Every successful climb of Mount Everest can be attributed to the assistance of the local Sherpas. A short, informative article explains the history behind the Sherpa's involvement in Mount Everest expeditions, the physiological reasons...

Students analyze a work of art from a variety of cultural perspectives, and give their own personal evaluation of the work.

Students identify the need to help the elders within their community.  In this community service lesson, students discuss the importance of family and what families do for each other.  Students then volunteer their time to help...

Students watch the movie, Mr. Baseball, and discuss the difference between Japanese and American cultures.

Scholar Lucy Salyer writes about Irish Americans who joined the Fenian Brotherhood around the time of the U.S. Civil War and the shifting ideas of allegiance, citizenship, and expatriation implicated in their story. Read the following...

A brief look at the make-up of the populace of Oman, gathered from the CIA Fact Book. Information about the ethnic groups in Oman, religions, population, and languages. Current to 2005.

A lesson in which students discuss Iraqi expatriates who returned to their home country after the fall of Saddam. Students look at obstacles faced by these former exiles and identify parallels between the return of Iraqi expats to Iraq...