PBS
Pbs: Frontline: Discover How Music Could Change a Country
Embrace cultural diversity and the social and economic benefits that might arise if citizens integrated music into their lives in Paraguay. Encourage students to think about how music can change a country.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Diversity in Latino Culture
Young scholars explore the rich diversity within Latino culture using WGBY's bilingual program Presencia. The activity explores the variety within Latino food, music, and art and the individuals who celebrate their culture. Students...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Music Across America
This curriculum unit devoted to the study of American music features five lesson plans that help students identify instruments, recognize styles and genres of American music and begin to comprehend the rich diversity of American music.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 20: The 1960s Through Music
By listening to and analyzing the lyrics of selected examples of popular music from the 1960s era, students will develop a greater understanding of the historical and political forces as well as the emotional climate of the decade. This...
Other
Council for Environmental Education: Flying Wild: The Birding Beat [Pdf]
Activity that teaches students how to identify birds. Some useful characteristics to watch for include silhouette, habitat, plumage, sounds, and behavior.
Other
Harvard University: Project Zero: Artful Thinking
Find engaging ways to integrate visual art and music into regular classroom instruction and strengthen cognitive thinking skills and abilities to reason creatively from multiple perspectives. Get great classroom questioning tips, case...
Other
Virtual Museum of Labrador: Labrador Culture
Learn about the diversity of Labrador culture by gaining an understanding of its traditions, art, crafts, music, and folklore.
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tar Heel Reader: Different Cultures
Many different world cultures are illustrated for the different styles of clothing, music, makeup they wear.
BBC
Bbc Radio 3: World on Your Street
World on Your Street, although not actively maintained since 2005, is one answer to uncovering different sounds in world music. Find interviews with musicians who brought their music to the UK from many different parts of the globe....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Dancing to New Heights
Lesson plan for young students to move their bodies in specific ways. Warm-up exercises are done to culturally diverse music. (Note: Lesson references a book that is not included and contains a link to a song that does not work.)
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ancestors Talk Through Drums
In this segment from EGG:the arts show, meet Camilo Gaetan who is becoming a master drummer.
PBS
Pbs: Mathline: Tessellations Wow! [Pdf]
An integrated geometry lesson on spatial sense in which students identify and use different shapes to create a tessellation. "Through a variety of modalities such as writing, music, art, poetry, and literature, students are introduced to...
Other
Our Africa: South Africa: People & Culture
The vast diversity of South Africa is identified through the tribes, art, music, and dance.
California Digital Library
Library of Congress: San Francisco's Chinatown: Outsiders Looking In
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons...
Other
Primera Escuela: First School
A diverse variety of fun activities for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners. Among other subjects you'll find: alphabet, animals, holidays and events, coloring pages (for fairy tales, holidays, vocabulary, etc.) crafts and more....
California Digital Library
Loc: Chinese/chinese American Communities Outside San Francisco
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons...
California Digital Library
Loc: Chinese in California: Agriculture, Fishing, and Related Industries
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons...
California Digital Library
Loc: Anti Chinese Movement and Chinese Exclusion
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons...
California Digital Library
Loc: Chinese and Westward Expansion
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons...
California Digital Library
Loc: Sentiments Concerning the Chinese: Illustrations From Periodicals
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons...
California Digital Library
Loc: San Fransico's Chinatown
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons...
University of California
Hearst Museum: Native Californian Cultures
An exhibition of Native Californian Cultures showcases food, clothing, tools, ceremonies, musical instruments, games, and other aspects of various tribes.
Other
Thumbnail History of the Banjo
Site that focuses on the development of the banjo instrument, but also traces its role in minstrel shows of the 1800s. Offers different viewpoint of this genre.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Early Childhood Today: Soulful Festival
Provides early childhood education activities that engage African American culture. Poetry, music, foods, and more are included.