Cultural+Resources

General Cultural Resources
 * 1) 360Cities : 360° tours of cities and sights around the world. You can search without joining the site, or join to create your own panoramic views of a location.
 * 2) Hands on Crafts for Kids: Many cultural and/or country-based art activities.
 * 3) International Digital Children's Library: Stories from around the world
 * 4) Kids Around the World: Interviews with children from different countries.
 * 5) Multicultural Lesson Plans and Resources: Links to many sites; organized by topic (e.g. art, literature, math, science, social studies) and by heritage group (e.g. Asian Americans, African Americans, etc.)
 * 6) National Peace Corps Association Education Page
 * 7) Outreach World: A "resource for teaching kids about the world." Searchable by global region, country, subject, resource type, time period, instructional strategy, and grade level.
 * 8) Unicef: Going to School Around the World: An activity book about school in other countries.
 * 9) World Image Catalog: A global catalog of 80,000 images, catalogued by theme.
 * 10) World View: A program of UNC-Chapel Hill. Resources by region.

Culture Resources By Language

Arabic

 * 1) American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee: Lesson plans about the Arab world. Many focused on how to talk with students about stereotypes.
 * 2) Teach Mideast: A website offering different modules about the Arab world, including history, Arab Americans, literature, family and society, art, etc. Modules also include primary sources, such as poems and video clips.
 * 3) Arabic K-12 Teachers Network: Meant for Arabic teachers. Click on the "Culture" link for useful websites in any classroom.

Chinese

 * 1) Asia for Educators: A website from the Weatherhead East Asia Institute at Columbia. Features lesson plans, literature, and print and video recommendations.
 * 2) Asia Society: Features lesson plans, maps, and readings.
 * 3) China the Beautiful: A variety of topics.

French

 * 1) Alliance Française de Chicago: "Chicago's French cultural and learning center dedicated to the study of French language, cultural exchange, and friendship between Americans and French-speaking people."
 * 2) L'Espace Apprendre/Canal Académie (CAVILAM-Vichy):   ﻿ ﻿ ﻿A website with French radio programs divided by theme with accompanying activities and lessons for classroom use.
 * 3) Le Plaisir d'Apprendre: A website from CAVILAM (Centre D'Approches Vivantes des Langues et Des Médias) with a variety of media-related activities for French World Language teachers.

Spanish

 * 1) Smithsonian Education: A site focused on teaching about Hispanic/Latino heritage, rather than the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries.
 * 2) Don Quijote: A website about Spanish (i.e. from Spain) culture.
 * 3) Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies: From University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Many links to a variety of resources about Latin American.
 * 4) Centro Virtual Cervantes: This web portal offered through the Instituto Cervantes has a variety of links for Spanish teachers on literature, the arts, and much more.
 * 5) Instituto Cervantes of Chicago: Local Institute for the teaching, learning, and sharing of the Spanish language and the cultures of the Spanish-Speaking world.
 * 6) National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA): Learn about current and upcoming exhibits and events, as well as resources for educators from the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen.

Urdu

 * 1) Language Lizard: A unit using picture books to teach about Eid and Ramadan,
 * 2) Pennies for Peace Curriculum Guide: Uses //Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea// as a core text.
 * 3) Sample Unit on Pakistan: A sample unit from a teacher in Georgia.

*I started a list based on the languages at my school. Please add resources for your language(s)!