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The International Children's Digital Library has children's picture books written in English and other languages. The content of the books seems to have an emphasis on fairy tales, folklore, and diverse cultures. From their mission statement, "to excite and inspire the world's children to become members of the global community - children who understand the value of tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online."

This article is an excellent resource for students as they cover specific books in class. This site offers chapter summaries and character descriptions to help students understand information from the text. There are also quizzes to assist students in studying for tests. This site is an especially useful resource in studying the works of Shakespeare, as it offers modern-day language translations.

Web site with information about and access to books by American Indian authors. Great resource when wanting to add multicultural literature to your classroom library.

Glogster is a free service that allows you to create a multimedia poster. Glogs can include images, audio, and video. Direct integration with SchoolTube makes video embedding easy. The education version of the site keeps students isolated from general user content. Students can use this as an alternative to reports, to give presentations, or to react to literature (among countless other uses).

A valuable teaching tool that integrates diverse core subjects including math, science, history, art, photography, music and more for individual learner portfolios, unique alternative assessments, and differentiated instructional activities.

Over 300 Social Science lesson plans in the following areas; teaching Tolerance, Art, Literature, Math, Music, Science, Social Studies, Women, Hispanics, African Americans, Civil Rights, Gay/Lesbian, Asians, Immigration, Homeless/Refugees, Native Americans, Jewish Americans, Russian Americans, Arab Americans.