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Peace Corps

Peace Corps: Defining Culture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Online lesson plan for facilitating student exploration of culture and how culture shapes the individual.
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Education.com

Education.com: What Is Culture?

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Help your students become global citizens with this instructional activity that teaches the about culture. Students will explore their culture and the cultures of their classmates in this engaging,...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Food, Demographics, and Culture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit probes into the role food plays in society in terms of culture, economy and global awareness since the primary globalization in the 1500s through videos, various readings, and activities.
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American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: Haiku as a Cultural Icon

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These detailed lesson plans let students research about Shiki and Haiku, compose on their own poetry, and learn about Japanese culture.
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Other

American Anthropological Association: Economic, Social & Cultural Aspects

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the American Anthropological Association suggests that with our advancement in communication technology, culture is a topic of concern. People are virtually connecting from all over the world through the internet and...
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United Nations

Unesco: United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization

For Students 9th - 10th
The official United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) homepage. UNESCO is composed of now 195 Members and 8 Associate Members (as of 2013). The main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Global Popular Culture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit embraces the development of popular culture, more widespread than ever, due to globalization.
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Emory University

Globalization Website: Globalization Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website is a glossary of words and phrases used in explaining the globalization of economies, politics, human rights, and world culture.
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American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: Spotlight on Muslim Identity [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This downloadable booklet is a comprehensive teacher's guide you can use to help students' understand Muslims and their countries and cultures of origin. 100 pages include background information and teaching tips, activities and...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: African Voices: Global Africa

For Students 6th - 8th
The rich, vibrant African American culture has spread far and wide through our world. Follow the routes taken over the millennia by examining the following maps that include short descriptions. Listen to audio from slaves describing...
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American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: Introducing Myself & Others

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson plans teachers can use to promote self-understanding, cultural understanding, and the interconnectedness of people and cultures.
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BBC

Bbc: Globalization: What on Earth Is It About?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an article exploring the concept of globalization. Use this site to learn about the world's views on globalization and gain a better understanding of what globalization really is.
Online Course
Other

Univ. Of Idaho: Principles of Sustainability: Chapter 3: The Culture of Waste

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the third chapter in an online course on sustainability. It examines solid waste management in developed and developing countries. It looks at the global waste crisis and at options for dealing with it. Includes a video [41:50]...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Lau

For Students 9th - 10th
Countries and Their Cultures spotlight Oceania's Lau. Information includes orientation; history and cultural relations; settlements; economy; kinship; marriage and family; sociopolitical organization; religion and expressive culture. The...
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Other

Executive Planet: Taiwan Culture Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource you can learn more about an international culture. Explore business culture customs, and etiquette with the variety of resources this guide offers.
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Other

Global Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive site containing information, links, educational tools, and networks discussing global issues.
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Other

Huayu World: Global Chinese Language and Culture Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Good resource for exploring Chinese culture and language. Learn about Taiwanese lantern riddles, Chinese folklore, clothing, poetry and fables, papercutting, Chinese New Year, and Chinese festival and every-day cooking. Multimedia makes...
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InterKnowledge Corp.

Geographia

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers images and descriptions of cultural landmarks, natural features, and cultural information of many foreign countries.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Global Trek

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
This site is for learning about different cultures and countries. Students choose a destination around the world and the Global Trek takes them there. There are activities and journal topics throughout the site.
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Other

Global Art Project for Peace

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Join this inspiring global art exchange that promotes peace around the world. You will be paired with another participating individual or group from another culture and will share art works expressing world peace. The exchange occurs...
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Other

Global Art Project for Peace

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Join this inspiring global art exchange that promotes peace around the world. You will be paired with another participating individual or group from another culture and will share art works expressing world peace. The exchange occurs...
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TES Global

Tes: Peace Corps: Discovering New Perspectives on Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan allows students the opportunity to read about the experiences of a Peace Corps volunteer and how his worldview changed from learning more about another culture.
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Other

Global Schoolhouse: Harnessing the Power of the Web

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This online tutorial shows K-12 teachers how to harness the power of the World Wide Web for classroom use, and in particular for interaction, collaboration, distance education, cultural understanding and cooperative research -- with...
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Other

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami: Inuktitut Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
Inuktitut Magazine is distributed throughout the Inuit communities of Northern Canada. It focuses on timely topics, e.g., politics, education, global and environmental issues, culture. Past issues have been archived.