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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Art History: Paleolithic Origins

For Students 9th - 10th
Article and video discussing various forms of art from the Paleolithic period, particularly cave art. [5:48] With links to additional information.
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Week of 4 25 16: Why Is Shakespeare So Important?

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Brief report on the lasting legacy of Shakespeare.
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Website
Peace Corps

Peace Corps: Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource shares many stories of volunteers and their experiences helping people in different lands.
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Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: Peace Corps: Discovering New Perspectives on Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan allows students the opportunity to read about the experiences of a Peace Corps volunteer and how his worldview changed from learning more about another culture.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sudsy Cells

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students culture cells in order to find out which type of surfactant (in this case, soap) is best at removing bacteria. Groups culture cells from unwashed hands and add regular bar soap, regular liquid soap, anti-bacterial soap,...
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Website
Nations Online Project

Nations Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This portal site offers quick access to a wide range of information about each country, continent and region of the world.
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Khaled Hosseini, m.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Khaled Hosseini, a physician, who also became a critically acclaimed author for his books about life in Afghanistan. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.
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Website
Other

Landeshauptstadt Dresden (City of Dresden)

For Students 9th - 10th
Bilingual site with a wealth of information about the city, facts & figures, its history, culture, economy, sights, tourism, sports, etc. Click German flag in the top navigation to access the site in German.
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Other

Stadtinformation Karlsruhe

For Students 9th - 10th
Official site of the city of Karlsruhe. All the relevant information concerning city government and services, culture, freetime activity, sports, and so on. Includes current issue, plus archives, of both a local newspaper and a local...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Hello's Heard Around the World

For Teachers K
This lesson engages students in learning how to say "hello" in several different languages. Students will observe pictures and make predictions about the types of cultures represented. Students will use word strips and sing songs related...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Art and Culture

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students will study the elements of art and learn how culture, families, environment, and experiences often influence what is depicted in art. Students will study African masks and pop culture art from numerous cultures. To...
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Other

Nigerian Art and Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent collection of photographs of masks, shrine objects, architecture, and cultural artifacts from Nigeria taken by an English officer, G. I. Jones, from 1926 to 1946.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Smithsonian Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Art is an important part of American culture. Peruse art work from the museum and get a taste of Americana.
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Bring Hispanic Heritage Month to Life: A Collection of Resources

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Celebrate diversity with this collection of ideas to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, including lesson plans, authors, pioneers, and more.
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Website
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Age of Anxiety: Europe in the 1920's

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides text from a lecture that looks at European culture after WWI. Looks at the literary and artistic developments during and as a result of the war. With links to several biographical websites on authors and philosophers...
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Pakistan: Media and Culture Through the Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
This photographic exhibit explores the role of media in the culture of Pakistan between the years 1960 and 1985.
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Unit Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: The Umbrella Movement: Protests in Hong Kong

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module uses multi-media sources to teach about the relationship between China and Hong Kong. Students use primary source material to analyze the recent protests in Hong Kong and explore the symbols and messages that protesters...
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Handout
Glenbow Museum

Glenbow Museum: Pictograph Robes of the Plains Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Plains Indians often recorded their history in pictograph form on their tipis and buffalo skins. View the original artwork by He Dog (Percy Creighton)as he interpreted the history of the Blood Indians.
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Graphic
Franco Cavazzi

The Roman Pantheon/ Roman Gods

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete list of all the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The site contains the name of the God or Goddess, a picture, and the characteristics of the deity.
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Website
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Kids Web Japan: Culture Corner

For Students 9th - 10th
Sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this comprehensive site explains traditional Japanese arts, crafts, and culture in a way that's very friendly to younger students. Traditional arts covered include drumming, the tea...
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Website
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Web Japan: A Japanese Cookbook for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
This introduction--suitable for younger students--to Japanese food features a lesson in using chopsticks and surveys popular dishes among school children in Japan.
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Website
Other

Tvguide.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough coverage of television, news, and information about the medium that may have had the greatest impact on modern American culture.
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Unit Plan
Other

Nepal Home Page: Nepali Calendar (Bikram Sambat)

For Students 9th - 10th
It's 2060! The Nepali year begins in April, and this page offers calendars of the current, future and recent years. Saturday is the public holiday!
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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: The Hall of Arctic People

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the online version of the Smithsonian Institute's exhibit devoted to the people of the Siberian and North American Arctic. The mannequins around the walls represent the peoples of the Crossroads region, dressed in traditional...