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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
Begin exploring world cultures by choosing from a lengthy menu of cultural periods and cultural regions of the world.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: World Cultures Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore the world with PBS LearningMedia! This collection focuses on food, folktales, and other aspects of cultural heritage. With your class, hear stories, play through situations, and learn how to make crafts from cultures near and far.
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis Institute of Arts: World Myths and Legends in Art

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Fully comprehensive site that dives into world myths and world cultures. View art that expresses mythological themes from various cultures around the world and learn about cultural similarities and differences. Key words for learning,...
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PBS

Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: Selected Works From World Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
Famous art enthusiast and author Sister Wendy, whose work for PBS and the BBC has won the acclaim of both critics and the public, takes a look at eighteen famous works from diverse world cultures in the collections of select American...
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Art Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Art Project is a part of the Google Cultural Institute. View individual pieces of art in detail with the close-up tool. View collections from museums around the world, and even get 360 degree views of artworks within those museums....
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: World Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides overviews of the traditional culture and lifestyle of ethnic groups in countries all over the world. Countries and groups are organized alphabetically. Although the content is not the most current, it does offer historical...
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Ancient India

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains what the Bhagavad Gita is and how this ancient Hindi book has inspired many within Indian culture and the world at large.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Dominican Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the culture of the Dominican Republic. Gives basic information on topics such as geography, ethnic makeup, languages, symbolism, economy, food, customs, social stratification, family life, education, religion,...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Gambia

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the culture of Gambia. Gives basic information on topics such as geography, ethnic makeup, languages, symbolism, economy, food, customs, social stratification, family life, education, religion, politics, etc....
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Nigeria

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the culture of Nigeria. Gives basic information on topics such as geography, ethnic makeup, languages, symbolism, economy, food, customs, social stratification, family life, education, religion, politics, etc....
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Gikuyu

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Gikuyu of Kenya. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc....
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Lao

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Lao people. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note:...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Lebanese

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Lebanese. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note:...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Sotho

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Sotho of Lesotho and South Africa. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Panamanians

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Panamanians. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note:...
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Other

Kingwood Library: American Cultural History: 1940 1949

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a walk through this part of American history surrounding World War II. Each section includes cultural history of the time, with links pertaining to art and architecture, books and literature, education, fads and fashion, historic...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Cross Cultural Colonial Conflicts

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary sources which explores cross-cultural conflicts during the Colonial period of United States history.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Hispano Music & Culture of the Northern Rio Grande

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of essays and other information on Hispanic music and culture in the Northern Rio Grande area, with a primary focus on New Mexico and Colorado. Contains links to texts, audio files, and other research materials. Good for...
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Tramline

Virtual Field Trip: Windows on the World

For Students Pre-K - 1st
At this site you will find interactive activities, maps, photos, and even audio and video clips for studying the cultures of the world.
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PBS

Arthur's World Neighborhood: Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A variety of activities, resources, and tips designed to help kids explore cultural diversity within their own communities and around the world. All suggestions based on books from the "Arthur" series, which airs on most PBS stations....
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Cyprus

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of ancient Cyprus in this historical overview and image gallery with detailed descriptions, from the collection of the British Museum.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Assyrians

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the ancient Mesopotamian culture of the Assyrians and the art that they produced in this gallery of relevant object images from the British Museum, each with a detailed description of the work.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Islamic Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Islamic art of the middle east in this historical overview with accompanying image gallery of relevant object images from the British Museum collection.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: World Civilization to 1500

For Students 9th - 10th
Consisting of twent-eight vido lectures taught by Professor Sally Vaughn, this course is a comparative survey of six major geographical and cultural areas (West Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Africa, Europe, and Meso-America) from 4000...