Celeste,

You should contact Mary Roberts at the Homestead Museum.  She wrote an
excellent bilingual curricula called "A Journey Through Time." The main
museum number is (818) 968-8492.

Good luck with your project!

Janelle Wise Graves
Director of Education
California Historical Society

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Celeste DeWald [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 11:39 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Bilingual Programs (Spanish/English)
>
> PLEASE EXCUSE CROSS-POSTINGS...
>
> My institution is currently planning the development of curriculum
> units and
> outreach programs for 3rd, 8th, and 11th grade students and teachers.
> Our
> Education Advisory Committee--made up of curriculum coordinators,
> teachers,
> school administrators, and museum staff--concur that there is a
> definite
> need to make these programs accessible to as many students as
> possible,
> including those with limited proficiency in English (which is 30.1% of
> the
> students in our county). Therefore, we would like to have sections (if
> not
> all) of our programs and products be bilingual, in Spanish and
> English. I
> will be meeting with specialists in bilingual education about this
> process
> but the committee would also like to learn about similar programs in
> other
> museums. Some of our questions are:
>
> + Are there model programs that we can learn from?
> + Which pieces/sections should be translated into Spanish?
> + Do we translate them into Spanish after the programs have been
> developed
> and evaluated OR create the Spanish sections concurrently?
> + Are there potential funders for the translation of these materials
> into
> Spanish?
>
> I welcome any feedback anyone has about these questions and am anxious
> to
> hear about similar bilingual school programs. Please feel free to
> reply to
> this email or contact me via telephone at (831) 775-4730. Thank you
> for your
> time.
>
> Celeste DeWald
>
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>
> Celeste DeWald, Curator of Education
> National Steinbeck Center
> One Main Street, Salinas, CA 93901
> (831) 775-4730 / fax (831) 796-3828
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