Teaching Culture Resources
By far, one of my students' favorite websites, it allows users to look at photographs of families in fifty different countries and see how people live based on their income. Select from a broad range of categories using the drop-down menu: family snapshots, homes, most loved items, things I dream of having, toilets, pets, and many more!
Colors
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Colorscope, an exploration or colors across culture - video from The Kids Should See This
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Holi - The Hindu Holi Festival of Colors - video from The Kids Should See This
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Optimist: at the Holi Festival of Colors in Spanish Fork, Utah- video from The Kids Should See This
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Coulors in Culture from Information is Beautiful - an infographic about colors and cultural meanings
Culture
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Introducing Culture - lesson plan from Peace Corps
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Culture Is Like an Iceberg - lesson plan from Peace Corps
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Culture, What You See and What' You Don't - lesson plan from PBS Media
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The Iceberg Concept of Culture - PDF image to print as a reference from the Indiana Department of Education
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Chinatowns Around the World - Google Earth Tour
Families
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Families Around the World - photograph slide deck from Peace Corps
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Dollar Street - families category - photographs of families from fifty countries
Flags
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Flag Stories project by Ferdio - analyzes flags from around the world
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Flags of the World - Sphero Education robot project
Greetings
Tip: Have students research greetings in a country of interest, then share on a class Flipgrid, where they demonstrate the
greeting via video.
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Greetings Around the World - video from The Kids Should See This
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Greetings From Around the World - video from The Travel Channel
History
Homes
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Dollar Street - homes category - pictures of homes from fifty countries
School
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This is School - Google Earth Tour
Time
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Two Very Different Concepts of Time - lesson plan from Peace Corps