General+Links

General Links  These links are about Multicultural Education or cover a range of countries.

Resources
http://greetingsfromtheworld.wikispaces.com/Look Written by students who live in a range of countries around the world, for kids! Learn about countries of the world through blogs.

[] Ready to print headings for many different countries. You may need to access this site at home and put the files on USB to bring to school.

[] A great collection of videos about different parts of the world. I have listed some under specific countries but there are many more.

[] An organisation you might like to look at if you want your kids to take action in some way.

@http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/ One of Australia's leading sources of quality educational resources on multiculturalism. Teaching resources and strategies to understand cultural diversity and tolerance. More than 3500 pages of articles, research, teacher guides, lesson plans, audio interviews, video clips, Australian multicultural artworks.

[] Under the tabs "All of Us" and "Population and Migration" there is information about migration and people from many different countries living in Victoria. Info on census data for Victoria and suburbs, Victoria's relationship with a full range of countries and short, easy to read profiles on migrants.

[] Teacher resources supporting the integration of a global perspective across the curriculum. Particularly good for 'Global Issues'.

Epals and Communication
[] A project that is set up to connect children with schools around the world. Have only had a little look but there could be some great stuff here?

[] HUGE potential here. This site is dedicated to connecting schools (it looks like many of them are from the US and Canada) via skype and video conferencing.

[] AMAZING number of schools from everywhere you could possibly think of to connect with.

http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages%2C+Culture+%26+International+Projects Has a section with links to international communication/ connection projects using ICT.

Language and Literacy
[] An interactive site which assists students to write their own myth or fable. Suitable for the interactive whiteboard.

[|http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/myths_mymyth.htm#click] Instructions for children about how to write their own myth or fable. The best part of this site is that you can read writing submitted by hundreds of children all over the world. This is organised into age groups... not sure that I believe the ages though!

[] Folktales and fairytales from around the world. Search by country

[]  Folktales and fairytales from around the world that are appropriate for children. Search by country or continent. [] Songs and rhymes from around the world - many with videos

http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages%2C+Culture+%26+International+Projects Lots of links to ICT resources for a range of languages from around the world. Dictionaries, pronounciation audio clips etc

Food
[] Recipes suitable for children from around the world - organised into appetisers/ mains/ sweets etc

[] More recipes suitable for children from around the world. Organised into country with lots of interesting, basic facts about each country.

Mathematics
[] A PDF file with a handful of maths games from different countries. Blackline masters of the game boards are included as well as instructions.

[] Under the tabs "All of Us" and "Population and Migration" there is information about migration and people from many different countries living in Victoria. Info on census data for Victoria and suburbs, Victoria's relationship with a full range of countries and short, easy to read profiles on migrants.