Multicultural Education and Culturally Responsive Teaching

Websites
Minorities to Emerge as a Majority In U.S. Schools -- an article in Education Week, Sept. 27, 2000 about recent and anticipated demographic change in our society and schools.

Using Multicultural Literature in Gifted Education Programs -- an excellent article by Donna Ford, Tyrone Howard, and John Harris that includes a very helpful chart demonstrating how teachers can apply the principles of high quality multicultural education to achieve effective instruction -- this article applies to all disciplines and types of instruction.

A Synthesis of Scholarship in Multicultural Education -- a good overview essay by respected scholar, Geneva Gay.

Profoundly Multicultural Questions -- a good article by author and multicultural eduator, Sonia Nieto.

Cultural and Academic Excellence Leaves No Child Behind -- a 2003 article making the point that culturally responsive/sensitive teaching is critical to addressing the achievement gap.

Diversity, Learning Style, and Culture -- a good overview piece about the influece of culture on learning styles and the value of teaching in ways consistent with how different students learn best.

Providing Access for Culturally Diverse Gifted Students -- an article about how and why students of color are underrepresented in gifted programs and what can and should be done about this.

Articles on Multicultural Education -- links to a number of good articles.

The Multicultural Pavilion -- a true supersite with extensive links, articles, reviews, teaching resources, and more.

The Multicultural Pavilion Teacher's Corner -- multicultural resources for teachers.

EdChange -- An excellent site that supports "professional development, scholarship, and activism for diversity, social justice, and community growth." -- lots of good resrouces.

Multicultural Super-Site -- discussion forums, chat rooms, book reviews, and many mulciultural topic-centered links.

Culturally Responsive Teaching -- a number of good links about how to teach diverse learners effectively.

Curriculum Units by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute -- lots of great lesson plans and teaching ideas in many disciplines.

Teaching Diverse Learners -- an excellent resource at Brown University -- includes practical teaching strategies and discussion of theory and policy issues.

Considerations in Teaching Culturally Diverse Children -- another good background/overview essay.

A Multiracial Society with Segregated Schools: Are We Losing the Dream? -- a research report of the Harvard Civil Rights Project about the value of cultural diversity in K-16 education.

The Impact of Racial and Ethnic Diversity on Educational Outcomes -- another report by the Harvard Civil Rights Project about the benefits of diversity in education.

Multicultural Education -- a site with very good links about a variety of topics related to both the theory and practice of multicultural education.

Six Dimensions of Multicultural Education -- a visual chart by Donna Ford showing key features of an effective culturally-responsive educator.

Educating All Our Students: Improving Education for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds -- a very good discussion of the relevance of culture to the effective education of diverse youth.

Multiculturalism: Some Principles and Issues -- an overview of the various dynamics of multicultural education and other unresolved issues.

The Challenge of Intersecting Identities in American Society: Race/Ethnicity, Gender and Nation -- an extensive and excellent collection of curricular units, for different disciplines, by teachers in the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.

Resources for Affirming Diversity -- a web page by Barry Derfel of the Ithaca School District Office of Staff Development -- some great links and resources for educators.

Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education -- an electronic magazine dealing with issues of Multicultural Education. Each issue has a different theme on how to relate different areas to multicultural education.

Reading Across Cultures -- a great collection of curricular unit plans created by teachers in the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.

Learning to Respect Differences Through Cultural Diversity in Literature Teaching Acceptance -- a curricular unit plan by a teacher in the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.

Teaching Tolerance -- a national education project and magazine dedicated to helping teachers foster equity, respect, and understanding in the classroom and beyond -- a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center -- includes classroom activities and resources and much more -- lots of free teaching materials for educators.

Teaching for Change -- an excellent source for multicultural teaching materials.

American Textbook Council -- the American Textbook Council provides many articles throughout their website regarding social studies and civic education.

National Center for Education Statistics -- an up-to date source for education information.

Mixed Needs of Immigrants Pose Challenges for Schools -- an article in Education Week, Sept. 27, 2000.

Beyond Black and White -- an article in Education Week, Oct. 18, 2000.

Multicultural Readings and Resources -- a good bibliography of resources, broken into different categories, including some that pertain to different disciplines -- by Donna Ford.

