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Cultures
Many educators agree that a multicultural approach to education is essential
to engage children of all cultures in learning and to prepare students
for the diverse and global society that will be their adult world. All
students must learn how to interact with and understand people who are
ethnically, racially and culturally different from themselves.
By exploring other cultures, we can learn to appreciate diversity, while
celebrating our common humanity.
Places To Go | People To See | Things To Do | Teacher Resources | Bibliography
Places To Go
Global Schoolhouse
The Global Schoolhouse provides online opportunities for teachers and
students to collaborate, communicate, and celebrate shared learning experiences.
CIA's
World Fact Book
If you're looking for factual information about a country, this site is
where you'll find it. Each country has a profile that includes information
about the geography, people, government, economy, communication, transportation,
military, and transnational issues associated with that country.
Mama Lisa's
World: Children's Songs and Rhymes of All Nations
The intent of this site is to give people a sense of the nursery rhymes
and songs sung by or to children in cultures around the world. For example,
"Yankee Doodle" is a little rhyme that all American children
know and experience as a part of their childhood. Non-Americans can get
a sense of a small part of the culture of the United States by reading
or singing it.
Dale
Lightfoot's Cultural Landscapes From Around the World
This archive of color photographs is used to highlight similarities and
differences in cultural geography around the world. The emphasis is on
four areas: folk customs, popular culture, "cola" wars, and
"frosted flakes"! The last two show how quickly culture can
spread from one country to another.
People To See
Margaret
Mead
Margaret Mead taught generations of Americans about the value of looking
carefully and openly at other cultures to better understand the complexities
of being human. Scientist, explorer, writer, and teacher, Mead, who worked
in the Department of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History
from 1926 until her death, brought the serious work of anthropology into
the public consciousness.
Anthropology
Biography Web
This biography web, developed by the anthropology students at Minnesota
State University, strives to produce brief descriptions of anthropologists
and other scientists that have direct influence on the discipline of anthropology.
Things To Do
Tales
of Wonder
Learn about cultures of the world by reading the folk and fairy tales
associated with various regions.
Foreign
Languages for Travelers
Discover more about the languages of different countries at this site.
Internet
Public Library Culture Quest World Tour
Culture is the customs, beliefs, arts and institutions of a group of people.
Join Parsifal and Olivia on their worldwide tour, as they sample the delicious
cuisines, play the games, hear the folktales, learn about the holidays
and festivals, and see the museums full of arts, crafts and history of
many of the world's cultures.
Peace Corps
Kids World
Explore the globe and learn about making a difference as a Peace Corps
Volunteer. The Peace Corps is an organization filled with men and women
who live and work in another country for two years. The people who serve
in the Peace Corps are "Volunteers" who share their skills with
people at the grass-roots level to help solve some of the most important
challenges that face communities in the developing world.
The Odyssey
Take "treks" with hosts through different lands to meet people,
visit new places, and celebrate our rich cultural diversity.
Kidslink
Multi-Cultural Calendar
Learn more about the holidays celebrated in different cultures around
the world.
ePals
Connect with electronic penpals from around the world.
Intercultural E-Mail Classroom
Connections
IECC (Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections) is a free service to
help teachers link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail
classroom pen-pal and project exchanges.
Teacher Resources
Japanese
Culture and Stuff
Learn more about Japanese culture.
Mexican
Holidays and Celebrations
Learn about the Mexican holidays of Cinco de Mayo, Día de los Muertos,
and La Virgen de Guadalupe
Holiday
Celebrations
For this lesson, students will explore three cultural holidays and compare
and contrast the ways varied cultural groups celebrate their heritage.
Utah's
Ethnic Heritage
Resources and quizzes on ethnic groups and the contributions they've made
to Utah history.
Legends
in Their Own Times: Folk Tales and Their Cultural Implications
In this lesson, students first learn folk tales from many different cultures
and retell them using the medium of their choice. Students then learn
and write about the cultural indications found in these tales.
Soul
Food: Exploring Connections Among Geography, Culture and the Foods We
Eat
In this lesson, students explore the connections between food and culture
by investigating the production, preparation, and historical and cultural
ties of foods significant to cultural groups with which they identify.
Students then participate in a Cultural Food Festival to share this information
and these "cultural" foods with their classmates.
Fifty
Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know
A multicultural bibliography broken down by appropriate ages.
Educator's Reference Desk Multicultural Lesson Plans
An assortment of multicultural lesson plans.
Happy
Chanukah!
Chanukah is a holiday celebrated by Jews all over the world. In this fourth
grade lesson, students will be able to identify a menorah, play the dreidel
game, and re-tell parts of the Chanukah story. The student will see that
different cultures have different customs.
Cinco
de Mayo
Second and third grade students can use this resource to help learn more
about the famous Mexican holiday.
Dispelling
the Myth: A Study of Cultures
A webquest on cultural diversity for fourth, fifth and sixth grade students.
Take
a Trip to Latin America
This webquest uses the five themes of geography to learn more about a
South American country.
Searching
for China
Students can use this webquest to join a special fact-finding team to
investigate the people and culture of China.
Cultural
Values Through Hero Mythology
Students will identify cultural values through reading, analysis and appreciation
of various hero myths.
AskAsia
For Educators
Lesson plans for Asia, China, India, Japan, Korea, the Middle East, etc.
Multicultural
Lesson Plans
Students will be able to observe and identify some cultural aspects of
other countries (i.e. foods, clothing, religion, and language). Also,
they will be able to analyze and evaluate the similarities and differences
between the cultures of other countries.
Multiculturalism
Through African Folk Tales And Mayan Myths
This unit will study two cultures through myths and legends. Through the
process of this unit students will achieve an understanding of the Mayan
culture and, due to the vast range of cultures across the African continent,
various cultures from several African regions. This understanding will
be reached via classroom activities and writing assignments. This unit
is designed for a seventh-eighth grade language arts curriculum with interdisciplinary
learning throughout other subjects areas including social studies, math,
science as well as art.
Melting
Pot Theater: Teaching for Cultural Understanding
This unit uses drama as an educational tool to foster multicultural understanding.
WebQuests
Bibliography
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of Baby Carrying Around the World. Harcourt Brace, 1996.
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Crafts and Activities from Many Lands. John Wiley & Sons,1999.
- Cook, Deanna F. and Michael P. Kline. The Kids' Multicultural
Cookbook : Food & Fun Around the World. Williamson Publishing, 1995.
- Copsey, Susan Elizabeth et al. Children Just Like Me. DK Publishing,
1995.
- Gomez, Aurelia. Crafts of Many Cultures : 30 Authentic Craft Projects
From Around the World. Scholastic, 1996.
- Kindersley, Anabel and Barnabas Kindersley. Children Just Like Me:
Celebrations! DK Publishing, 1997.
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Cultural Awareness and Global Respect. Williamson Publishing, 1992.
- Milord, Susan and Michael Donato. Tales Alive! : Ten Multicultural
Folktales With Activities. Williamson Publishing, 1995.
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