Multicultural Projects Index: Things to Make and Do to Celebrate Festivals, Cultures, and Holidays Around the World / Edition 4

by Mary Anne Pilger

Overview

This updated and expanded fourth edition of a popular reference book for teachers and librarians to use in planning interesting extension projects, holiday events to promote diversity, and cross-cultural understanding indexes 725 new books and features over 1,000 indexed projects. Indexes build on the previous three volumes. The book is indexed by subject and author and features indexes to educational games, crafts, activities, and more. It will be particularly useful to educators for use in the social studies curriculum, but also valuable to daycare providers and parents. Booklist and Appraisals and others favorably reviewed previous editions. Complete bibliographic information is given for all books indexed. Grades K-8.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591582366
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/30/2005
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.69(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Mary Anne Pilger is the author of previous editions of this book and several editions of Science Experiments Index for Young People, all from Libraries Unlimited. She lives in New York.

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Subject Headings
Key to Index
Alphabetical Index of Entries
Books Indexed by Number
Books Indexed by Author

Editorial Reviews

From "Achilles costume" to "Zuni mask", this index presents over 15,000 projects relating to multicultural handicrafts, foods, games, and activities. The aim is to enable educators to assist children of all ages in creating projects reflecting the varying cultures of our world. Subject headings are followed by a description of the project, then a number in brackets that correlates to the list of books indexed at the back of the book, and, finally, page numbers where the project will be found in that book. For example, under "Navajo Indians--musical instruments", we find that there is an article on making a drum rattle on pages 54-5 of book #468. The subject headings are quite encompassing, covering all imaginable holidays, countries, and ethnic groups around the world. The list of books indexed contains 1,161 sources, as recent as 1990 and as far back as 1950. The availability of sources that old is questionable. Nevertheless, the majority of the books do have more recent publication dates. Not all the books listed in the back of this volume are indexed here, as there are two "cousin" publications by the same author ("Crafts Index for Young People" [$42.50, 1-56308-002-8] and "Holidays" "and Special Days Project Index for Young People" [$29.50, 0-87287-998-4]) that use the same resource list With the emphasis on the study and awareness of multiculturalism in schools today, this index is a valuable tool from which educators can choose projects to be incorporated into the curriculum. "Multicultural Projects Index" will be a useful resource for elementary and middle school libraries and for public libraries' children's collections where students need a resource from which to choose a school project. In whichever facility this index is housed, it is suggested that those books that are available in the library be highlighted for easy access.

Zom Zoms

This index serves as a guide to children's books that feature project ideas for crafts and special activities to help teachers relate holiday celebrations and religious observances around the world. The projects are arranged under 2,000 plus subject headings listed alphabetically, and keyed to a book index in the back. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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