Successful K-12 Programs -- an annotated list of model programs that achieve success with diverse youth.

Closing the Achievement Gap -- information from the Colorado Department of Education about multicultural education and the importance of addressing the achievement gap.

New Horizons for Learning -- lots of articles and links on a range of important topics in education.

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: Teaching about Race and Ethnicity: A Message of Despair of a Message of Hope? -- an online journal that examines the overwhelming amount of emphasis we place on teaching students about structures of domination and the lack of attention we give to teaching about the process of resistance and change.

Yahoo Culture Site -- links to sites about many different cultural groups.

Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education -- includes articles and reviews on important themes and issues in multicultural education.

National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) -- website for this important national organization.

Immigrant Education Issues -- extensive resources relevant to educating immigrant students.

Southern Poverty Law Center -- the SPLC tracks hate groups and publishes a magazine for educators to help them address issues of hate and bias.

CivilRights.org -- a progressive coalition for equal opportunity and justice.

The Multicultural Review -- a good journal.

ColorLines -- an excellent magazine about issues of race, ethnicity, and racism.

Mix It Up -- a national/international project for teens, by Teaching for Tolerance, that creates a framework and mechanism for breaking different forms of segregation and intolerance.

Webster Groves Writing Project -- a successful multicultural approach to the teaching of writing -- this program has been written about in a number of books and articles about effective use of culture in designing and delivering instruction.

Writing for Change: Raising Awareness of Difference, Power and Discrimination -- good lesson plan ideas that engage students in a critical analysis of the use of language and media around issues of diversity.

Dig Deeper: Test Yourself for Hidden Bias -- created by psychologists at Yale University and the University of Washington, this collection of Implicit Association Tests (IAT) measures unconscious bias -- try it out and reflect.

Ethnomathematics -- extensive resources for the multicultural study of mathematics -- a very interesting site demonstrating the importance of including culture in the study and teaching of math.

The Algebra Project -- an exceptional math education program, now nationally recognized, created by Civil Rights activist and Harvard Ph.D., Bob Moses -- a creative and culturally responsive approach to teaching African American and other youth algebra -- algebra is a major gatekeeping discipline and course that often determines whether youth are placed on the college prep path -- the program works, and the website includes lesson ideas and other useful information.

Diversity in Biology -- a report presenting information about women and people of color who have made significant contributions to the field of biology.

Multicultural Approaches in Math and Science -- a good collection of articles.

A Homepage for New (and Not So New) Math Teachers -- a great website, with multicultural resources, by a teacher in Ithaca, NY.

Ethnomathematics: A Key for Mathematics Education -- good ideas, links, and resources, including mathematic analysis of traditional games.

A Comparison of the Final Grades of Students in Intermediate Algebra Taught With and Without Ethnomathematical Pedagogy -- research showing that multicultural math improves achievement.

Multicultural Resources for Physical Education -- some good resources and links.

Germantown Academy's Multicultural Games Site -- a great resource about games of many cultures -- includes teaching and student research ideas.

Multicultural Games -- links to informational sites about games from all over the world.

National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media -- website about racist American Indian mascots in sport.

Multicultural Health Education -- an article written about health education in Canada with relevance beyond that country.

Voices from the Gaps -- a great website about "women writers of color" -- good bios and links.

Just Think -- an interesting media production program for youth that teaches critical media literacy and other important skills.

Educators Use Rap as a Teaching Tool -- a radio broadcast about teachers who are using hip-hop effectively to make connections between contemporary music/poetry and the classics -- scroll to the bottom of the page, click and listen.

Hip Hop Education -- an article about Martha Diaz and her efforts to combine hip hop and filmmaking to teach reading, writing, and more.

H2Ed -- the website of this innovative program and organization that "connects educators, social workers, parents, and youth to use Hip-Hop culture as an effective way to inform, educate, and activate youth" -- started by Marth Diaz and Tricia Wing -- soon they will have lesson plans and more at this website.

Shattering the Silences -- a documentary that explores issues of faculty diversity in American higher education in the mid-1990s, focusing on the experiences of eight minority scholars in the humanities and social sciences at a wide range of institutions. The program illustrates ways in which teaching and research by these scholars -- who are Asian-American, African-American, Native American, and Latino -- affects students, university communities, and the academic disciplines in which they work, and the triumphs and disappointments they encounter in their personal lives and academic careers.

