Livingston Lord Library
Curriculum Materials Center

 Project Assignment

Regional Resources for Home Community Assignment

Examples of local/state/community resources:

1.Moorhead, Fargo, West Fargo Public Libraries

a.Local history materials

b.Speakers Bureaus

2.Clay County Historical Society http://www.info.co.clay.mn.us/History

3.Northwest Minnesota Historical Center http://web.mnstate.edu/archives

4.Minnesota Historical Society http://www.mnhs.org/index.htm

5.Local newspapers

6.Local museums

7.Colleges/universities


Bibliographies for Locating Books for Young Readers related to this Region:

Title
 

Call Number

Discover Minnesota: An Annotated Bibliography of Books for Children in Grades K-9.
 

Curric. Ref. 016.9776 H884d

Exploring the Great Lakes States through Literature
 

Curric. Ref. 016.977 E96

Exploring the Plains States through Literature.
 

Curric. Ref. 016.978 E96

Northern Lights: The Stories of Minnesota’s Past
 

Curric. Text 977.6 M673N87 2003

Stories from Where We Live: The Great Lakes
 

Curric. 977 S884

Stories from Where We Live: The Great North American Prairie.
 

Curric. 978 S884

Ideas for Building on Multicultural Strengths of Classroom/Community

Some examples of resources:

  1. Ethnic cookbooks. In library catalogs, search under “cookery,” for example, COOKERY AFRICAN.
     
  2. Oral stories/histories. Students could collect these themselves or access them through historical centers/libraries. In library catalogs, search under “oral history.”
 

Bibliographies for Locating Multicultural Books:

Title
 

Call Number

The Best of Latino Heritage
 

Curric. Ref. 016.98 S371L 2003

Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults
 

Curric. Ref. 809 M9781b

Black Books Galore! A Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Girls
 

Curric. Ref. 028.1 R186b

Children’s and Young Adult Literature by Latino Writers
 

Curric. Ref. 016.8108 Y63c

Children’s and Young Adult Literature by Native Americans
 

Curric. Ref. 016.8108 Y63c

Coretta Scott King Awards: 1970-2004
 

Curric. Ref. 016.8108 C7975 2004

Cultures Outside the United States in Fiction . . . K-9
 

Curric. Ref. 016.80883 A551c

Great Books for African-American Children
 

Curric. Ref. 028.1 T734g

Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8 (people of color)
 

Curric. Ref. 016.3058 K143

Latina and Latino Voices in Literature for Children and Teenagers
 

Curric. Ref. 016.8109 D273L

Many Peoples, One Land: A Guide to New Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults (people of color)

Curric. Ref. 016.8108 H475m

Mosaic (Preschool-Grade 12)
 

Curric. Ref. 306.1 M894

Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults (people of color)
 

Curric. Ref. 306.1 K94m         

Multicultural Projects Index
 

Curric. Ref. 016.370117 P638m

Multicultural Picturebooks (world coverage)
 

Curric. Ref. 011.62 M311mu

The New Press Guide to Multicultural Resources for  Young Readers (includes introductory essays for each section)

Curric. Ref. 028.5 N532

Our Family, Our Friends, Our World: An Annotated Guide to Significant Multicultural Books for Children and Teenagers (world coverage)

Curric. Ref. 011.62 M652o

Picture Books by Latino Writers
 

Curric. Ref. 016.8109 Y63p

Promoting a Global Community through Multicultural Children’s Literature (world coverage; theme approach)
 

Curric. Ref. 016.8088 S8226p

Strong Souls Singing: African American Books for Our Daughters and Our Sisters
 

Curric. Ref. 016.97304 S923

This Land Is Our Land: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults (people of color)
 

Curric. Ref. 016.8108 H475t
The World of Islam in Literature for Youth: A Selective Annotated Bibliography for K-12 Curric. Ref. 016.297 G215w
 

The World through Children’s Books
 

Curric. Ref. 011.62 W92711

3. Gay and Lesbian Students: Resources for Books and Teaching Ideas

Title
 

Call Number

Lesbian and Gay Voices: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Literature for Children and Young Adults (includes author profiles)

Curric. Ref. 016.8108 D2737L

Kraus Curriculum Development Library
 

Library electronic database to use for locating curriculum on this topic.

4. Additional Resources

Title

Location

Children’s Magazine Guide (online index)

Located on the CMC web page web .mnstate.edu/cmc/  under “K-12 Databases” on the red banner to the left. Username=msumcmc; password=dragons

Horn Book Guide (use for identifying new books on any topics)

Located at the end of the CMC Reference stacks. Note: the best books have ratings from 1-3.

Horn Book Guide Online (electronic version of the above)
 

One of the Library’s electronic databases.


Compiled by Carol H. Sibley (sibley@mnstate.edu), Curriculum Librarian, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, Minnesota, 3/07.