BBC
Bbc: Young in the Arab World Bbc News
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...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Jews & African Americans Built Tradition
Read about the history of the Freedom Seder, a Jewish and African-American tradition. Includes an audio version of the story and a video.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: World Cultures Collection
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.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Asian Pacific Printable Activities
Create fun Asian Pacific crafts and activities such as, zodiac necklaces, calligraphy, and kites to enhance understanding of our multicultural world.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America
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...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Chaldean Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Chaldean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Creoles
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Creoles. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Garifuna Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Garifuna Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Guyanese Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Guyanese Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America:trinidadians and Tobagonians
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Virgin Islander Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Virgin Islander Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Lin and Don Donn
Lin and Don Donn: u.s. History Lessons: Immigration
This personal site provides a list of links and lesson plans related to immigration up to the current time.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Don't Ask Where I'm From, Ask Where I'm a Local
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.
Other
Global Oneness Project: On the Big Bend of the Xingu River
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...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Themes: Identity: What Makes You Who You Are?
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...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Themes: Identity: Can You Change Your Identity?
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...
Other
Takelessons: Body Language in Different Cultures
This interactive resource allows students to understand important differences in different types of body language across cultures.
Other
Globe Trottin' Kids: Sharing Many Cultures in the Elementary Classroom
Tips for implementing a culturally responsive classroom are provided on this site. Cultural norms will be celebrated via the resources provided.
Other
Culture Plus Consulting: Nine Cultural Value Differences You Need to Know
This teaching resource provides a general understanding of cultural differences that need to be embraced by teachers and students.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Getting to Know Cendrillion
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.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Beyond Food & Fiestas: Creating Authentic Cultural Experiences in the Classroom
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...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Asians of Africa
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...
BBC
Bbc: The Story of Africa: Christianity
A brief article describing Christianity's roots within Africa.
Other
Haiti Support Group: Famous Haitians
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.