Comparative Cultures 12

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Useful Web Sites

• UNESCO Culture Studies Resources

• CIA Factbook

• Country Guides - Etiquette, Culture, Customs & Business

• World Digital Library

• TPS Barat-Primary Source Nexus

• Teaching Tolerance

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LESSON/UNIT PLANS BY CURRICULAR COMPETENCIES

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Definitions of culture and how these have changed over time

• What is Culture?

• Peace Corps Education Resources

  • Features of Culture

  • Seeing the World in New Ways

• Science Friday Education Resources

  • Remaster the Golden Record

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Elements of culture and cultural expressions

• Food & Culture Lesson Plan

• National Geographic: Culture and Food and Ritual, Oh My!

• Smithsonian Folk Ways Recordings: Lesson Plans

• Hungry Planet: What the World Eats

• Everything You Own in a Photo: A Look at Our Worldly Possessions

• Turkish Cultural Foundation: Lesson Plans on Turkey:

  • A Visit to Hagia Sophia

• PBS: Africa:Teacher Tools: Lesson Plans - Exploring African Culture

• Folk Tales Collected by Philip Martin

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Conflict and conflict resolution within and between cultures

• Taking a Closer Look at Religions Around the World

• Bridging World History: The Spread of Religions

• Religiously-Based Civil Unrest and Warfare

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Role of value systems and belief systems in the development of cultures

• UNESCO: Slideshow of cultural activities endangered by globalization

• Art Through Time: A Global View

• Teaching Tolerance: A Look at World Religions

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Interactions and exchanges between cultures

• Cultures Collide; US and Native Americans

• Canadian History From a First Nations Perspective: Unit Plan

• All Roads Lead to Istanbul: 1550 World’s Fair Simulation

• Indian Ocean Trade Simulation

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