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 > > ====================================== > > Celeste DeWald, Curator of Education > National Steinbeck Center > One Main Street, Salinas, CA 93901 > (831) 775-4730 / fax (831) 796-3828 > [log in to unmask] > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may > obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a > one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of > the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message > to > [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read > "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).