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- Diversity Council Lesson Plans and Activities - Many lesson plans organized by grade level.
- Lesson Plans: Multicultural Awareness - Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find a large number of lesson plans organized by grade level and subject.
- Multicultural Lesson Plans - Ontario Curriculum - From the Thunder Bay Multicultural Association, they obviously have a Canadian emphasis.
- "Unite the School" Lesson Plan - This is an interesting interdisciplinary lesson plan celebrating diversity.
- America: A Home for Every Culture - A lesson plan for grades 3-4 consisting of ten 45-minute sessions.
- Commonality in Diversity - A WebQuest for the secondary grades. See also Immigration and Cultural Diversity WebQuest.
- Multicultural Lessons - Three lesson plans provided as examples of curriculum integration of multiculturalism in the classroom
- Multicultural Pavilion - Provides a working definition, original essays and articles, a teacher's corner with classroom activities and resources, as well as links to a variety of multicultural sites.
- Multicultural Education - Lesson plans from Mr. Donn including their original lesson plan., What Is Culture?
- Changing Attitudes in America - Contains six lesson plans related to racism as well as a great deal of background information.
- EDSITEment - Interesting lesson plans in a variety of subjects.
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Multicultural Calendar - A calendar of holidays and
events celebrated around the world.
General
- Classroom Activities from Tolerance.org - any excellent activities for a variety of subjects and lesson plans.
- Teaching Tolerance - Five lesson ideas from Education World. See Teaching Tolerance: Additional Resources for a list of links to additional lesson plans.
- Teaching Tolerance ~ Lesson Plans - Several lesson plans for a variety of grade levels from One World, One Heart Beating.
- Tolerance Lessons and Materials - From the Tolerance Projsct.
- Art Activities and Lesson Plans for Exploring Tolerance - A long list.
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An Approach to Teaching Religious Tolerance
A high school lesson plan. - Teaching Tolerance and Diversity - A middle-school lesson plan using The Diary of Anne Frank.
- Understanding Stereotypes - A lesson plan for grades 9-12 from Discovery Education.
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Discrimination = A 6th-grade lesson plan from the
Social Studies
School Service.
- Melissa's Myriad - Scroll down the page to find many art lesson plans including some that are multicultural.
- Multicultural Lesson Plans - Art lesson plans from Blick Art Materials.
- Multicultural Art - Lesson plans from the Huntsville City Schools.
- Multicultural Art and Craft Lesson Plans and Activities - From Kinder Art.
- Art Activities and Lesson Plans for Exploring Tolerance - A long list.
- Language through Art - An ESL curriculum.
- Romare Bearden-Style Collages - An art lesson plan based on the work of African American artist Romare Bearden.
- Islamic Foil Art - This art activity, which is appropriate for many grade levels, may be just what you need for your multidisciplinary unit on Islam.
- Sketches of the South Pacific: Multicultural Art Lesson - A middle-grade lesson plan from Bright Hub Education.
- Textured Pottery Using Self-Hardening Clay and Multicultural Designs Using Aboriginal, Asian, Islamic, and Pre-Columbian Patterns - A lesson plan from AMACO Products.
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Japan: Images of People
- A unit designed to help
students understand Japanese painting and culture.
- K-5 Language Arts Multicultural Education Curriculum Matrix - Lesson plans from the School District of Palm Beech County Florida. See also their lesson plans for grades 6-8 and 9-12.
- Global Diversity Through Literature - A primary-grade lesson plan.
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Examining African-American Culture Through the Use of
Children’s Literature
A 3rd-grade unit plan. - America The Beautiful! : Lesson Plan Using Multicultural Literature - A 3rd-grade lesson plan.
- Rosa Parks - An on-line interview as well as lesson plans and resources.
- Ruby Bridges - A 2nd or 3rd-grade unit on Ruby Bridges and her contributions to the Civil Rights movement using Robert Coles' The Story of Ruby Bridges.
- Multicultural Literature and Social Studies - A 3rd-grade lesson plan.
- Opening Doors to Social Studies with Children's Literature: Take a Seat or Get off the Bus - A unit for 5th-grade using the book Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor.
- Teaching Tolerance and Diversity - A middle-school lesson plan using The Diary of Anne Frank.
- Teaching Multicultural Literature in High School - Many interesting lesson plans from Annenberg Learner.
- Similarities Between African Folktales and French Folktales - A unit for grades 7-12.
