InfoGuides: Multicultural Education: Find Web Resources

Web Resources

Center for Multicultural Education
The Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle WA, focuses on research projects and activities designed to improve practice related to equity issues, intergroup relations, and the achievement of all students. The Center also engages in services and teaching related to its research mission.
Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence
CREDE is a federally funded research and development program focused on improving the education of students whose ability to reach their potential is challenged by language or cultural barriers, race, geographic location, or poverty.
Equity Literacy Institute
Learning to be a threat to inequity in our spheres of influence.
Global Education Center: Multicultural Arts Institutes for Teachers
Global Education Center is a nationally recognized model for multicultural arts integration. We not only want to teach students about cultural understanding and respect but also teachers who can continue to use tools and resources that create classroom settings that are culturally sensitive and provide education without prejudice and bias and is representative of history and respect for all cultures.
International Multicultural Institute
IMCI ) is proud to be one of the first organizations to have recognized the nation’s need for new services, knowledge, and skills in the growing field of multiculturalism and diversity
National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
Works to improve instructional practices for linguistically and culturally diverse children; providing bilingual educators with more high-quality professional development opportunities; securing adequate funding for the programs serving limited-English-proficient students; and keeping the rights of language-minority Americans clearly in focus as states and communities move forward with educational reforms.
National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)
NAME provides information about the organization, resources available to assist you in your efforts to diversify education, and opportunities to learn more about all aspects of education that is multicultural.
TESOL International Association
TESOL is the trusted global authority for knowledge and expertise in English language teaching. Includes a variety of opportunities including membership, lesson plans, conferences, a career center and more.

America Reads Spanish
America Reads Spanish is an organization whose main goal is to ensure the availability of Spanish language reading materials in schools and libraries nationwide.
ePals
A global social network, enables learners to communicate with other students in more than 200 countries around the world. Teachers can moderate email communications, and there’s even built-in language translation. The site also offers lessons and a variety of interactive features.
A Look at Race Relations through a Child's Eyes
Anderson Cooper details a study that seeks to gain insight into the way black and white children perceive each other.
Peace Corps: Global Competence for Educators
U.S. Peace Corps site with information on culture plus lesson plans and activities.
Preparing for Cultural Diversity: Resources for Teachers
How can teachers prepare for diverse classrooms? There isn't a definitive answer, but there is a wealth of resources online. Discover some helpful links for teachers.
SEL in Digital Life Resource Center
From Commonsense.org, this resource helps students manage their emotions, understand others' perspectives, build positive relationships, and make caring and responsible decisions
Navigating Equity Virginia: Virgnia's Road Map to Equity
Includes resources and tools provided in this framework support the efforts of local divisions, school
leaders, teachers and education stakeholders to fight racial injustice and eradicate systemic inequity from our public education system.

Immigration Syllabus
From the University of Minnesota, Essential topics, readings, and multimedia that provide historical context to current debates over immigration reform, integration, and citizenship
Making Reading Workshop Work
When crafted with attention and insight into literacy development, reading workshop can build students' capacity and engagement as readers.
Multicultural Pavilion
Includes teacher resources, awareness activities, resources spotlights and links to other useful organizations/resources
Reading Rockets Teaching Strategies
Provides teachers with effective, research-based classroom strategies to help build and strengthen literacy skills in phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing.
Teaching Tolerance: Classroom Resources
Teaching Tolerance is a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center that's dedicated to reducing prejudice, supporting equitable school experiences, and improving intergroup relationships. Site provides free educational materials to educators in the U.S. and Canada.
Tips for Working with Different Cultures in the Classroom
You are preparing to lead a workshop, teach a class, or facilitate a dialogue. You know what issues and topics you'd like to
cover, how many participants you'll have, and your objectives. You've sat down to compose a plan--an outline for the experience. What is your next move?
Understanding Prejudice
This page contains links to teaching ideas, materials, and resources, including more than 35 college-level classroom activities and student assignments. For interactive web-based exercises and demonstrations, please click on the "Exercises and Demonstrations" button to the left.