Students consider the plight of Holocaust victims. In this World War II lesson, students discuss the number of Jews who were persecuted during the war and read biographies by Holocaust survivors. Students compose essays on personal...

Students get involved in a Project-Based Learning instructional design model as they enter a problem-solving learning journey. They get to personalize their learning experience from the beginning by making choices. Students set up and...

Students participate in various activities that help them build esteem, and explore racism. In this multicultural lesson plan, Students increase their awareness of, and appreciation for, cultural differences and similarities. This...

Second graders complete a recycling project to clean-up their school. In this service project activity, 2nd graders assess their campus for litter, set up a recycling project, clean up their campus, and recycle the trash. Students also...

In this U.S. history worksheet, students read assigned textbook pages regarding the Age of Exploration and respond to 49 short answer questions.

Young scholars examine the motivations that prompted people to move westward during the 19th century. They take on the role of an average citizen and weigh the costs and benefits of making such a move and decide if they would have...

Third graders complete activities in which they discover powder magazines and the history of South Carolina. They practice using new vocabulary and complete a worksheet after visiting the museum. They examine how families and...

Students examine the cultural and religious diversity within the United States. Using the differences, they discover they are a source of growth and change as well as conflict. They identify the changes that occur when new immigrants...

Students study the diverse cultures that make up the population of Los Angeles.

Eighth graders investigate the physical geography of South Carolina to explore how it was suited for growing rice. They examine how slave labor contributed to a plantations success and compare Gullah culture from now to the past.

Discusses the different ethnic groups that live in Uganda, and their languages and ways of life. Includes chart showing the fourteen major groups and what percentage of the population they each are.

A collection of primary documents dealing with the ethnic groups found in the Columbia River Basin.

This online museum features images of over 1200 authentic African tribal masks, sculptures, statues, and bronzes from 100 ethnic groups.

Students who visit this resource can conduct an image search through both traditional and contemporary African art. The search can even be specified to an African country or a specific ethnic group.

Perhaps one of the largest ethinc/cultural group to inhabit Arkansas are the African Americans. Follow their first arrival as slaves working the plantations through all the years toward emancipation, and into present times. Highly...

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of South African Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Madagascar has been inhabited for only the past 2000 years. Find out the ethnic groups that settled the island and learn the base of the language. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.

Discover the Georgia Sea Islands which are home to the Geechee and Gullah culture that are part of West African ethnic groups.

Provides extensive information about the country of Kenya, including aspects such as the economy, government, religion, history, human rights, sports, geography, transportation, and much more.

Provides lots of solid information about the country of Burundi, including aspects such as the economy, government, religion, history, and geography. Note: Some links to external sites may no longer work.

Provides lots of solid information about the country of Rwanda, including aspects such as the economy, government, religion, history, and geography. Note: Some links to external sites may no longer work.

The Wolof constitute a large ethnic group inhabiting the West African country of Senegal, a former French colony, and Gambia, a former British colony. "Wolof" is the name by which the people refer to themselves, and it is also the name...

The Kpelle are the largest ethnic group in the West African nation of Liberia and a significant group in neighboring Guinea. They are arguably the most rural and conservative of the major Liberian peoples. The only significant kin group...

The Zande, whose homelands lie within three modern African states (Republic of the Sudan, Zaire, Central African Republic), constitute a large and complex amalgam of originally distinct ethnic groups, united by culture and, to a...