Multicultural Literacy

	Multicultural Literacy
	Instructional Resources Coretta Scott King Book Awards Information Resources For Meeting the Identity Development Needs of Ethnic Young Adults was designed to support teachers and librarians in their selection of quality appropriate and relevant literature for teens. Literature Resources for Japanese American literature Jewish American literature Making Multicultural Connections through Trade Books provides a searchable database of literature organized by grade level as well as some enrichment links to more information. Multicultural Resources from the Internet School Library Media Center Scholastic's Multicultural Book Finder enables you to search by cultures and types of communities to get a short summary of each book. You can also use the BookFinder locate other genres of books. Multicultural Pavilion features a teacher's corner,awareness activities, multicultural song index, discussion forums and a listserv. Also has links to online texts of African American literature and Native American Literature Myths & Legends Camp Read-A-Lotta Links for elementary school students Walk a Mile in My Shoes Multicultural Curriculum Resources from K-5 CyberTrail Skipping Stones is an award-winning multicultural magazine for children, young adults, and teachers. The magazine and website feature articles, stories, and poetry from around the globe and cover topics such as nature awareness, cultural celebrations, personal growth, gender issues, disability, and social responsibility. Encyclopedia of Myths provides detailed articles about various myths and legends from all over the world. American Indians in Children's Literature is a blog created by Debbie Reese, tribally enrolled at Nambe Pueblo and the Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois. Background Information Beyond Good Intentions: Selecting Multicultural Literature by Joy Shioshita. This article originally appeared in the September-October 1997 Children's Advocate newsmagazine, published by Action Alliance for Children. Center for Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults is a graduate program from the University of San Francisco. It includes some interesting links to dissertations about a range of topics associated with multicultural literature. Crossing Borders: Multicultural Literacy in the Classroom is an article written by Deborah Dietrich, Kathleen S. Ralph and published in The Journal of Educational Issue of Language Minority Students, V. 15, Winter 1995 Education World's Multiculturalism article points to several helpful resourcs for more information about using multicultural literature with students. ERIC Digest Multicultural Children's Literature in the Elementary Classroom summarizes selection guidelines and discusses its importance. How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books from Scholastic's Instructor Magazine Internet Public Library Pathfinder for Multicultural Literature for children Multicultural Children's Literature resources from NcREL Using Multicultural Literature to Teach Reading Processes is an online slide show by Dr. Jill Kerper Mora from San Diego State University What is Multicultural/Diverse Perspective Instruction from Eduplace summarizes this type of instruction and explains it's role in the classroom. Booklists of Multicultural Literature Alan Review's Multicultural Literature Bibliography for Young Adults Fifty Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know is compiled by the Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Hispanic American History and Literature for K-12 students from Internet School Library Media Center Media Selection Aids for Libraries from The Internet School Library Media Center suggests these books to guide the selection of multicultural literature Multicultural Children's Literature from Michigan State University Libraries Multicultural Book Review Homepage provides tools to find or submit great multicultural books. It includes categories for African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino and Latina, Native American and Eskimo literature. Native Americans and Literature from Carol Hurst This page last updated May, 2007.
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