Curated OER
Chinese Carpenters at Work, Emerald Hill [Picture] /
A broad selection of images featuring Chinese-Australian Heritage can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
Curated OER
Unesco: Iran: Bisotun
Bisotun is located along the ancient trade route linking the Iranian high plateau with Mesopotamia and features remains from the prehistoric times to the Median, Achaemenid, Sassanian, and Ilkhanid periods. The principal monument of this...
PBS
Pbs: Roots in the Sand
Online companion to a documentary film about Punjabi-Mexican immigrants who settled in California.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Lesson Plans: We Are Family, Grades K 1
A collection of activities that help students learn about their families. Includes links to reproducibles that are used with some of the activities.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Alaska: The People and the Land
Students will read the short story about Alaskan Native heritage, "Otoonah," as retold by Robert David San Souci. From the reading and interpretation of this native American story, students will study the indigenous people of Alaska and...
Other
Europeana: Collections: 1914 1918
Great source of cultural heritage that explores stories, films and historical material about the First World War. Europeana 1914-1918 mixes resources from libraries, galleries, museums, and archives across the globe with memories and...
Other
Historic Carson House
If the walls of this house could speak, they would tell a story of North Carolina mountain heritage spanning more than two hundred years.
Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: The Arts and Crafts of Storytelling [Pdf]
In the Arts and Crafts of Storytelling, American folk heroes come to life, help students expand their vocabulary and increase knowledge of figurative language. Students identify figurative language like similes, idioms and hyperboles....
Aaron Shepherd
The Gifts of Wali Dad, a Tale of India and Pakistan
A reader's theater version of a folktale from India and Pakistan adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "The Gifts of Wali Dad." For 15 players, ages 8-13, it contemplates questions of generosity....
Aaron Shepherd
The Battle of Song, a Hero Tale of Finland (Rt)
A reader's theater version of a Finnish folktale adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "The Maiden of Northland." For eight players, ages 11 and up. Performance length is six minutes. You will find links...
Aaron Shepherd
Forty Fortunes, a Tale of Iran (Reader's Theater)
A reader's theater version of a folktale from Iran for 11 players, ages 8 and up. The performance length is ten minutes. Adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "Forty Fortunes." You will find links to name...
Aaron Shepherd
The Magic Brocade, a Tale of China (Reader's Theater)
A reader's theater version of a folktale from China for nine players, ages 8-15. It touches on themes related to following one's dreams and the creative process. Adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "The...
Aaron Shepherd
The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese Legend (R's Theater)
A reader's theater version of a folktale from Vietnam for 13 players, ages 10 and up. Adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "The Crystal Heart," the themes explored are kindness and false imagining....
Aaron Shepherd
Monkey Lives! A Superhero Tale of China (R's Theater)
A reader's theater version of a folktale from China for six or more players ages ten and up. Adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his short novel "Monkey: A Superhero Tale of China," the performance length is five...
McGill University
Children's Books of the Early Soviet Era
Brief discussions of various themes in Soviet children's literature of the 1920s and 30s. Examples of cover art.
Yale University
The Tainos of Puerto Rico: Rediscovering Borinquen
Nice unit designed to help students of Puerto Rican descent learn about their cultural roots. Students research Taino culture and read Taino myths, legends and poems; create their own myths and poems; and practice Spanish vocabulary....
Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: Crayon Box: Family Diversity
Lesson that helps reinforce the idea that families are diverse and have many different types of traditions. Young scholars discuss The Crayon Box That Talked by Shane DeRolf, talk about their family traditions, and draw and write about...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: Celebrating Family Traditions
This lesson helps students explore the traditions that their families have. Students discuss that there are many types of families, complete questionnaires about their families' traditions with a parent or guardian, and create a family...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: St. Patrick's Day
Great resource for St. Patrick's Day activities, art projects and more.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Beyond Food & Fiestas: Creating Authentic Cultural Experiences in the Classroom
As educators, we are eager to provide cultural experiences for our students. Songs, dances, traditional dress, food, and relevant objects are wonderful ways to interest students in a variety of cultures. But when you take it a step...
University of Pittsburgh
Nasreddin Hodja Tales of the Turkish Trickster
Known throughout the Islamic world, Nasreddin tales feature a wise man with a biting wit and more than one trick or lesson up his sleeve. Learn about him on this site and read a selection of short tales, anecdotes, and jokes.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Where I Come From
This lesson plan directs children to learn about their family histories by visiting sites that connect them to the homelands of their ancestors.
Curated OER
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Here is an excellent biography of Campbell, his early life and heritage and his life as a Senator and representative of Native Americans. His life story in an inspiration to read.