Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Komi Kinship, Marriage, and Family
Learn about the culture of the Komi people. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Songhay Marriage and Family
The Songhay are the fourth-largest ethnic group in Niger, West Africa. There are also considerable Songhay populations in Mali and Benin. They are closely related culturally to the Zarma. The Songhay are spread over a large area of...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Pacific Eskimo Kinship, Marriage and Family
Learn about the culture of the Pacific Eskimo. Explore topics such as their history, economy, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: Buddhist Ceremonies: Personal Ceremonies: Marriage/funeral Rites
This site provides information on Buddhist ceremonies in several countries where the religion is practiced. The site provides information on what should be done and how the ceremonies are performed.
Morning Earth
How Life Works: Biosphere Is Process: Rock Cycle: The Marriage of Water and Rock
Students examine the biology topic of ecology. The tutorial includes definitions, questions, and pictures on rock cycles.
University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba: Kinship and Social Organization
This site contains links to in-depth information on kinship fundamentals such as marriage customs and residence rules. It also provides definitions and links to differing systems of descent and marriage among several groups - the...
Internet FAQ Archive
Faq Archives: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society: Family Patterns
The structure of families in medieval and modern times, and the patterns they follow are examined. These include topics such as household composition, age of marriage, life expectancy, inheritance customs, financial resources, disruptive...
Other
Women in the Ancient World: Women in Ancient Egypt
Discussion on women in ancient Egypt includes the topics of clothing, economy, pregnancy, royal women and the concept of marriage in ancient Egypt.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Women and Gender in Classical Athens
A lecture describing the marriage practices and legal status of women in Classical Athens.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Changing Contexts of Parenting in the United States
This lecture in sociology presented in 1999 describes changing trends in marriage, discusses the new kinds of family situations that have become prevalent today, and examines reasons why these changes are occurring.
Forum Romanum
Outlines of Roman History: Life and Manners of the Romans
In this passage of William Morey's 1901 textbook, he discusses the everyday life of the Roman in the early Empire, including clothing, jobs, housing, and marriage customs.
Other
George Bernard Shaw/ Life and Excerpts From Works
The biography may be brief, but the selections from his works are, as one is entitled, "Gems." The excerpts deal with subjects like education ("Always argue with the teacher."), love and children, marriage and divorce, and a compilation...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Mark Twain, a Special Report
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, a daily news broadcast on PBS, offers a special report on Mark Twain and his missing manuscript, "A Murder, a Mystery and a Marriage." A timeline of Mark Twain's life is also provided.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Olympian Gods: Hera
This site focuses on Hera, the Greek goddess of marriage and family and the protector of married women. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of her name, other titles, pictures, myths, and...
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Women's Human Rights Resources Database
This database provides a wealth of information on women's rights. Topics include civil rights, feminism, marriage, politics, violence against women, and social reform.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Overview of Marriage
This web page, which is provided for by the Cornell University Law School, explains the process of getting married and its origin.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Marriage Handfast Manuscript
This marriage handfast was written in Kufic script in black ink. It dates back to AH 91 (AD 709).
Other
Justia: Hollingsworth v. Perry
The California Supreme Court held that limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples violated the California Constitution; state voters then passed a ballot initiative, Proposition 8, amending the state constitution to define marriage as a...
Other
Streetlaw: Family Law
At this website, check out an introduction to family law and several relevant online resources for further reading and research. Topics include: "Law and the American Family," "Marriage," "Legal Rights of Single People Who Live...
Other
Marital Agreements & Cohabitation Agreements
This short article has the premise that a marriage will go much more smoothly if both parties come to some basic agreements concerning the relationship and its maintenance. (Published March 1, 1995)
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Chaucer's Wife of Bath
These lesson plans, focusing on Chaucer's Wife of Bath, encourage students to explore the roles of women and the views of marriage during the Middle Ages. Website includes several links to further related information.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Hero vs. Claudio
What do you know about marriage customs during the English Renaissance? Students will have an opportunity to learn about weddings and marriages in Renaissance English using "Much Ado About Nothing" as source material.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Are the Best Things in Life Free?
Students use economic reasoning to analyze the costs and consequences of choice. The idea that the best things in life are free is widely expressed as a maxim by people who know nothing of its origin. They know it's true through...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys
Selected (10) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys. Written as a prequel to Jane Eyre, "Wide Sargasso Sea" follows the life of Antoinette Cosway from her tumultuous childhood in Jamaica following...
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