Curated OER
What We Eat, Where We Sleep: Documenting Daily Life to Tell Stories
This is not just a New York Time article to read, this is a set of amazing activity ideas all related to the slide shows "Breaking Bread Everywhere" and "Where Children Sleep." Your class can view each show, read about what they mean...
Sharp School
Travel Brochure Project
Designing a travel brochure is a classic project that will help your class members develop a variety of skills, such as researching informational texts, designing creative visual products, and communicating what you have learned.
Curated OER
Grandfather's Journey
Third graders explore world cultures by reading a children's story in class. In this Japanese heritage lesson, 3rd graders read the book Grandfather's Journey and identify the characters, setting and plot that takes place. Students...
Curated OER
Heritage Deer
Students trace body parts to create a deer in this excellent Kindergarten lesson that teaches basic Art skills and cultural awareness. The lesson includes a materials list, vocabulary used, a bibliography, and is best suited for use...
Curated OER
I - Search... The World: World Cultures, Global History
Pupils research and write a paper on a student chosen topic that has global and historical perspectives.
InterKnowledge Corp.
Geographia
This resource offers images and descriptions of cultural landmarks, natural features, and cultural information of many foreign countries.
Nations Online Project
Nations Online
This portal site offers quick access to a wide range of information about each country, continent and region of the world.
Emory University
Globalization Website: Globalization Glossary
This website is a glossary of words and phrases used in explaining the globalization of economies, politics, human rights, and world culture.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: An Islamic Journey Inside Europe
NPR takes a thorough look at the integration of Muslims into European society. How is Christian Europe handling this challenge of a new culture. Spain, Britain, France are some of the countries under scrutiny.
Other
Canton Public Library: Countries
This public library resource allows users to access sites on the web devoted to geography topics for all ages.
Read Works
Read Works: Happy Birthday
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how birthdays are celebrated in different countries. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Microsoft
Microsoft Education: Around the World Calendar
A instructional activity to help young scholars learn about the culture and history of other countries.
Oxfam
Oxfam: Cool Planet: Wake Up, World!
Resource examines the lives of four different children from different parts of the world in order to help foster a sense of awareness of other cultures.
Other
Canton Public Library: World Cuisine
Click links to world cuisines and browse through rice recipes from around the world, Arabic cuisine, Caribbean foods, Dutch food, Swedish recipes, Thai food, and more.