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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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PBS

Pbs: Lesson Plan: A Nation of Many Cultures

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Other

Discover Hong Kong

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site for visitors to Hong Kong, virtual or real. Visit the Interactive Gallery to see videos or photos, read your Chinese horoscope, listen to the sounds of a Hong Kong marketplace. Learn about Chinese cuisine (you'll...
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University of South Florida

No Strings Attached: Family Heritage

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students bring in an object from home that represents their family heritage. Students then use cameras and scanners to import their object into the computer. The lesson has the students complete a writing piece but you could expand into...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Spain: Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain

For Students 9th - 10th
Seventeen decorated caves of the Paleolithic age were inscribed as an extension to the Altamira Cave, inscribed in 1985. The property will now appear on the List as Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain. The...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Spain: Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula

For Students 9th - 10th
The late prehistoric rock-art sites of the Mediterranean seaboard of the Iberian peninsula form an exceptionally large group. Here the way of life during a critical phase of human development is vividly and graphically depicted in...
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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: Infinite Island (Contemporary Works of the Caribbean)

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Brooklyn Museum, this is the exhibit page for "Infinite Island (Contemporary Works of the Caribbean)", featuring selected images from the exhibit and an accompanying artist statement from the corresponding artist.
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Columbia University

Columbia University Libraries Digital Program: Chinese Paper Gods

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Columbia University Libraries Digital Program, this is an online article discussing the Anne S. Goodrich collection of Chinese Paper Gods donated to the nuniversity.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Look in Mirror"

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes making students aware of themselves, promoting appreciation of their individuality, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, and language arts skills.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "What's in a Name"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: The Getty Conservation Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
A non-profit organization that focuses its efforts in education and promotion of conservation through critical thinking, research, and innovation. The Getty Conservation Institute works ceaselessly on projects to conserve the legacy of...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dynasty, Revolution, and the Classical Age

For Students 9th - 10th
Welcome to Britain, home to one of the biggest empires in history and a rich artistic heritage. We'll start in the 16th through the 18th centuries, years that saw the establishment of Britain and British art as we know it. As you travel...
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University of Washington

A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The goal of this "visual sourcebook" is to add to the material teachers can use to help theirstudents understand Chinese history, culture, and society. It was not designed to standalone; we assume that teachers who use it will also...
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Other

Knowledge of China: Universal Guide for Chinese Studies

For Students 9th - 10th
A very comprehensive website about China, including history (from ancient to modern), arts (architecture, handicraft, living etc.), philosophy (daoism, confucianism, buddhism etc) and literature.
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Other

China Vista: The China Experience China Culture Index

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive, bilingual website about various aspects of Chinese culture, including folk custom, arts and crafts, food and drinks, costumes, scripts and calligraphy, performing arts, ethnic groups, etc.
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McGill University

Children's Books of the Early Soviet Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief discussions of various themes in Soviet children's literature of the 1920s and 30s. Examples of cover art.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: City & Town

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Memories of Red Lake: Why We Came, Why We Stayed

For Students 9th - 10th
The mining town of Red Lake, Ontario is profiled. The different factors that attracted people to this wilderness area are examined. Archival photographs, native art, and early legends are included in the exhibit.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Hispano Music & Culture of the Northern Rio Grande

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of online resources on the Hispanic arts and culture of the Southwestern United States. Exhibits include essays, audio files, and links to related sites.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: St. Patrick's Day

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Great resource for St. Patrick's Day activities, art projects and more.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: 1990 Black Heritage Series: Ida B. Wells Issue

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1990 to commemorate Ida B. Wells, one of the founders of the NAACP. With a short passage on her life and contributions to ending discrimination against women and African-Americans.
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Other

Scotland.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic facts and travel information about Scotland. Information is available about business, community, travel, culture, news, sports, and shopping.
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Other

Cincinnati Library: Reflections on the River: Tall Stacks

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the Tall Stacks Music Arts and Heritage Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio. It offers information about the upcoming Tall Stacks and links to its history.
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Other

Latino Cultures & History

For Students 9th - 10th
Listing of recommended links for research into the arts, history, culture, famous Latinos, and cooking of Latin American countries.