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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Idea Channel Collection
Explore the crossroads of art, science, and pop culture with PBS Idea Channel. Hosted by Mike Rugnetta, the Idea Channel launched in 2012 and has since posted over 100 videos, with more added every Wednesday. The program has quickly...
Vassar College
Vassar College: 1896: The Popularity of Bicycles
As part of the larger site about the year 1896, this article describes the bicycle craze at the end of the 19th century and includes newspaper articles and cartoons about this fad.
PBS
Pbs: Skin Stories the Art and Culture of Polynesian Tattoo
Delve into the rich history of the Oceania people by exploring their art and culture. Find that the art of tattooing is much more than a popular trend of young adults.
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Parlor Songs Academy: Music as Propaganda in World War I
Scroll through the history of the use of popular music as propaganda until reaching the lengthy section about how music was used, not just in the United States, but throughout the world as propaganda in World War I. Find the lyrics and...
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Anti Discrimination Committee: Arab Stereotypes & Educators
This site provides an analysis of stereotypes of Arabs in US pop culture and textbooks, the role of educators in combating these stereotypes, and the effects of such stereotypes on Arab American children. It includes a bibliography for...
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The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture
This resource explores the history of film and visual arts. There is a tour, virtual exhibits, and related materials.
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Aiga: Design Observer
A designer's portal featuring writings, news, and critical essays on graphic design, social innovation, urbanism, popular culture, and criticism.
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National Geographic Channel: Rule the 90s
Expand your trivia knowledge, and explore the news, culture, music, television and film of the 1990s.
PBS
Pbs: Broadway: The American Musical: Operetta
As part of a larger look at the American musical, this brief look at the popularity of the operetta in the last part of the 19th century discusses why it was so popular with the middle class. Included is a short video that discusses...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 32: The John Travolta Syndrome
The songs and movies of modern times have had a major influence on fashion. Coincidentally, many of these important fashion-influencing films of recent times had one thing in common: John Travolta. From the white leisure suits ofSaturday...
Digital History
Digital History: Avant Garde
Synopsis of the huge cultural shifts that occurred in America in the 1920s in art, music, literature, and among intelligentsia.
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Smithsonian Institution: Musica Del Pueblo
Musica del Pueblo is a full-featured resource that explores the traditions of Latino music. Using a colorful mural titled "Song of Unity" as a navigation tool, visitors can watch videos of performances, listen to different varieties of...
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American Film Institute: 100 Years . . . 100 Songs
With this list, the American Film Institute presents its choices for the 100 greatest songs in film. The list includes choices from popular films such as The Sound of Music, Cabaret and The Producers.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Variety Stage: Bijou Theater
Musical theater and vaudeville were popular in the Gilded Age. Here is a theater program from the Bijou Theater in Boston. Leaafing through the pages gives a great slice of life at the time, not only because of the playbills, but also...
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American Studies Online: Theme Parks and Mass Culture
This site is provided for by American Studies Online. The Disney concept and philosophy has had a widespread influence on American life beyond the amusement parks. This article shows the influence has even spread to shopping malls and...
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For Many, One: Eugenics in the Culture Wars of the 1920s
Read about the bizarre ideas of those who believed in the role of eugenics in society. Find out about "bad" heredity and "good" heredity and see the form from the Eugenics Society of America that determined the "fitness" of individual...
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China Vista: Ancient Chinese Fables
Fables have enriched the Chinese language and the morals of these tales have found their way into the Chinese language. Six popular ancient Chinese fables are found here in Chinese and English.
Library of Congress
Loc: Mexico: Religion
Scroll down to read about religion in Mexico. Push the "forward" button to read about church-state relations and popular beliefs.
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Web Japan: A Japanese Cookbook for Kids
This introduction--suitable for younger students--to Japanese food features a lesson in using chopsticks and surveys popular dishes among school children in Japan.
Columbia University
Ling Long Women's Magazine, Shanghai 1931 to 1937
Chinese social and cultural history will benefit greatly from the preservation of a nearly complete run (228 of 298 issues) of Ling Lung, a weekly Chinese women's magazine published in Shanghai from 1931 to 1937.
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Gobierno Bolivariano De Venezuela: Ministerio Del Poder Popular Para La Cultura
Spanish content; this is the government run web-site of the ministry of culture for Venezuela where one can find information about cultural offering and projects in the country.
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San Francisco Visitor Activities
From the city and county of San Francisco, this site offers an image gallery, links to popular cultural activities, and a state-wide visitors guide.
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Don Quijote: Bullfighting in Spain
Learn about the controversial Spanish popular custom of bullfighting and the history of this great event.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: A Biography of America: The Twenties 1913 1929
How would you describe the 1920s? The decade was called the Roaring Twenties, the beginning of modern America. Take a look at the economic prosperity, prohibition, popular culture, and the invention of the automobile, then you decide, a...
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