Instructional Media and Resources
Calisphere is the University of California's gateway to more than 150,000 digitized primary source items that "reveal the diverse history and culture of California." Its content "has been selected from ... the UC campuses, and from a variety of cultural heritage organizations." Searchable, or browsable by individual subjects or themed collections, which are "primary source sets organized to support California [K-12] Content Standards." Also includes selected historical essays and lesson plans. http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu
Cultural Competency Basics offers interesting tips on communication skills including nonverbal communication, and contains a bibliography to other articles on diversity. The base website has many other teaching resources. http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committes/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/diverse.htm
Diversity Timeline is "An overview of segregation and integration, cultural and gender diversity in American history, from the 1600s" through 1996, presented as a timeline. Part of the PBS series on firefighting, "Test of Courage." http://www.pbs.org/itvs/testofcourage/diversity4.html
Diversity Web, a part of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, is designed to provide a comprehensive compendium of campus practices and resources for campus practitioners seeking to place diversity at the center of the academy's educational and societal mission. Website includes information and resources on diversity innovations, research and trends and information on issues of diversity and democracy. Diversity Web teaching strategies and Diversity Web curriculum changes
Lannan is a foundation "dedicated to cultural freedom, diversity and creativity through projects which support exceptional contemporary artists and writers, as well as inspired Native activists in rural indigenous communities." The audio archives contain over 65 audio programs that feature thinkers who have participated in the "Readings & Conversations" and "Bookworm" series. The site also includes information about grant programs in literature, visual art, cultural preservation, and social justice. http://www.lannan.org/
Memory of the World is a database of digitized collections and projects worldwide reflecting "the diversity of languages, peoples and cultures." Entries include the country, collection name and web address, a brief description, type of material, and language. A joint project of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Memory of the World Programme and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1538&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
U.S. National Film Registry was established in 1988 to choose up to 25 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important films" each year that would "illustrate the vibrant diversity of American film-making." This site contains several lists browsable by title, date entered into registry, performer, or production year. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/film/filmnfr.html
USC Shoah Foundation Institute: This website has an archive of nearly 52,000 videotaped testimonies from Holocaust survivors and other witnesses. Currently they are collecting memories of survivors and witnesses to the Rwandan Tutsi Genocide. www.college.usc.edu/vhi
Youtube UCTV: In addition to lectures in science, health and medicine, public affairs, humanities, and the arts to a general audience, this is a resource that offers speakers on various topics. http://www.youtube.com/user/uctelevision