Country Studies US
Country Studies: Nepal: The Society
This Library of Congress site offers information on the country of Nepal, including population, social system and values, religion, education, and health.
Library of Congress
Loc: Pakistan's Religious Life
This article discusses the dynamics of religious life in Pakistan including basic tenets of Islam, as well as non-Muslim minorities.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: A History of the Kimono
A history of the Japanese kimono from the primitive Jomon period to today. Includes specifics on kimono for men, women, and children.
Islami City
Islami city.com: Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East
Read about the scholarship and culture in the Golden Age of Islam.
Library of Congress
Loc: Mama Afrika Miriam Makeba Remembered
Controversial and brave, Miriam Makeba is remembered here at the Library of Congress for her outspoken activism and cultural contributions.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: America at the Centennial
A lesson plan requiring student to analyze primary documents from the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. Students interpret what these historical artifacts say "about the lives and values of Americans in 1876" among other things.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Decades Mural Project
Lesson for social studies teachers whose students are studying various decades.
Sacred Text Archive
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Etext
Illustrated collection of fairy tales that includes Jack and the Beanstalk, Henny-Penny, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears, this also includes a very helpful Notes section that advanced readers will want to check out. While some of...
Sacred Text Archive
Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Etext
Indian Fairy Tales is a well-illustrated collection that includes a wonderful notes section giving source information, parallels to other stories and remarks by the author. Very valuable for upper level students of fairy tales.
Sacred Text Archive
More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Etext
More tales from the Emerald Isle that include a great notes section detailing the source of the story, parallels to it and commentary by the author.
Sacred Text Archive
More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Etext
This collection includes "The Wise Men of Gotham," "The Pied Piper," and other stories. Illustrations are numerous, and advanced students will want to check the notes section for information about sources of the stories, parallels, and...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Fable and Trickster Tales Around the World
The lessons presented in this website "introduce children to folk tales" and how these folktales are changed and affected by generational and cultural values. Includes several links to further related information on folktales, fables,...
Library of Congress
Loc: Immigration and Migration:today/during the Great Depression
Students address these questions through activities using oral history methods and investigating life in the 1930s. They compare the immigration/migration experiences of their families to those of people living through the Great...
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Introducing Myself & Others
Lesson plans teachers can use to promote self-understanding, cultural understanding, and the interconnectedness of people and cultures.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Byzantine Studies: Byzantine Images
This Fordham University site provides links to information about and images of Byzantine era churches and monasteries.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Leisure and Entertainment at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Having Fun: Leisure and Entertainment at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Hard and Lonely Life
In this video segment from Africa, Flora describes her life in the African bush of Tanzania.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Nanavi 2006
This Wide Angle video segment features Nanavi, a 12-year old girl who struggles to stay in school.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ronald Johnson of Sapelo Island
In this video segment from EGG: The Arts Show, resident Ronald Johnson explains that Sapelo Island is a unique place, preserving the last examples of Gullah/Geechee culture.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Herding Dogs of the United Kingdom
The border collies of the Lake District are featured in this video segment from Nature.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wide Angle: All for One
In this short video, students learn about the influence of the communist values of the Worker's Party on North Korean society as it affects one family in the capital of Pyongyang. [3:07]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Joab: The Class Prefect
This video from Wide Angle profiles Joab, a boy from Kibera, Kenya, who has returned to school after dropping out following his mother's death. Joab is chosen class prefect by the other students.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mass Games
This Wide Angle video features the Mass Games, a colossal spectacle of rhythmic gymnastics, which celebrate the North Korean state.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sex Ed & Community Values
In this video from Wide Angle, Egyptian men react to a discussion of an initiative in Qatar to include sex education in schools, a sensitive issue in many countries.