Books for Learning About Diversity

Help your students learn to respect the differences and similarities in all of us with these books about various cultures.

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FOR STUDENTS

I Love My Hair
by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Little, Brown & Co., 2001

Yoko
by Rosemary Wells
Hyperion, 1998
Available in the Teacher Store

Grandmother's Nursery Rhymes/Las nanas de abuelita
by Nelly Palacio Jaramillo
Henry Holt, 1996

FOR TEACHERS

Roots and Wings: Affirming Culture in Early Childhood Programs
by Stacy York
Redleaf Press, 2003

Anti-bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children
by Louise Derman-Sparks and the A.B.C. Task Force
NAEYC

ECT Interviews: Early Childhood Teacher Lynne Ramage on Introducing Children to New Cultures and Traditions
Lynne Ramage, an early literacy consultant, is interviewed. She discusses ways to introduce children to new cultures and traditions. First year teachers and new teachers can use her suggestions and recommended books to show students life in other cultures.

Activity Plan 4-5: Folktale Fun
Children will discuss the concept of a folktale and create their own folktale to develop creative-thinking, language, and writing skills in this ready-to-use teaching idea for four- and five-year olds. Activity: Literacy.

Activity Plan 4-5: All About Me!
Children will create individual books about themselves to encourage literacy, creative thinking, and social awareness in this ready-to-use teaching idea for four- and five-year olds. Activity: Literacy.

LESSON PLAN	Everyday People, Everyday Things: Art Historical Portraits | Lesson Plan for Grades 9-12 (sponsored by Target) Images that artists create can often portray a historical time and place. We use these images to learn about the history of where we live and...
UNIT PLAN	Immigrants: Our Ancestors Prompt students to learn about their cultural heritage through interviews with family members. Students present charts, maps, based on their...
ONLINE ACTIVITY	Uncover Prehistoric Pueblos Join archaeologists in New Mexico and investigate 1000-year-old ruins believed to be the ancient settlements of early Native Americans
BOOK INFORMATION	The Second Bend in the River Set in the Ohio Territory in 1798, this meticulously researched novel of forbidden love is based on the true story of Tecumseh, the great Shawnee chief, and his relationship with Rebecca Galloway, the daughter of settlers. "Rinaldi weaves a powerfully romantic tale of two Americans from the Colonial era. Her attention to period details . . . and careful separation of fact from fiction strengthen the credibility of the story." — Booklist