Nora Murphy

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Multi-Cultural Curriculum

Nora Murphy develops educational curriculum which explores the complex intersection between history and culture through engaging hands-on multicultural curricula for Grades 3-8.  To order, click on the link following each curriculum, or contact the author at nora_murphy@comcast.net.


  • In Cora's Garden (Peta Wakan Tipi, 2006)
    Told through a conversation between a Native American seed saver and her granddaughter, In Cora's Garden is health promotion and diabetes prevention curriculum geared toward Native American Indian youth in grades K-8. 
    To order, please go to:  www.petawakantipi.org
 
  • African Americans in Minnesota: Telling Our Own Stories (Minnesota Historical Society, 2000)
    An eight-unit multidisciplinary curricula, engaging students in Minnesota history told through the stories of 10 African Americans in Minnesota--from George Bonga, born in 1802, to Eric and Mohamed, two 10-year-old boys who recently resettled in Minnesota. 
    To order, please go to:  www.mnhs.org 
 
  • Hmong Tapestry Curriculum (Hmong American Partnership, 1993)
    A multi-media multi-unit curriculum which teaches Hmong history and culture through games, stories, and a video of popular 1990s Hmong play, "Hmong Tapestry: Voices Through the Cloth."       To order, please contact Hmong American Partnership at www.hap.org, or contact the author directly at nora_murphy@comcast.net.