Resources for Teachers Integrating Cultural Diversity into the Classroom Table of Contents Kindergarten .............................................................................. 5 Adventure ............................................................................... 5 Arabic ..................................................................................... 5 Biography ............................................................................... 5 Customs ................................................................................. 6 Holidays ................................................................................. 6 Islamic History ........................................................................ 9 Israeli/Palestinian Conflict ....................................................... 9 Multiculturalism ..................................................................... 10 Elementary Education ............................................................. 13 Adventure ............................................................................. 13 Biography ............................................................................. 13 Customs ............................................................................... 15 Folktales ............................................................................... 15 Holidays ............................................................................... 16 Immigration .......................................................................... 19 Islam .................................................................................... 20 Islamic Art and Architecture .................................................. 20 Islamic History ...................................................................... 21 Israeli/Palestinian Conflict ..................................................... 21 Multiculturalism ..................................................................... 23 Places in the Islamic World ................................................... 28 War ...................................................................................... 28 Middle/High School ................................................................. 29 Adventure ............................................................................. 29 Biography ............................................................................. 29 Islam .................................................................................... 30 Islamic Art and Architecture .................................................. 30 Israeli/Palestinian Conflict ..................................................... 31 Multiculturalism ..................................................................... 33 2 Table of Contents Films........................................................................................ 36 History .................................................................................. 36 Interfaith ............................................................................... 37 Islam ..................................................................................... 37 Islam in the Media ................................................................ 40 Israeli/Palestinian Conflict ..................................................... 41 Multiculturalism ..................................................................... 42 Women in Islam .................................................................... 44 Indexes .................................................................................... 46 Other Resources ..................................................................... 53 General................................................................................. 53 Curriculum ............................................................................ 54 For More Information ............................................................... 55 3 This page intentionally left blank. 4 Books Kindergarten Adventure Aisha goes in search of colour by Dhar, Lisa Jane Summary: Bubblesville is the capital of Nectarland. It is known to be the most colourful place in the whole world. It is home to the worlds most special and unusual insects. Aisha is one of them! Come and discover how Aisha learns to live with being different in this charming tale set amongst the world of insects. -- Publisher Description Grades K and up Arabic How many donkeys? : an Arabic counting tale by MacDon- ald, Margaret Read Summary: Jouha is loading his donkeys with dates to sell at the market. How many donkeys are there? His son helps him count ten, but once the journey starts, things change. First there are ten donkeys, then there are nine! When Jouha stops to count again, the lost donkey is back. What's going on? Silly Jouha doesn't get it, but by the end of the story, wise readers will be counting correctly-and in Arabic! -- Publisher Description Grades K-2 Biography The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq by Winter, Jeanette Summary: Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books with- in it--will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries. -- Publisher Description Grades K and up 5 Kindergarten (continued) Customs Assalamu alaykum by Kayani, M. S. Summary: Join Abdullah and Aminah as they show you how Muslims meet and share their daily lives with family, friends, and neighbors. -- Publisher Description Grades Pre-K and up We're off to make 'Umrah by Munshey, Sana Summary: “Salam, my dear friends, I hope you're all well. If you've time to listen, I've something to tell. About the first mosque, A beautiful sight, Which we face when we pray, Where the nur shines bright” Discover the joys of 'Umrah when a brother and sister travel with their parents to the city of Mecca and perform this sacred ritual for the very first time. -- Publisher Description Pre-K and up Golden domes and silver lanterns : a Muslim book of col- ors by Khan, Hena Summary: Magnificently capturing the colorful world of Islam for the youngest readers, this breathtaking and informative picture book celebrates Islam's beauty and traditions. From a red pray- er rug to a blue hijab, everyday colors are given special mean- ing as young readers learn about clothing, food, and other im- portant elements of Islamic culture, with a young Muslim girl as a guide. Sure to inspire questions and observations about world religions and cultures, Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns is equally at home in a classroom reading circle as it is being read to a child on a parent's lap. -- Publisher Description Grades Pre-K and up 6 Kindergarten (continued) Holidays The best Eid ever by Mobin-Uddin, Asma Summary: It's Eid, and Aneesa should be happy. But her parents are thousands of miles away in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage. To cheer her up, her grandmother gives her a gift of beautiful clothes from Pakistan, one outfit for each of the three days of Eid. She even prepares lamb korma, Aneesa's favorite dinner, which they will enjoy when they return from prayers. At the prayer hall, Aneesa meets two sisters who are not dressed in new clothes for the holiday. Aneesa discovers that the girls are refugees. With their father, they have fled from their war-torn country. Aneesa can't stop thinking about the girls and what Eid must be like for them. That's when Aneesa comes up with a plan to help the girls celebrate Eid and make it the best Eid holiday ever. -- Publisher Description Grades K and up An Eid for everyone by Islam, Hina Summary: Eid is a holiday celebrated all over the world. It’s a fes- tival that brings together people through prayer, charity and family reunions... So let's enjoy this holiday together with some special friends taking part in different traditions of this celebration. -- Pub- lisher Description Grades K and up Kids of the Ummah by Gould, Peter Yaseen. Summary: Kids of the Ummah is the first title in a series of beauti- ful books designed for children 2-5 years old. It features wonderful- ly illustrated Muslim characters in 26 diverse cities around the world, from award-winning graphic designer Peter Gould. A fan- tastic way to introduce children to their A-Z alphabet, and their phonetic Arabic equivalents, help them become familiar with Mus- lim names and diverse cities and Muslim cultures around the world. Developed with feedback from teachers and education pro- fessionals, this series is already much loved by parents & kids alike. -- Publisher Description Pre-K Nabeel's new pants : an Eid tale by Gilani-Williams, Fawzia Summary: While buying gifts for his family to wear to the mosque on Eid a shoemaker is persuaded to get new pants for himself, but the only pair available is too long and no one seems to have time to shorten them. -- Publisher Description Grades Pre-K and up 7 Kindergarten (continued) Holidays (continued) Ramadan by Ghazi, Suhaib Hamid. Summary: Every year, Muslims all over the world celebrate the coming of Ramadan, the holiest month of the Islamic calendar. It was during that month, 14 centuries ago, that Allah first be-