The Smithsonian has excellent resources for five heritage months, including  Asian-Pacific-American Month.  You can find out about special events in Washington, D.C. and New York City.  One cool feature of the special events calendar is that you find events in specific categories such as Culinary Arts, Kids & Families and Performances.  More helpful to teachers [...]

Kansas University has a great Diversity Calendar.  You can click on a month and see the ethnic and religious holidays of that month.  When you click on a major holiday, you get a brief description of that holiday.  There is also an other events button that gives you the date for special events such as [...]

When I was looking for a place to donate my large collection of kid’s books, I was introduced to the African Library Project by a friend who was a Peace Corps volunteer in South Africa.  The mission of the African Library Project is to improve literacy in Africa by starting small libraries.  African schools and [...]