This guide contains daily lesson plans for a 4-week, 4-hour a day immersion program for an introductory German-as-a-foreign-language program. The program uses repetition, gestures, realia, puppets, and comprehension-based activities such as Total Physical Response; it also uses illustrations designed to promote the goals of comprehension,…

The borders that separate and connect different cultures often come into sharpest relief when the focus is on themes and motifs found in the literature or the visual arts of several lands. With the Internet, students can discover such points of intercultural contact for themselves, crossing borders that can lead them to a broader perspective on…

The New York City Public Schools provides this series of strategies for teachers to use during Kids Week (February 17-21, 1992). These strategies, which seek to promote harmony among students, are designed to: give students opportunities to become aware of and appreciate the city's diversity; instill sensitivity and understanding among all…

The A-level French syllabus is criticized for its emphasis on translation and its failure to teach the language as a contemporary medium of communication. A curriculum guide is presented based on the layout, development and history of Paris and French society. (CHK)

Describes a unit using materials gathered from Soviet children through Vermont's Children's Art Exchange Program. The unit involves a slide presentation and discussion of the cultural similarities and differences that are identified through an examination of art work. Suggests asking children to create art that represents their own culture. (KO)

This resource provides a variety of instructional models for using books to give students an awareness of and respect for their own and other people's cultures. The book is designed to help teachers develop various ways of integrating diversity into the curriculum. Through a variety of themes, discussion questions, and activities that challenge…

These lessons were written by African social studies specialists for U.S. middle school students to stimulate interest in and develop a positive attitude toward Africans and their culture. Each lesson provides objectives, materials, teaching procedures, and is meant to be used as a textbook supplement. To promote understanding of young Africans,…

This book is a resource for teachers that contains 28 exercises and planned activities designed by individual authors that can be used to teach about culture, ethnicity, and diversity. The exercises and activities are appropriate for graduate, college, and even advanced high school students in such classes as cross-cultural psychology,…

The content of music programs in U.S. schools historically has been associated with the art and traditional music of western Europe. The K-12 music curriculum has seldom reflected the ethnic diversity of U.S. society. The Music Educators National Conference maintains that school music must be more broadly defined to encompass this ethnic…

American education must reflect the multiethnic origins of its population. Describes a lesson plan for grades K-6 which uses creation myths and folk tales to develop increased self-awareness and positive self-concept in students. (CS)

A method for planning multicultural lessons for both regular and gifted and talented students, and sample lessons, are presented. The approach was developed in order to introduce Hispanic culture through literature in a bilingual classroom. All materials are constructed based on Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives. The lessons were…

This report outlines a presentation on intercultural communication. Topics include the following: (1) definition; (2) components; (3) importance; (4) outcomes; and (5) underlying principles. Three lessons on communication theory, cultural perspectives in communication, and world view are included. The objectives of Lesson 1, "Communication…

This teaching supplement is designed to help teachers teach their students about diversity in the United States. Ideas about diversity are reinforced with statistical data from the 1990 Census. Unit 1 provides six consecutive lessons for elementary school. These focus on the diversity of the United States and recognizing that diversity exists…

This handbook is a collection of lesson plans for teachers of adults studying English as a Second Language, designed to complement and supplement the instructors' own teaching strategies. The handbook covers all skill areas as well as a wide range of topics for experienced and inexperienced teachers. Each lesson plan follows a specific format,…

Nine units of study to help high school social studies teachers introduce a global perspective are contained in this booklet. Stressing interactions among regions economically, politically, and socially, the lessons are intended to help teachers reinforce basic skills and introduce new images of the world. Each lesson contains the following…