Multicultural Explorations

Multicultural Explorations
Author: Mary A. Heltshe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 289
Release: 1991-02-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313078815

Introduce elementary children to six areas of the world-Japan, Italy, Hawaii, Australia, Kenya, and Brazil. Using an integrated approach to authentic learning and assessment and to literacy development, activities teach children about family life, school, games, crafts (such as origami), foods, language, customs, and celebrations. Spend two weeks or two months exploring each country, choosing from the wealth of activities and resources provided. Grades K-6.

Multicultural Gifted Education

Multicultural Gifted Education
Author: Donna Y. Ford
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1999-04-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780807738504

Explores issues involved in gifted programs for minority students such as curriculum and instruction, ethics, counseling, family involvement, and several other concerns, and includes case studies, scenarios, and sample activities.

Social Studies Through Children's Literature

Social Studies Through Children's Literature
Author: Anthony D. Fredericks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1991-10-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0313078424

Use this activity-centered, literature-based approach to get students excited about social studies. These 32 units have summaries of books, social studies topic areas, lists of content-related words, curricular perspectives, and critical-thinking questions, as well as myriad activities. Fredericks also gives you an excellent annotated bibliography of children's literature and a list of social studies resources.

Children's Literature

Children's Literature
Author: Masha Kabakow Rudman
Publisher: Pearson
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Children's Literature: An Issues Approach, Third Edition is an invaluable text and resource guide to the critical study and selection of books for children from kindergarten through junior high school. Written for teachers, librarians, and anyone interested in introducing young people to the joy and benefits of reading, it examines children's literature and its treatment of important, sometimes controversial issues. Focusing on the personal and societal concerns of today's youth including sexuality, divorce, heritage, abuse, and death it offers practical suggestions for using books to help children successfully confront these matters.

Multicultural Projects Index

Multicultural Projects Index
Author: Mary Anne Pilger
Publisher: Greenwood International
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN:

An index to multicultural learning projects for kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms which appear in over 1,700 books, including handicrafts, foods, games, and activities; arranged alphabetically by subject, with cross-references and co mplete bibliographic information.