Children's Multicultural Learning Center
Everyday the world is becoming more and more diverse. Finding a single country with one race or religion has become practically nonexistent . In the United States, there are Native-Americans, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latin-Americans, and many others. It can be hard for some people to understand the customs and beliefs of another culture. As the world move closer towards a true multicultural identity, it’s important to educate children about respecting and appreciating other cultures. Teaching kids about other cultures may not be the easiest thing in the world, but here are some resources to help guide children to a more realized multicultural understanding.
Books
- 50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know: A list of fifty of the best multicultural children’s books which could be very helpful for teachers.
- Guidelines for Choosing Multicultural Books: Explains the best way to choose multicultural books.
- Multicultural Children's Literature: Listing of sites that discuss multicultural children’s literature.
- Multicultural Children's Literature Listing: A page with links to sites that have many different kinds of multicultural literature.
- Children's Multicultural Resources: Listing of resources for children’s multicultural books.
Educational Videos
- Multicultural Videos: A site that lists some multicultural videos for children.
Activities
- Make A Multicultural Book: Fun activity that involves hand-making a book.
- Multicultural Games: A listing of several multicultural games.
- School Multicultural Activities: Describes different pre-school aged activities.
- Cultural Activities: A listing of many different cultural activities
- Tic-Tac-Togetherness - Multicultural Games for Children: Another listing of fun children’s multicultural games. .
- Multicultural African Civilities: Activities that focus on the African culture.
Lesson Plans
- Lessons with a Multicultural Focus: A listing of multicultural lesson plans.
- Multicultural Education Lesson Plans: Listing of lesson plans categorized by age level.
- Lesson Plan: A simple multicultural lesson plan.
- Lesson Plan Listing: A lot of different listings for multicultural lessons.
Additional Resources
- Multicultural Education Internet Resource Guide: A page with many different links to multicultural education resources divided up by categories.
- TEAMS: A resource page devoted to multicultural education.
- Resources for Kids: Lists different multicultural resources for kids.
- ChildLead Page: A resource page that has many links divided by categories.
