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AFSUSA Classroom Resources
Several "intercultural" lesson plans as well as additional resources.
Lesson Plans- Diversity
Eleven lesson plans for a variety of grade levels from Human Rights Educators USA>
Culture and Diversity
Lesson plans and resources from Scholastic. Free if you subscribe. See also One World: Connecting Communities, Cultures, and Classrooms.
Multicultural Art
Many lesson ideas from Kinder Art.
America: A Home for Every Culture
A lesson plan for grades 3-4 consisting of ten 45-minute sessions.
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. Though not all the lesson plans are multicultural, they do all seem to be of high quality.
Teaching Tolerance
Classroom Activities from Tolerance.org
Many excellent activities for a variety of subjects and lesson plans.
Teaching Tolerance ~ Lesson Plans
Several lesson plans for a variety of grade levels from One World, One Heart Beating.
Tolerance in Times of Trial
A lesson plan for grades 6-12 from PBS America Responds that explores "the problems inherent in assigning blame to populations or nations of people."
Understanding Stereotypes
A lesson plan for grades 9-12 from Discovery Education.
Multicultural Art Lessons
Melissa's Myriad
Scroll down the page to find many art lesson plans including some that are multicultural.
Pinterest Multicultural Art Lessons
Many lesson ideas with images of completed projects. You have to join to view them all, but it's free.
Multicultural Art
Many lesson plans from Teach Kids Art.
Language through Art
An ESL curriculum.
Romare Bearden-Style Collages
An art lesson plan based on the work of African American artist Romare Bearden.
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.
Multicultural Literature and Social Studies
A 3rd-grade lesson plan.
Exploring Ann Frank's Diary
A lesson plan for grades 7-12 from the USHMM.
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.
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.
Multicultural Math Activities
Mathematics Activities from Diverse Cultures
Several activities presented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference.
African-American Mathematicians
A lesson plan from the Los Anngelos School District.
Examining Racial Diversity Across School Districts in U S States
A lesson plan involving data analysis, ratios, percentages, and tables.
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
Egyptian Fractions
A set of link. See also and An Odd Egyptian Puzzle.
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.
A Mathematics Lesson Plan from the Mayan Civilization
Free pdf download.
Aztec and Maya Calendar
All sorts of information.
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
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Free online lesson plans but you have to join to access them/.
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 Music of African American History
A lesson plan for grades 9-12 from Edsitement.
African Music
A lesson plan adaptable for both older and younger students.
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 to be used with the film "Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars ."
Blues Impulse
Eleven Units from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
Jazz in America
Lesson plans for a variety of grade levels including a lesson titled The Blues and Jazz. See also Jazz Talk and Learning with Jazz.
Multicultural Science Lessons and Resources
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
Science units based on native ways of knowing. See their new Handbook for Culturally Responsive Science Curriculum.
Women in Science
A high school lesson plan from Education World.
African American Inventors in History
A lesson plan for grades 6-12.
African American Scientists
A lesson plan for grades 5-8. See also African Americans in Science.
Multicultural Social Studies Lessons and Resources
(Additional lesson plans are listed on the Social Studies Page)
Multicultural Literature and Social Studies
A 3rd-grade lesson plan.
Holidays Around the World
Lesson plans from Education World.
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."
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.
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.
Segregation: From Jim Crow To Linda Brown
An elaborate lesson involving a study of the famous court case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1897); a simulation of the Afro-American Council Meeting in 1898 using African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907; and the creation of a similar meeting of the Afro-American Council prior to the landmark Brown v. the Board of Education case in 1954.
Cinco de Mayo for Teachers
Lesson plans, activities, and thematic units.
Affidavit and Flyers from the Chinese Boycott Case
A lesson plan using historic documents from the National Archives - Teaching with Documents.
Japanese Relocation and Internment During World War II
S ee also Japanese American Internment for another lesson plan.
WW II: The Other Americans
A multicultural World War II lesson plan I developed as an example for my students.
Women
4000 Years of Women in Science
Great site for information on women in science.
Women in Science
A high school lesson plan from Education World.
Women in Math
A lesson plan for grades 9-12.
Susan B. Anthony
A lesson plan from The Women's National History Museum.
Women in World History Curriculum
Sample lesson plans for women's history.
Gender Stereotyping Awareness
An idea for an activity adaptable for use with multiple grade levels from Tolerance.org.
