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Website
BBC

Bbc: Young in the Arab World Bbc News

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow a BBC reporter as she visits four contrasting Arab countries to speak with young people about their lives, aspirations, and identity as Arabs today. Stops include Beirut (Lebanon), Cairo (Egypt), Manama (Bahrain), and Rabat...
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Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Jews & African Americans Built Tradition

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the history of the Freedom Seder, a Jewish and African-American tradition. Includes an audio version of the story and a video.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: World Cultures Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the world with PBS LearningMedia! This collection focuses on food, folktales, and other aspects of cultural heritage. With your class, hear stories, play through situations, and learn how to make crafts from cultures near and far.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Asian Pacific Printable Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Create fun Asian Pacific crafts and activities such as, zodiac necklaces, calligraphy, and kites to enhance understanding of our multicultural world.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides overviews of the traditional culture and lifestyle of ethnic Americans from countries all over the world. Groups are organized alphabetically. The content is not the most current, but is helpful for understanding the historical...
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Chaldean Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Chaldean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Creoles

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Creoles. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Garifuna Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Garifuna Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Guyanese Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Guyanese Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America:trinidadians and Tobagonians

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Virgin Islander Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Virgin Islander Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Lesson Plan
Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: u.s. History Lessons: Immigration

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This personal site provides a list of links and lesson plans related to immigration up to the current time.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Don't Ask Where I'm From, Ask Where I'm a Local

For Students 9th - 10th
Writer Taiye Selasi speaks on behalf of multi-local people, who feel at home in the town where they grew up, the city they live now and maybe another place or two.
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Article
Other

Global Oneness Project: On the Big Bend of the Xingu River

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Writer Nina Wegner travels to Altamira, Brazil, and talks to the fishermen who are struggling for their livelihoods. The world's third-largest dam, the Belo Monte, reaches peak construction this year, destroying their environment. She...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Identity: What Makes You Who You Are?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What makes you who you are?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Identity: Can You Change Your Identity?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "Can you change your identity?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...
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Interactive
Other

Takelessons: Body Language in Different Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive resource allows students to understand important differences in different types of body language across cultures.
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Article
Other

Globe Trottin' Kids: Sharing Many Cultures in the Elementary Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Tips for implementing a culturally responsive classroom are provided on this site. Cultural norms will be celebrated via the resources provided.
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Article
Other

Culture Plus Consulting: Nine Cultural Value Differences You Need to Know

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teaching resource provides a general understanding of cultural differences that need to be embraced by teachers and students.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Getting to Know Cendrillion

For Teachers 1st
When students think of Cinderella, they usually think of the Disney version. In this lesson, 1st graders will learn about the Mexican fairy tale for Cinderella, Cendrillion.
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Article
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Beyond Food & Fiestas: Creating Authentic Cultural Experiences in the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
As educators, we are eager to provide cultural experiences for our students. Songs, dances, traditional dress, food, and relevant objects are wonderful ways to interest students in a variety of cultures. But when you take it a step...
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Asians of Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
The Asian population of Africa is a small but significant minority. Whereas there have been Asians, primarily merchants, who lived on the east coast of Africa for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, a great influx of Asians came to...
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Article
BBC

Bbc: The Story of Africa: Christianity

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief article describing Christianity's roots within Africa.
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Website
Other

Haiti Support Group: Famous Haitians

For Students 9th - 10th
What do Jean-Michel Basquiat, Toussaint Louverture, Garcelle Beauvais, and Sweet Micky have in common? All are Haitian. Learn more about them and 30 fellow famous Haitians with this resource.