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- City of Los Angeles -- http://www.ci.la.ca.us/sitemap.htm
This official site of L.A. City government offers links to calendars for special events, museums, universities and colleges among other info.
- Educational Resources in Multi-Culturalism -- http://www.etc.bc.ca/tdebhome/subjects/mc.html
The Community Learning Network, curricular resources and instructional materials -- a number of Internet sites which contain information and/or other links related to Multiculturalism.
- Ethnic Studies at USC -- http://www.usc.edu/Library/Ref/Ethnic/
Created in 1995 by librarian Dennis Thomison, the Ethnic Studies web site is maintained by the Doheny Reference Center at the University of Southern California to provide access to research resources available through the Internet based on a global perspectivie of ethnicity and migration issues.
- Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Festival Guide -- http://www.ci.la.ca.us/dept/CULAFF/festival.htm
This is the Festival Guide that can be reached from the LA City government page, but why wait -- let's go now.
- UMAP Internet Resources -- http://www.cyberspeed.com/umaplinks.html
The Unity Media Access Project Internet Boot Camp compiled a variety of media web sites including a number of interethnic sites. A number of African - American, Latino, Asisan et al. sites are listed.
- Japanese American National Museum -- http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/janm/
The Japanese American National Museum is participatin gin a collaboration funded by a very competitive grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the United States Department of Commerce. Through this initial pilot, the Museum is working with Garfield High School located in East Los Angeles to jointly develop a curriculum model which will be used via the Internet.
- KIDPROJ - http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/PROJ97/
Take a look at KIDLINK's KIDPROJ'97: Complete Current Projects File. This collaborative set of projects have been set up for the exchange, among schools and youth groups, of curriculum based activities and other projects of an educational or informative nature.
- KIDPROJ Multi-Cultural Calendar -- http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
One particular KIDLINK project is the multi-cultural calendar. This effort offers unique ways KIDLINK kids are celebrating their country's holidays and festivals. The entries might contain recipes for holiday foods, historical background, significance of the holidays and the special ways in which these days are observed.
Note: The sites listed above are resources maintained by their respective authors. LASCA will not be responsible for the veracity of the material presented. Please provide comments, suggestions, and ideas to improve the quality of resources referenced.
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