Resources for International Studies in Education
The Resources for International Studies in Education (RISE) Library provides valuable teaching and learning tools to support students, teacher credential candidates and area classroom teachers in the forms of standards-based curriculum materials, including books, thematic units, audio-visual materials, costumes and artifacts. RISE is a curriculum support program designed to improve international studies and multicultural education in Northeastern California schools.
Featured in the library are 3,000 children's literature books, including versions of the Cinderella story in Korean, African, Cambodian, Egyptian, and Native American settings. Also on display are fascinating artifacts, maps, games, and instruments—from Indonesian masks to Japanese Kimonos to Ethiopian drums. All are available for checkout by teachers and teacher candidates for use in their classrooms and lesson-planning exercises.
Reasons for Inclusion of International Studies in Education:
- The U.S. increasingly affects and is affected by events in other parts of the world
- Issues which were once bi-national or regional are increasingly international
- Migration, immigration, and international trade have made California acutely aware of its place in the Pacific Rim
- Cross-cultural understanding in an ethnically diverse California is essential to our future
- History, culture, and language are basic skills for an informed citizenship
- Informed citizens are the strength of a democratic society
Library Catalog
Access our catalog of books available in the resource library related to international and multicultural education.
The following is a list of artifact teaching kits available for checkout. For a description of what each kit contains along with images of some of the artifacts, email us at riselibrary@csuchico.edu.
- Prehistoric Times
- Ancient China
- Ancient India
- Ancient Mesopotamia
- Colonial America/Revolutionary War
- Africa
- China
- Native American Curriculum: Desert Culture Area Kit
- Native American Curriculum: Coastal Culture Area Kit
- Native American Curriculum: Woodland Culture Area Kit
- Native American Curriculum: Plains Culture Area Kit
- Coast Miwok
- Hopi Regalia
- Southwest Indian Crafts
- Ancient Egypt
- Northwest Coast Masks & Legends
- Navajo Crafts
- Plains Indian Regalia
- Eskimo Crafts
- Butte County Indian Regalia
- The Middle Ages in Europe
- The Americas: The Maya
- Mexican Regalia
- Personalizing the Past: Overland Journey
- Russia
- Japan
- India
- Silk Road/Central Asia
- World Religions
- Grains of the World
- Games
- Hats off to Hats
Tours and Workshops
The RISE Library includes a 28-person classroom ideal for groups. Tours and workshops on artifact-based lessons available by appointment. Please contact the Library at riselibrary@csuchico.edu for more information or to schedule.
Borrowing Items
The RISE Library has over 3,000 books, maps, games, and artifacts available for check out to teacher and teacher candidates for use in their classroom and lesson-planning exercises.
Check Out Procedures
- Materials may be checked out during our open library hours Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Fridays 2:00 –5:00 p.m. Other days/times are available by appointment.
- Please contact the library at least one day ahead of when you would like to check out material. Let us know what materials you are potentially interested in ahead of time, that way we can have the items laid out for you to select from. This expedites the checkout process.
- Plan for a minimum of 15 minutes for checkout. We have to document every item checked out for our records. This lets us know what is checked out and what has been returned. This also ensures the return of our materials by the due date. We want to ensure our items make it back so others can use them too!
- Standard checkout of material is 3 weeks. This time frame can be adjusted, just let us know.
- If you find you need more time with the materials you checked out, give us a call 530-898-6407 shoot us an email at riselibrary@csuchico.edu . We'll let you know if it's available for an extension or if someone's waiting to check it out next. Our office is located in Aymer J. Hamilton, Room 124.