Peace Corps Web Site -- focuses on issues of culture globally and provides multicultural lesson plans for teachers at different grade levels.

Prep for Prep -- a successful program that demonstrates the fundamental power and value of high expectations and real opportunity in education.

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) -- a site that provides educators with opportunities to link their students to students in other parts of the world, through the internet, to conduct research and engage in interesting projects. Projects for every discipline and age.

K-12 Resources for Music Educators -- this is a website with links to many music education websites that address multicultural education and a variety of aspects about teaching and music that a teacher may want to learn more about.

The Kennedy Center: America, A Home for Every Culture -- this website has lesson plans for 3-4th graders. It gives students the opportunity to explore how various cultures have contributed to making the United States the unique and diverse country that it is today.

Cultural Aspects of Spanish in America -- a resourceful website that's designed for Spanish teachers or students in a Spanish class and discusses the cultural aspects of Spanish in America.

The Miller Early Childhood Initiative -- a great website that fosters multiculturalism and encourages children to respect and embrace differences.

Some Good Books and Articles
Adams, M., Bell, L. & Griffin, P. (Ed.) 1997. Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook. Routledge.

Banks, J. & Banks, C. 2001. Multicultural Education, Perspectives and Issues. John Wiley &Sons.

Barbarash, L. 1997. Multicultural Games. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Bigelow, B. et al., 1994. Rethinking Our Classrooms: Teaching for Equity and Justice. Rethinking Schools Publications.

Bigelow, B. et al., 2001. Rethining Our Classrooms, Volume 2. Rethinking Schools Publications.

Bigelow, B. & Peterson, B. (Ed.) 1998. Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years. Rethinking Schools Publications.

Christensen, L. 2000. Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching About Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word. Rethinking Schools Publications.

Cortes, C. 2000. The Children are Watching: How the Media Teach about Diversity. Teachers College Press.

Cummins, J. & Sayers, D. 1995. Brave New Schools: Challenging Cultural Illiteracy through Global Learning Networks. St. Martin's Press.

Davidman, L. & Davidman, P. 1994. Teaching with a Multicultural Perspective: A Practical Guide. Longman.

Delpit, L. Other People's Children. The New Press.

Derman-Sparks, L. & Ramsey, P. 2006. What If All the Kids Are White? Anti-Bias Multicultural Education with Young Children and Families. Teachers College Press.

Dunn, R. & Griggs. 1998. Multiculturalism and Learning Style: Teaching and Counseling Adolescents. Praeger.

Finkelstein, B . & Eder, E. 1998. Hidden Messages: Instructional Materials for Investigating Culture. International Press, Inc.

Fleming, S. Mitchell, M. Gorecki, J. Coleman, M. 1999. Students Change and So Do Good Programs: Addressing the Interests of Multicultural Secondary Students. The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, February 70(2): 79.

Ford, C. 1994. We Can Get Along, 50 Steps You Can Take to Help End Racism. New York: Dell.

Frosch, M. (Ed.) 1994. Coming of Age in America: A Multicultural Anthology. The New Press.

Gay, G. 2001. Culturally Responsive Teaching. Teachers College Press.

Gibson, M. 1988. Accommodation without Assimilation. Cornell University Press.

Gibson, M. 1995. Promoting Additive Acculturaltion in Schools. Multicultural Education, Fall.

Gutstein, E. 2006. Reading and Writing the World with Mathematics: Toward a Pedagogy for Social Justice. Routledge.

Gutstein, E. & Peterson, B. (Eds.) 2005. Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers. Rethinking Schools.

Hall, N. S. 1999. Creative Resources for the Anti-Bias Classroom. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers.

Hanley, M. 1999. Multicultural Empowerment in Middle School Social Studies through Drama Pedagogy. The Clearing House, 72(6): 364-372.

Hernandez, H. 2001. Multicultural Education: A Teacher's Guide to Linking Context, Process, and Content. Merrill/Prentice Hall.

Hollins, E., King, J., & Hayman, W. 1994. Teaching Diverse Populations: Formulating a Knowledge Base. SUNY Press.

