Diversity Resources
for Educators


The nation's deepening ethnic texture, interracial tension and conflict, and the increasing percentage of students who speak a first language other than English make multicultural education an imperative as we enter a new century. 
--James A. Banks.


BOOKS
ARTICLES
TEACHING MATERIALS


Books


Corwin, Miles.  (2000). And Still We Rise : The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City High School Students.  NY:  William Morrow.
Delpit, Lisa. (1995). Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom. NY: The New Press.
Gay, Geneva & Banks, James A.  (2000). Culturally Responsive Teaching : Theory, Research, and Practice.  (Multicultural Education Series)  NY:  Teachers College Press. 
Howard, Gary R.  (1999). We Can't Teach What We Don't Know : White Teachers, Multiracial Schools. (Multicultural Education Series)  NY:  Teachers College Press. 
Kozol, Jonathan. (1991). Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools. NY: HarperColllins.
Kozol, Jonathan.  (1996).  Amazing Grace : The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation. NY:  HarperCollins.
Kozol, Jonathan.  (2000). Ordinary Resurrections .  NY:  Crown.
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Kozol, Jonathan.  (2005).
The Shame of the Nation : The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America NY:  Crown.

Ladson-Billings, Gloria.  (2001).  Crossing over to Canaan:  the Journey of New Teachers in Deverse Classrooms.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.
Ladson-Billings, Gloria.  (1997). The Dreamkeepers : Successful Teachers of African-American Children. NY:  Jossey-Bass.
Michie, Gregory.  (1999).  Holler If You Hear Me : The Education of a Teacher and His Students. (Teaching for Social Justice Series) NY:  Teachers College Press.
Moses, Robert P.  and Cobb, Charles E.  (2001).  Radical Equations:  Math Literacy and Civil Rights.  Boston:  Beacon Press.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.  Changing the Faces of Mathematics Series.
    (2002).  Perspectives on Indigenous People of North America.  Edited by  
                  Judith Elaine Hankes and Gerald R. Fast

    (2001).  Perspectives on Gender. Edited by Judith E. Jacobs, Joanne 

                  Rossi Becker, and Gloria F. Gilmer. 
    (2000).  Perspectives on Multiculturalism and Gender Equity.  Edited 
                 by Walter G. Secada.
    (2000).  Perspectives on African Americans.  Edited by 
                 Marilyn Strutchens, Martin L. Johnson, and William F. Tate.
    (1999).  Perspectives on Asian Americans and  Pacific Islanders.
                  Edited by Carol A. Edwards. 
    (1999).  Perspectives on Latinos.  Edited by Luis Ortiz-Franco, Norma G.
                  Hernandez, and Yolanda DeLea Cruz 
Nieto, Sonia. (1999).  The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities.  (Multicultural Education Series)  NY:  Teachers College Press. 
Tatum, Beverly Daniel.  (1997).  Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? : And Other Conversations About Race.  New York:  Basic Books.
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Thompson, Gail L.  (2004). 
Through Ebony Eyes:  What Teachers Need to Know but Are Afraid to Ask about African American Students.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.




Articles and Information

A Synthesis of Scholarship in Multicultural Education.  by Geneva Gay  NCREL Monograph

Campbell-Kibler Associates.  Patricia B. Campbell.  Gender Equity Research and Resources.

Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research  University of Southern California.

Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence. University of California, Santa Cruz

The Condition of Education, 2000.  National Center for Education Statistics.

Critical Issue:  Creating High-Achieving Learning Environments. NCREL

The Civil Rights Project.  Harvard University social justice site.

The Digital Divide.  PBS documentary and materials on inequities in computer access.

Diversity:  Issues and Responses.  From the California Department of Education.

Family Diversity in Urban Schools. ERIC/CUE Digest, Number 148, 1999.

Many Faces/Many Voices.  Online resources from PBS.

Mathematics and Science Proficiency Among At-Risk Youth.   Randolf Tobias ENC.

The Social Context of Education.  National Center for Education Statistics, 1997.

Student Diversity and Learning Needs. ERIC Digest 1997.
 
 




Teaching Materials and Lesson Plans


Campbell-Kibler Assoicates (Pat Campbell)

Gender Equity Resources for K-12 Teachers
(AAUW)

WEEA: Equity Online

Achieving Gender Equity
(Brown U.)

Asian Studies. K-12 Curriculum Materials.

Bilingual, ESL, Spanish Language and Latino Resources.  Good Hispanic materials.

Black History Hotlist  Various history/cultural links.

Center for Gender Equity.  Jo Sanders.  Washington Research Institute.

From the Shadows to Celebrations: Diversity in America  Excellent lessons.

Gender Equity.  Web resources.

Holocaust Museum. Many useful resources.

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections  Free service to help teachers link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges.

Let's Go Around the World  Global Exploration Resources.

Multicultural Educational Reform Programs.  American Indian Science and Engineering Society.

Multicultural Pavilion.  A wealth of resources for teachers.  University of Virginia.

Multicultural Resources for Children.  Internet School Library Media Center,  James Madison University.

The National Women's History Project.  Materials and Resources.

Native American Resources Native American history resources.

Native American Tribes  Links to several tribal webpages.

Southern Poverty Law Center.  Teaching Tolerance

TENET Hall of Multiculturalism  Excellent collection of resources.

The Truth about America. Good links to history sites.


By Leah P. McCoy, Associate Professor of Education, 
              Wake Forest University

Last Updated 1/29/02