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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Culture of Costa Rica

For Students 9th - 10th
Readers will learn about the music, food, language, religion, art and other aspects of Costa Rican culture.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Partes Corporis Ii (Body Parts)

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is part 2 of a 4-part flipchart designed to review body parts. It could easily be adapted for other languages.
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Other

Venezuela History: Simon Bolivar

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Simon Bolivar, national hero. Several languages available from homepage.
Handout
Other

Buzzle.com: Historyplex: Facts About the Rich and Diverse Hispanic Culture

For Students 2nd - 6th
Aspects of Hispanic culture are discussed in this resource. Looks at family, language, social codes of conduct, religion, celebrations, foods eaten, and how they have contributed to the United States.
Handout
Other

California Polytechnic State University: Backgrounds to Romance: Courtly Love

For Students 9th - 10th
Background information on courtly love as reflected in "romance" literature of the Middle Ages.
Handout
Hans Lohninger

Photo Globe: Guatemala

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents general facts about Guatemala in a well organized chart form. This site is enriched by links to aerial photos of the Santa Maria volcano and other images.
Primary
Tufts University

Perseus Digital Library: Works by and About Cicero

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains electronic versions of many of the writings of Cicero. Some are available in both English and Latin, others only in one or the other language.
Activity
University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Describe Christmas or Other Holiday

For Students 9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing the Christmas and other holiday traditions. Uses a variety of tenses. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along. Great way to bring native speakers...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather Watchers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are introduced to some essential meteorology concepts so they more fully understand the impact of meteorological activity on air pollution control and prevention. First, they develop an understanding of the magnitude and...
Website
Other

Carson Newman College: A Brief History of English

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site features a brief history of English. Come and check out the links provided within this site. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational resource. It includes time lines.
Activity
Other

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Nicaraguan Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Nicaraguan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Future Tense

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
General discussion of how future tense verbs work in language with more specific information about English, Latin, French, and Spanish. Includes examples throughout and some links to additional information near the bottom.
Graphic
Virginia Tech

Electronic Antiquity: Communicating the Classics

For Students 9th - 10th
Electronic Antiquity is a scholarly journal with an emphasis on editorial articles, reviews and announcements.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Palmyra

For Students 9th - 10th
Amid the barren deserts of Arabia, a few fertile spots of soil arise out of the sandy waste, like islands out of the wide ocean. One of these places, termed oases by the inhabitants of those countries, became the seat of a rich,...

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