- Understanding Hispanic/Latino Culture and History Through Children’s Literature - An elaborate unit plan with three sample lesson plans and a bibliography.
- Puerto Rican Folktales - A unit for grades 7-12.
- The House on Mango Street - A Teacher's Guide from Random House. See also Sandra Cisneros@Web English Teacher for other lesson plans for this author.
- Changing Borders - Examining emigration form Europe as well as Asia, this unit uses Coming to America by Betsy Maestro, How Many Days To America by Eve Bunting, and The Long Way To A New Land by Joan Sandin.
- Women in Traditional China and their Portrayal in Chinese Folktales - A unit for grades 10-12.
- Heroes and Heroines in the Family - A grade 7-8 unit on American Indian, European, Puerto Rican, Afro-American and American tales showing the students the common themes and the universal affirmation of man’s ability to accomplish great feats by using a great deal of brain power and some brawn.
- Stories Around the World in Film and Literature - Ten units from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
- Teaching Responsibility to Children of Different Cultures through Film and Literature Stories - A 4th-grade unit from the above site.
- Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary Art and Literature - Eleven Units from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
- Expanding Fifth Grade Ethnic Awareness Through Literature - A unit on Native American and Latino literature from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
- American Girls Through Time and Trial - An elementary unit focusing on women of different cultures, races, and religions. It includes three books featuring diverse American women from specific time periods.
- Twentieth Century Latin American Writing - A collection of units for middle school and high school.
- Crossing the Border: A Study of Immigration Through Literature A unit for grades 6-8. See also Children's Literature for many multicultural literature lesson plans.
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Mathematics
- Frisbie's Multicultural Math Fair - From Frisbie Middle School, this site provides information about this event as well as specific information about each learning station. See Multicultural Fair 1999-2000 for descriptions of additional activities
- Multicultural Math: Lessons from the Mayas - Lesson plans, resources, online activities, and printables from NEA.
- Maya Mathematics - Information on the Mayan number system.
- Egyptian Hieroglyphics - A 5th-grade lesson plan from the School District of Palm Beach County, Florida. See their 4th-grade multicultural math curriculum.
- Mathematicians and Scientists Treasure Hunt - A grade 7-12 activity designed to help students learn about a mathematician or scientist who happens to be female or a person of color.
- Marlys Henke's Cultural Relevance Model - Seven lesson plans developed by Marlys Henke, an award-winning math teacher from St. Paul, that incorporate the contributions of diverse cultures and people into the regular math curriculum.
- Multicultural Math Lessons - Five lesson plans created by Patricia Donovan.
- Classroom Activities: Culturally Diverse Lesson Plans - Two interesting activities including Sweat Shop Math!
- Geometric Art - A lesson plan examining Islamic mathematics and its relationship to modern mathematics.
- Money Makes the World Go Around - A 3rd-grade lesson plan from Core Knowledge.
- Minorities and Mathematics - Information from Math Forum.
- Diversity in Mathematics: Census Statistics in Utah - A pre-Algebra lesson plan.
- Mathematicians of the African Diaspora - Information on mathematicians of African descent.
- Play Mancala - An African math game. See also Mancala for another online version of this game.
- Ancient Egyptian Mathematics - An activity dealing with the calculation of pi. See also Egyptian Fractions, An Odd Egyptian Puzzle, and Hypatia of Alexandria.
- Native American Geometry - Information and resources for teachers.
- Mathematics in China - An annotated timeline and a chronology of Chinese mathematicians and mathematical works.
- The Abacus - An award-winning site with history, instructions for using an abacus, etc.
- Symmetry and Pattern: The Art of Oriental Carpets - Information, a gallery, and instructional activities. Click on Educational Resources to find the activities.
- Aztec Calendar - All sorts of information.
- Teaching Mathematics Using a Multicultural Approach - A concise and informative article.
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Women in Mathematics
- You won't find lesson plans at this site, but you will find
an extensive list of links to sites having to do with women and
math
Multicultural Music Lessons and Resources - Pick a Peck of Multicultural Music Lesson Plans - Several lesson plans from the National Association of Music Education.
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Fifty-plus music lesson plans, many of which have multicultural elements.
- Multicultural Music - Multicultural songs from Songs for Teaching.
- Comparing Native American and American Folk Music: Grass Dance Song - An elementary lesson plan exploring how aspects of Native American and American folk music are alike and different.
- The Clave Rhythm - A lesson plan for the elementary grades.
