Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Digital Story Writing: Cultural Myths
You are a folklorist observing the lives and cultures of different people. You want to tell the world about their culture, beliefs, and values. You and a group of other folklorist are going to research the lives of a an ethnic group, and...
Lingolex
Lingolex.com: English Spanish Cultural Exchange
Students will love this Lingolex site more than anything taught in the classroom! What better way for students to get involved than to have their own penpal who is Spanish. The purpose of this site is to engage students in meaningful and...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: The Columbian Exchange
[Free Registration/Login Required] The story of the Columbian exchange is a story of two worlds colliding. The Europeans brought horses and wheat, they also brought germs. Here's a synopsis of the effects of that fateful encounter.
Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)
Japanese Shipwrecks in British Columbia Myths & Facts
The Royal British Columbia Museum looks at the historical possibility of cultural exchanges between the Japanese and the First Nations Peoples in Canada's Northwest. The site also looks at the validity of stories of shipwrecks in the...
Other
Culture Ireland: Facts About Ireland
A wide variety of facts about Ireland, such as general background, square miles, natural resources, religions, literacy rates, type of government, economic facts, exchange rates, and many other things. Some links to external sites no...
SMART Technologies
Smart: What Is Culture?
Lesson plans and activities to engage students as they learn about what culture is.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Bridging Cultural Gaps
In a semester-long project, foreign language students begin a penpal correspondence exchange with a student from another country. Through this exchange, students gain a greater insight into the culture and language of another country,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Native Cultures in the Americas
This lesson is part of a project-based, hands-on unit in which children discover the native cultures that existed in the Americas prior to the arrival of explorers. The young scholars will "become" part of their assigned culture through...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Exploring Customs and Cultures Part 2
Students meet both language arts and social studies objectives in this interdisciplinary unit on customs and cultures. In part 1 of the unit students practice research and writing skills to create a slideshow. In part 2 of the unit...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Exploring Customs and Cultures Part 1
Students meet both language arts and social studies objectives in this interdisciplinary unit on customs and cultures. In part 1 of the unit students practice research and writing skills to create a slideshow. In part 2 of the unit...
Other
Colonial America: Native American Cultures
A brief look at the Native American cultures before Contact and some discussion of the interaction with Europeans after Columbus. From an on-line American History textbook.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Exploring the Culture of Europe
In this technology-based lesson, students will create a slideshow presentation or a travel brochure to highlight attractions in a chosen country and the historical significance of each attraction. Students will present their created...
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Columbian Exchange
A page on the elements of the Exchange that made the most significant impact. Clicking on the item brings up a page of explanation.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: The Columbian Exchange
Lesson on the Columbian Exchange and the unintended consequences that resulted. Lesson includes teacher's notes, primary or secondary sources, background, strategies for analysis and Close reading, follow-up assignment and vocabulary.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fried Green Tomatoes & Cultural Crossroads
Having read Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, students will conduct research through an interview with an elderly person from the community (a field trip to local nursing home facility) to determine the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Native Cultures vs. Explorers in World Court
This lesson represents the end result of a project-based, hands-on unit in which children represent a culture they've researched in a World Court Hearing against the explorers they encountered.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Interpreters Juggle Two Languages at Once
Language is complex, and when abstract or nuanced concepts get lost in translation, the consequences may be catastrophic. Given the complexities of language and cultural exchange, how do these epic miscommunications not happen all the...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Renaissance Trade and Exchange
Sixth graders will research the development of international trade and the resultant cultural exchanges during the Renaissance.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian: Song for the Horse Nation
An exhibition about horses in Native American cultures takes a sweeping look at the ways in which Native peoples, past and present, regard horses and horsemanship. Learn how the horse transformed Native approaches to the hunt, warfare,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Writing Native American Style
In this lesson plan students will reinforce their knowledge about Native Americans and their culture. They will also be introduced to Native American writing. The students will read The Legend of The Indian Paintbrush by Tomie de Paolo...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Mexico
In this instructional activity, students explore Mexico by navigating the Internet and reading a variety of literature. Traditions, holidays, clothing, etc., of Mexico will be compared to American culture. A newsletter creates a way for...
Other
Spanish Abroad, Inc.
This resource provides information about Spanish language study abroad programs throughout Latin America and Spain.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Age of Exploration: The Columbian Exchange
A fascinating look at the exchanges that took place around the world after the Americas were discovered. This covered the gamut from diseases which wiped out 90% of the native peoples in North and South America, to farm animals, tools,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: International Business Cultures and Marketing Strategy
This instructional activity has students research business practices in different countries and create a PowerPoint Presentation that they will share with the class. Students will prepare support materials to accompany their...