19th Amendment
A lesson plan for grades 9-12. See also Resources for Teaching the 19th Amentment.
Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less
A lesson plan for grades 6-12. See also Women's Suffrage.
The Lemon Grove Incident
An article from the San Diego History Center about the first successful desegregation court case.
Cultural Aspects of Spanish in America
A unit for secondary Spanish language teachers.
Hispanic Identity: From Dreams to Civic Participation
A high school unit.
New Movements For Social Justice: The Latino Struggle for Equal Rights
Another high school unit.
Twentieth Century Latin American Writing
Ten more units from the 1997 Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
Hispanic Immigration: America in the Year 2000
A high school unit.
The Hispanic World
An Internet-based unit for intermediate grades and up in which students explore Spanish-speaking countries.
Crossing the Border: A Study of Immigration through Literature
A middle school or high school unit.
Black History Month/African Americans (Additional lesson plans are included in History Lesson Plans and Resources)
Black History Month
Resources from the Library of Congress.
Black History Month 2023
Meaninh, theme,events, facts, and significan colours.
African American History in the United States
Many lesson plans and resources from NEH's EDSITEment.
Black Live Matter
Lesson plans for all grade levels.
Talking about Race and Privilege
A lesson plan for middle and high school students.
Teaching with Documents: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
This excellent lesson plan from the NARA Digital Classroom uses historical documents available on this site.
American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline
My favorite Web project, this annotated, clickable timeline of American educational history extends from 1607 to the 21st Century. See the accompanying activity, American Educational History: What's Most Important?
Teaching with Documents: The Amistad Case.
Teaching activities from the National Archives.
Slavery in America
A teaching/ unit from Digital History. See also The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record.
Juneteenth National Freedom Day
A classroom activity in which students learn the significance of Juneteenth. See also Celebrate Juneteenth.
After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans in the South
A lesson plan 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 also Slavery in the United States: Primary Sources and the Historical Record for another lesson plan from the same 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.
Harlem Renaissance Retrospective
A lesson plan for grades 9-12 examining this era between 1917-1935 which redefined African American expression on all levels.
Unforgiveable Blackness
Lessons from PBS about Jack Johnson, the first Black prizefighter.
Segregation: From Jim Crow To Linda Brown
An elaborate lesson involving a study of the famous court case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1897); a simulation of the Afro-American Council Meeting in 1898 using African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907; and the creation of a similar meeting of the Afro-American Council prior to the landmark Brown v. the Board of Education case in 1954.
Brown v. Board: Where Are We Now?
Information and teaching activities from Tolerance.org.
Tuskegee Tragedy
A WebQuest exploring this exploring this dark medical experiment and its victims.
Mosaic America: Patterns of Racism
A 7th-grade unit. For other similar units see Racism and Nativism in American Political Culture.
NAACP Homepage
Institute for Urban and Minority Education
Information about teaching urban and minority students.
Civil Rights
Lesson Plans and Resources for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A long list of lesson plans from my History Page.
The Civil Rights Movement
A lesson plan The History Teaching Institute of OSU.
Teaching with Documents: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
This excellent lesson plan from the NARA Digital Classroom uses historical documents available on this site.
Tuskegee Tragedy
A WebQuest exploring this exploring this dark medical experiment and its victims.
Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate
Information, documents, and lesson plans about Jackie Robinson's role in the Civil Rights movement. Scroll down the page for the lesson plans.
Gay/Lesbian/Sexual Preference
Is Your School Homophobic?
Take this quiz to find out.
GLSEN Educator Resources
Many resources regarding gay/lesbian issues for teachers including the LGBT Pride Month Guide for Educators.
LGBQT Timeline Lesson
One lesson plan from the above site.
Teaching and Learning about Gay History and Issues
Many LBGT lesson plans from the New York Times Learning Network.
Gender
A four-lesson unit for high school psychology teachers.
Stonewall and Beyond: Gay and Lesbian Issues
A lesson plan for grades 9-12 focusing on issues related to the quest for gay and lesbian equal rights.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights: A Human Rights Perspective
A curriculum with nine lesson plans from the Human Rights Resource Center.
Asian-Pacific Heritage Month
Information and featured lessons from EDSITEment.
May is Asian American Heritage Month
Lesson plans, articles, and resources from Scholastic. See also Asian American History Teaching Guide.