Howard, G. 1999. We Can't Teach What We Don't Know. Teachers College Press.

Irvine, J. & Armento, B. 2001. Culturally Responsive Teaching: Lesson Planning for Elementary and Middle Grades. McGraw Hill.

King, J. et al., (Eds.) 1997. Preparing Teachers for Cultural Diversity. Teachers College Press.

Larkin, J. (Ed.) 1995. Developing Multicultural Teacher Education Curricula. SUNY Press.

Lee, E., Menkert, D., & Okazawa-Rey, M. 1998. Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development. Network of Educators on the Americas.

Loewen, J. 1995. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. Simon & Schuster.

Loewen, J. 1999. Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong. The New Press.

Lynch, E.& Hanson, M. (Eds.) 1998. Developing Cross-Cultural Competence: A Guide for Working with Children and Their Families. Paul H. Brooks.

Moulder, F.V. 1997. Teaching about Race and Ethnicity: A Message of Despair or a Message of Hope? Teaching Sociology, Vol. 25, No.2: 120-127.

Nasir, N. & Cobb, P. 2006. Improving Access to Mathematics: Diversity and Equity in the Classroom. Teachers College Press.

Nieto, S. 1996. Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education. Longman

Nieto, S. 1999. The Light In Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities. Teachers College Press.

Obidah, J. & Teel, K. 2001. Because of the Kids: Facing Racial and Cultural Differences in Schools. Teachers College Press.

Oldenburg, A. 2000. Celebrate Diversity! Instructor, 110(1): 46.

Perry, T. & Fraser, J. (Ed.) Freedom's Plow: Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom. Routledge.

Rios, F. (Ed.) 1996. Teacher Thinking in Cultural contexts. SUNY Press.

Sacks, P. 2007. Tearing Down the Gates:Confronting the Class Divide in American Education. U of California Press.

Schniedewind, N. and Davidson, E. 1998. Open Minds to Equality: A Sourcebook of Learning Activities to Affirm Diversity and Promote Equity. Alyn and Bacon.

Schultz, K. 2003. Listening: A Framework for Teaching Across Differences. Teachers College Press.

Sleeter, C. (Ed.) 1991. Empowerment trhough Multicultural Education. SUNY Press.

Sleeter, C. 1996. Multicultural Education as Social Activism. SUNY Press.

Stephen, W. 1999. Reducing Prejudice and Stereotyping in Schools. Teachers College Press.

Takaki, R. 1993. A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. Little Brown.

Trumbell, E ., Rothstein-Fisch, C ., Greenfield, P . & Quiroz, B .(2001. Bridging Cultures between Home and School: A Guide for Teachers. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc, Publishers.

Zaslavsky, C. 1996. The Multicultural Math Classroom: Bringing in the World. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Zinn, H. 1997. A People's History of the United States: Teaching Edition. The New Press.

Anderson, W. 1991. Teaching Music with a Multicultural Approach. Virginia: Music
Educators National Conference.

Copple, C., ed. 2003. A World of Difference: Readings on Teaching Young Children in a Diverse Society. Washington, DC: NAEYC

Anderson, W. and Campbell P. 1996. Mulitcultural Perspectives in Music Education. Second
Edition, Virginia: Music Educators National Conference.

Anderson, W., and Moore, M. 1998. Making Connections: Multicultural Music and the National Standards. Virginia: Music Educators National Conference.

Sands, R. 1996. What Prospective Music Teachers Need to Know about Black Music. Black Music Research Journal, 225-238.

Tiedt, P. and Tiedt, I. 1995. Multicultural Teaching: A Handbook of Activities, Information, and Resources. Allyn and Bacon.

Some Videos & Films
School Colors, 1994 -- a documentary about a diverse public high school in Berkely, CA, and the divisions and tensions associated with diversity there.

The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America, 1995 -- a documentary history of racism and bigotry in the U.S. -- available from Teaching Tolerance (http://www.splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html)

Shattering the Silences, 1997 -- a documentary that explores issues of faculty diversity in American higher education, focusing on the experiences of eight minority scholars and the triumphs and disappointments they encounter in their personal lives and academic careers.