University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "What's in a Name"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes helping students reflect on their value and self-worth, promoting appreciation of their individuality, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, and...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Strategies for Empowering Students
Use this site to focus on character education and building an understanding of diversity and cultural heritage. This excellent site provides classroom activity exercises for students in the primary, intermediate, and upper level. It is a...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Strategies for Empowering Students
Use this site to focus on character education and building an understanding of diversity and cultural heritage. This excellent site provides classroom activity exercises for students in the primary, intermediate, and upper level. It is a...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Ed "Interpreting Maxims"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes motivating students to read, encouraging students to use critical thinking skills, cooperative learning and shared experiences, and appreciation...
Other
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television: The World Heritage
Japanese content. A companion site for the TV program, Sekaiisan, or The World Heritage. Episodes focus on cultural and "natural" heritage and are similar in feel to a National Geographic special. You can't watch the episode online but...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Approaches to Art History
A landing page for a course in Art History.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Colonialism
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students identify the Impacts of Colonialism - to include social, economic and political legacies and how these led to civil wars, dictators, and corrupt governments. Students grasp the complexity of...
Other
The National Museum of Finland
This site gives a brief overview of the museum. Address and phone number are given with links to a little more information.
Organization for Community Networks
Ann Parish Elementary: Cultures of Our Nation
This lesson plan teaches young children to celebrate and take pride in their cultural heritage.
PBS
Pbs: Lesson Plan: A Nation of Many Cultures
This lesson plan is based on the "America Responds" series where learners explore the concepts of valuing diversity and appreciation of cultural differences. An integrated art, social studies, and language arts lesson plan that is...