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is in May!
A high school "calendar activity" for May 1 from Read-Write-Think.
Lon Po Po: A Chinese Fairy Tale
An elementary-grade lesson plan from the Scholastic.
Hmong Cultural Center
From the Saint Paul, MN Public Library.
Hmong Among Us
A lesson plan for grades 6-12 from the N.Y. Daily Times.
The Hmong in Our Midst
A resource for ELT classrooms.
Chinese Inventions
An elementary lesson plan from the above site.
Asian Immigration
A lesson plan from Immigration History.
Southeast Asian Refugees
A lesson plan for grades 6-12.
Japanese-American Internment
A high school lesson plan. See also Japanese-American Internment for another secondary lesson plan.
Discovering Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poems
Lesson plan units were developed to work with the video-short Discovering Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poems. See also Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum, which tells the story of the Central Pacific Railroad (which was built almost entirely through the labor of Chinese immigrants).
Immigration
Immigration Lesson Plans and Resources
Many lesson plans from my Social Studies Page.
Energy of a Nation: Immigrants on America, 3rd Edition
A curriculum for grades 8 and above with 13 lesson plans from The Advocates for Human Rights.
Undocumented Immigrants
One lesson plan from the above curriculum.
Understanding Immigration Reform
A lesson plan for grades 7-12 from PBS News Hour Extra.
Asian Immigration
A unit for grades 8-12
Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today
An online activity complete with a teacher's guide.
Ellis Island
An "electronic field trip" and teaching unit for upper elementary through high school students.
German Immigrants: Their Contributions to the Upper Midwest
A lesson plan in which students answer questions and practice their German while viewing photographs and documents from the American Memory of the Library of Congress.
Where I Come From
A high-quality 5th-grade lesson plan.
Homelessness/Refugees
National Coalition for the Homeless
An excellent resource. See also National Center for Homeless Education.
Homelessness: A Bottom-Line Issue
Another lesson plan for grades 9-12.
Stereotypes about Homelessness
A discussion-based lesson plan for grades 6-12.
Geography: Refugees - Who, Where, and Why?
A lesson plan for grades 9-11 also from the UNHCR.
Lesson Plans - Refugees
Several lesson plans from HRE USA.
American Inmdian History and Heritage
High quality lesson plans from EDSITEment. See the lesson plans in the right-side index.
Native American Lessons and Units
A long list of Native American lessons and units from Mr. Donn's site.
Native American Heritage Month
More resources for teachers from the NativeAmericanHeritage.gov.
Native American Cultures Across the U.S.
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 from EDSITEment.
Trails of Understanding: The Earliest Immigrants
A middle-grade lesson plan examining theories about the origins of the first inhabitants of North America.
Yours and My Trail of Tears
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 from Education World. See also The Trail of Tears; Its Grief and Loss for a 5th-grade lesson plan.
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."
Indian Removal Act
A high school lesson plan.
Native American WebQuest
Native Tech
An excellent site with resources and information about many aspects of Native American life. A sub-site of Native Web.
Index of Native American Resources
See also Alphabetical List of Federally Recognized Native American Tribes .
Jewish Americans
Jewish American Heritage Month Resources
Children's books, curriculum, and resources.
Jewish American Heritage Month
More resources from the Jewish Women's Archive.
Everyday Bias
One more lesson from the above source.
Teaching about the Holocaust through Children's Diaries
A lesson plan senior high school students from Yad Vashem.
Childhood Before and During the Holocaust
A lesson plan for grades 5-6 from the above source.
Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Several lesson plans for grades 6-12.
Immigration to the Golden Land: Jewish Life in America
A lesson plan designed to give students an understanding of the experiences of Jewish immigrants to the United States.
US Holocaust Museum
For many lesson plans on the Holocaust, go to my history lesson plans and resources page.
Russian Americans
Magical World of Russian fairy Tales
A lesson plan for grades 3-5.
Anti-Arab Discrimination: What Can Teachers Do
Information from the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee. See also Arab Stereotypes and American Educators.
The Arab Culture in Review: A Global Perspective
An Internet-based project in which students assume various roles within and related to the Arab culture. It consists of five activities and an assessment.
Arabic Language
Many lesson plans and resources from my World Languages page.
Arab American Chamber of Commerce
Somali Americans
The Somali Migration Mapping Lesson
A lesson plan for grades 8 and 9.
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