also lists Hispanic-American resources
Hispanic Online: Latino Links
http://www.hispaniconline.com
Lists numerous Hispanic education resources and organizations
Internet Sites for Students' Intercultural Exchanges, Kidlilnk
http://www.kidlink.org
Penpals listing
Library of Congress
http://www.lcweb.loc.gov
Catalogue of ways to search for specific content in the Library of Congress Archives; includes extensive listings of multicultural topics
Mid-Atlantic Equity Association
http://www.maec.org
Features many resources and publications related multicultural education topics, diversity, and multicultural links.
The Multicultural Pavillion
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural
Sponsored and maintained by the University of Virginia; offers a number of resources on multicultural education for the K- 12 teacher, includes a teachers' comer, an on-line discussion board, and links to hundreds of other sites
Pathways to School Improvement/NCREL
http://www.ncrel.org
Addresses school improvement issues; summarizes best practices and research related to specific topics such as multicultural education; search under 'Creative High-Achieving Learning Environments'
National Association of Ethnic Studies
http://faculty.washington.edu/davidgs/naesresources.html
Provides links to many multicultural and research websites.
National Clearinghouse on Bilingual Education
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu
Information on bilingual education resources, policies, and research
National Immigration Forum
http://www.immigrationforum.org
Resources related to immigration to the U.S.
National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org
Comprehensive information about a wide range of women's history topics and resources
Native Web
www.nativeweb.org
Includes many Native American sites on the Web and an index to other sites, especially those dealing with Native American arts, museums, and music
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA)
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/index.html
U.S. Department of Education resources for culturally and linguistically diverse learners
Public Broadcasting Specials
http://www.pbs.org
Information about many multicultural documentaries aired on PBS
Rethinking Schools
http://www.rethinkingschools.org
includes selected articles from the current issue of Rethinking Schools Newspaper and recent back issues; also has a complete index of all Rethinking Schools articles
Social Studies School Service
http://socialstudies.com
http://catalog.socialstudies.com/c/@q-eP2xN0_N8aw/Pages/online.html
Classroom activities related to multicultural topics mdth annotated lists of other sites on issues such as Holocaust studies
Clearinghouse on Urban Education
http://www.eric.ed.gov
UEweb offers manuals, brief articles, annotated bibliographies, reviews and summaries of outstanding publications, and conference announcements in urban education. Many items in UEweb are published by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education and are available for free or a nominal charge, as described in its publication list.
Southern Poverty Law Center
http://www.splcenter.org
Information from the Southern Poverty Law center about Teaching Tolerance" educational activities and monitoring of hate/ violence incidents and groups
Teachers of English to Speakers of the Languages(TESOL)
http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp
Organization of teachers working with diverse English language learners
Urban Education
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ToolsforSchools/usd.html
Features information related to urban education reform.
UNICEF Cyberspace Bus
http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus
UNICEF's interactive Web site for teachers and students to promote global understanding
University of Maryland Diversity Database
http://www.umd.edu/diversity
EdRes/Topic Diversity References on resource materials related to a wide range of diversity issues
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml?src=a
Features publications related to various programs and practices that promote success for students.
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