Useful Web Links
Becta
Here you will find Community Languages information from practitioners
in a range of educational settings, advice sheets, sites for software,
fonts and translation engines as well as online content section which
contains information in English and the relevant Community Languages.
Britkids
This is a site about race, racism and growing up in Britain and focuses
on nine young British people from different backgrounds. They will invite
you to their hoem where you can meet their family and friends and share
some experiences.
Black history month
Black history month is now a regular annual celebration (during
October and November) of the history and culture of ethnic communities
across the UK. The BBC site has details on researching your family history
and learning about the histories of people from the Caribbean, Asia, Africa
and more. Discover the stories of people who arrived here on the Empire
Windrush in 1948. Check the site for Black history month events near you.
Channel 4
Gateway to web sites about Black and Asian history across the British
Isles
Citizenship Foundation
The Citizenship Foundation has good ideas and case studies on citizenship
Commission for Racial Equality
The Commission for Racial Equality is a publicly funded, non-govermental
body set up under the Race Relations Act 1976 to tackle racial discrimination
and promote racial equality. It works in both the public and private sectors
to encourage fair treatment and to promote equal opportunities for everyone,
regardless of their race, colour, nationality, or national or ethnic origin.
The DCSF Standards Site on Ethnic Monitoring Achievement
Experience Pakistan
A new site with it's first activity having taken place in 2002.
It provides a site for schools to access for a sponsored research trip
to Pakistan. It aims to promote better understanding about Pakistan amongst
school age children and young people.
Fairground Art
Famous Fairs
Inclusion
The Inclusion web site lists more than 100 resources of interest
to this group.
The Institute of Race Relations
The Institute of Race Relations seeks to reflect the experiences
of those who have suffered racial oppression. This site has news, details
of projects, resources and mail groups.
Interfaith Religious Calendars
This has a directory of UK faiths and information on building
relationships with faith communities. Includes interfaith religious calendars
by Day, Month by Month, Year by Year.
Langoo
This site allows emails to be sent and received in a variety of languages
with no need for special fonts to be installed. Languages catered for
include Hindi, Telegu, Gujurati, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu, Japanese, Korean,
Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Russian.
Minority Languages Translation & Interpreting
Newly launched website focuses in the minority languages for the public
sector, this website has been invaluable to Central Government, Local
Councils, Health sector, Charities and many Refugee and Asylum seeker
groups.
Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
The
National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum
Parents Gateway
Persian Alphabet for children
Spectrum Radio
The only station of its kind in the United Kingdom, a commercial radio station
purely dedicated to serving the the ethnic communities which form today’s
cosmopolitan London.
Stevenage World Forum for Ethnic
Communities
Talking
with children about terrorism
Talking
with children about terrorism - Purdue University, Indiana
Topmarks
The Topmarks site has a whole variety of links to promote multicultural
education. It lists the site, Cool Planet for Kids, from Oxfam which has
facts about the developing world. There are also links to sites with information
on the Punjab, Chinese New Year, and much more. Just visit the site and
select multicultural education:
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