In addition to citing themselves as "the World's Leading Organization Fighting Anti-Semitism" since 1913, the ADL fights all forms of racism and bigotry. In addtion to a wealth of information on their Web site, they offer a free Resources for the Classroom and Community Catalog of materials that teach communication and respect among diverse groups. It features books, videos, curriculum guides, posters and magazines that can be used to confront prejudice, hatred, bigotry and discrimination.

Cultural Connections: A Model for K-12 Distance Learning
http://www.coe.tamu.edu/~cultural/

This model for curricular exchanges from Texas A & M encourages teachers to have their "students cooperate with geographically distant partners on activities across the curriculum and, in the process, make improvements in academic achievement and self-esteem. These partnerships also provide students with a unique opportunity to learn from and appreciate youth who are culturally different from themselves."

Educational Leadership issue on Educating For Diveristy
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/9405/toc.html

The May 1994 issue (volume 51, number 8) was devoted to the topic of educating for diversity. Although you can see the entire table of contents on this page, only 5 of the articles have been digitized; for the rest you have to go get a copy of the print version.

4teachers Class Collections
http://www.4teachers.org/class/archive/

(scroll down to "Featured in December, 1999: Winter holiday sites)
Although the collected Web sites list the 1999 dates, they can be used with the 2000-2001 school year dates listed on Kids Across the Globe.

The Hindu Universe
http://www.hindunet.org/home.shtml

Until someone develops a page of what teachers who have Hindu students should know, the Global Hindu Electronic Network (GHEN) provides lots of information. Perhaps of more use to the classroom teacher is Hindu Kid's Universe, which has coloring books, comics, stories, games and activities.

The History of Education and Childhood
http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/index2.html

In addition to being able to find out about schools in other countries, of particular interest is the page on the history of religion and (or in) education. This site is maintained by the Philosophy and History of Education department at the University of Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Kinderart: MultiCultural Art
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/

This resource provides art lesson plans organized by country of origin. The links down the right side offer other topics such as bulletin borads, cross-curricular ideas, and drama to name a few.

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
http://www.religioustolerance.org/

This site has resources for those who want to know more about Christianity or Non-Christian Faith Groups and Ethical Systems.

Pathways to Tolerance: Student Diveristy
http://www.naspweb.org/center/safe%5Fschools/diversity.htm

This page links to download the Adobe Acrobat version of this eight-page booklet, but also has links to other valuable resources.

Social Skills and Behavior Intervention for Culturally Diverse Students
http://ericec.org/minibibs/eb24.htm

From the ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilites and Gifted Education and The Council for Exceptional Children, this annotated Minibib, compiled in October 1998, lists 17 resources on this topic.

Teaching Tolerance
http://splcenter.org/teachingtolerance/tt-index.html

The Southern Poverty Law Center sponsors this site which has links to free or low-cost resources such as Teaching Tolerance Magazine, classroom resources, classroom activities, teaching tools, and grants for educators.

Word of the Day
http://www.travlang.com/wordofday/

A service of travlang, this site posts a word each weekday and lists it in over 70 languages, many of which you and your students can hear spoken with the click of the mouse.
 

    Light Our Candles. (2000, July 19). Light Our Candles:  
Cross-Cultural Communication Resources - Web Resources 
[WWW document]. Light Our Candles. Leavenworth, KS: Saint 
Mary College. Retrieved Month #, 2000 from the World Wide 
Web: https://lightourcandles.tripod.com/CCCweb.html