- Music in Africa - A 2nd-grade lesson plan. See also Exploring African Music and African Music for similar lesson plans.
- Spirituals - A high school lesson plan introducing studenst to the role that spirituals have played in African American history and religion.
- Musical Harlem - A K-4 lesson plan in which students learn to identify musical forms and musicians associated with Harlem.
- What Does this Song Really Say - Another K-4 lesson plan focusing on African-American spirituals.
- Music as Social Protest - A lesson plan from PBS.
- Roots of Rock - A lesson plan for grades 5-8 in which students discover the common element of rhythm in multi-cultural and rock music.
- Blues Impulse - Eleven Units from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
- Jazz Lesson Plans - Five elementary lesson plans from PBS.
- Music in the South Pacific - An 8th-grade lesson plan.
- Wild Sounds from South of the Border - Another 8th-grade lesson plan.
Science
- Alaska Native Knowledge Network - Science units based on native ways of knowing. See their new Handbook for Culturally Responsive Science Curriculum.
- A Multicultural Approach to Teaching a Science Lesson - A lesson plan for grades 9-12 in which students learn about Earnest Just and do an activity based on his work.
- What Makes a House a House? - A lesson plan for grades 2-3 in which students develop an understanding how the environment influences home design. See also Homes Around the World for a 1st-grade WebQuest.
- Second-Grade Science Lesson Plan - Dian Fossey - A lesson plan about Dian Fossey, who studied Gorillas.
- Using Multicultural Literature with Science - An Internet-based elementary lesson plan.
- Myths, Legends, and Moon Phases - A multidisciplinary lesson plan for upper-elementary or middle school from New Horizons for Learning.
- Environmental Racism - A lesson plan for grades 11-12.
- Lead Contamination in Our Environment - A middle school unit.
- Women in Science - A high school lesson plan from Education World. .
- Hispanic/Latino Astronauts - A 5th-grade lesson plan focusing on the contributions of Hispanic astronauts and planetary characteristics.
- The First African American Woman in Space - A 7th-grade lesson plan.
- African American Inventors - A lesson plan from Suite101.com.
- African American Scientists - An Internet-based lesson plan for grades 5-8. See also African Americans in Science.
Social Studies
- (Additional lesson plans are listed on the Social Studies Page)
- K-5 Social Studies Multicultural Curriculum Matrix - Lesson plans from the School District of Palm Beech County Florida. See also their lesson plans for grades 6-8 and 9-12.
- Human Rights Lesson Plans - Several elementary lesson plans from Universal Voices Online Human Rights Internet Guide.
- Multicultural Day/International Market - An elementary-grade lesson plan.
- Multicultural Literature and Social Studies - A 3rd-grade lesson plan.
- Making a Multicultural Brochure - A middle-grade activity.
- Holidays Around the World - Lesson plans from Education World.
- Columbus Day: Native American Perspective - A lesson plan for 4th/5th grade.
- Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum = Information and ideas for activities from Education World.
- Revisiting Pocahontas - A middle-grade or high school unit in which students engage in a critique of the historical and cultural accuracy of the Walt Disney film, "Pocahontas."
- Understanding Treaties: Students Explore the Lives of Yakama People Before and After Treaties - A lesson plan from the Washington State Historical Society.
- The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War - A lesson plan using historical documents available via the Internet.
- After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans in the South - A lesson plan from the Library of Congress using the Internet to access pamphlets and other materials, most of which were written by African American authors about pressing issues of the day. See other lesson plans from this source.
- Booker T Washington and W.E.B. Dubois - A unit on the issues raised by the celebrated debate between two famous African American leaders: Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois.
- Have Minorities Gained Acceptance? - A lesson plan in which students research and discuss the impact of the Civil Rights Movement.
- "Hispanic Celebration" Lesson Plan - This is an interesting lesson with many links and resources.
- Cinco de Mayo - Lesson plans, activities, and thematic units.
- Delores Huerta - A mini-unit for the intermediate grades on this Mexican-American labor activist. See also Lessons on Delores Huerta.
- Affidavit and Flyers from the Chinese Boycott Case - A lesson plan using historic documents from the National Archives - Teaching with Documents.
- Japanese-American Internment - A high school lesson plan. See also Letters from the Japanese Internment, Japanese Relocation and Internment During World War II, and Japanese American Internment for other lesson plans.
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WW II: The
Other Americans - A multicultural World War II lesson plan
I developed as an example for my students.