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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Thai Americans

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

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Tibetan Americans

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

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Tongan Americans

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

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Turkish Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Turkish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Other

Asia/canada: Meeting of Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
Asians immigrants have had to battle hardship and prejudice to make new lives for themselves in Canada. That path is described here as well as the defining moments that politicized Chinese Canadians and acted as catalysts towards...
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Japanese art in this historical overview and image gallery of Japanese art with detailed descriptions, from the collection of the British Museum.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: East Asia in the World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Drawing attention to relationships between East Asian countries and the rest of the world enhance lessons by introducing some of the resources mentioned.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: East Asia in the World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Drawing attention to relationships between East Asian countries and the rest of the world enhance lessons by introducing some of the resources mentioned.
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Yemenis

For Students 9th - 10th
The Yemenis are a Muslim and Arabic-speaking people who are mainly Arabs, although a small percentage of the population has African and Asian ancestry. Yemeni values have traditionally relied on a hierarchical, tribally organized, and...
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Website
City University of New York

Chinese Cultural Studies: Confucius Kongfuzi: The Analects, Excerpts

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a large number of excerpts from the "Analects" by Confucius. These quotes are divided into seven themes of Confucian teaching, humaneness, the superior man, rites, music, learning and teaching, government, and rectifying the...
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Princeton University

Princeton University Art Museum: Asian Art Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive history and explanation of the cultural influences on Asian art. A map allows viewers to focus on a region. Access images of artwork in the museum's collection.
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Other

Silicon Valley Art Museum: China's Han Dynasty Artifacts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
See treasures from a Han dynasty tomb (206 BC to AD 24) exhibited at the Silicon Valley Art Museum. Delightful reproductions of ceramic and bronze vessels and figurines pepper the site. Informative notes discuss both the technology used...
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Website
Other

Musee Du Quai Branly: Indigenous Art of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine a collection of artifacts produced by indigenous cultures Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania in three-dimensions. Includes location maps and helpful commentary.
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eLanguage

E Language: Hindi Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of images of India, including a map. Each one includes explanatory notes that describe its cultural or historical significance.
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eBook
University of Wisconsin

Madison Children's Museum: Field Guide to Hmong Culture [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This ethnographic guide covers almost every aspect of Hmong culture- history, daily life, traditional crafts and art, language, games, and religion. Each section wraps with "questions for study." The Hmong are a people indigenous to...
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PBS

This Is Home: The Hmong in Minnesota

For Students 9th - 10th
This radio series gives an up-close-and-personal view of Hmong history, culture and the challenges of resettling in the U.S. Listen to, or read transcripts of, interviews with Hmong refugees, a clan leader trained by the CIA as part of...
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: A Multicultural Literature Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list that provides either the teacher or the student with a list of books that gives a representation of the multicultural society that exists in the United States. A brief synopsis of each book is given along with a suggestion for the...
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Article
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: At Home With Multicultural Adolescent Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
List of "Must read," multicultural literature for the adolescent reader. The books are categorized by the culture that they represent and by reading level. An excellent resource for teachers and students alike.
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Handout
The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Korea

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the traditional Korean art in this historical overview and image gallery of Korean art with detailed descriptions, from the collection of the British Museum.
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Website
InterKnowledge Corp.

Geographia: Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the diverse countries of Asia. Primarily a travel guide, Geographia offers information on other topics, such as economy, geography, climate, history, and people of selected Asian countries. Pictures are included.
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Website
Other

Asia Society: Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive storehouse of all types of information on Asia, both current and past: maps and statistics, Asian food, travel guides, photographs, articles, timelines, and more. Asia Source is the work of the Asia Society, a national...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Introduction to Asian American Studies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Covering the Asian experience in the United States, educators can enhance lessons with many resources provided by MIT.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Introduction to Asian American Studies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Covering the Asian experience in the United States, educators can enhance lessons with many resources provided by MIT.
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Curated OER

Macmillan/mc Graw Hill: The World, Vol. 1: Culture & Change: Lesson 7 Quiz

For Students 5th - 7th
This short 5-question quiz tests your comprehension of Southeast Asian culture.