Students demonstrate an understanding of how different cultures celebrate Christmas by participating in artistic, musical, culinary and role play activities.

Students explore traditional life in Africa and assess how modern society may be impacting the values of the continent's traditional peoples. Students work in small groups to research various aspects of the infrastructures of African...

Pupils identify and classify characteristics of the four pre-European cultures in Wisconsin. They playing a game about the different characteristics that belong to each of the cultures studied.

Introduce the concept of myths to your class. Using the link to "Myths Around the World," read a story aloud and have learners list characteristics of a myth. Readers then choose their own myths from the site and work in groups to answer...

An excellent series of five lessons on China awaits you and your young geographers. In these lessons, learners engage in hands-on activities, watch streamed video, access websites, and complete activities in cooperative groups in order...

Students explore what they thought they knew about "Indians." They examine the Hopi, Abeneki and Kwatiutl tribes in a game-like activity using archival documents.

Explore the beauty of Chinese Calligraphy. This well-developed lesson plan will take your class on a journey through the history of Calligraphy, engage them in technique and style, then challenge them by having them create new strokes to...

Today we are going Greek! Provide the class with a clear and well-organized overview of all things pertaining to ancient Greece. From early Greeks and Homer, to the Persian Wars and great philosophers, this slide show has it all. Review...

Students study East Asian culture. They examine the similarities and differences between East Asian and European history and culture. They produce project presentations to "teach" their classmates about very specific cultural traits...

Students identify the relationship between culture and art. The create a poster that reflects the culture of their class, school, or community and identify the major cultural influences that led to the development of the unique Latino...

High schoolers explore Cameroonian culture. In this French instructional activity, students participate in activities that require them to discover the ties between Cameroonian culture and French culture.

Students examine the musical concepts of timbre, melody, and rhythm. They listen to and identify characteristics of music from other cultures.

Students research and experience the culture of Zen Buddhism. They engage the practice of meditation by practicing themselves in a variety of contexts with different cultural readings.

Students investigate the meaning of culture.  In this European capital lesson, students define the meaning of 'culture'.  Students construct a poster that features their city as a cultural center.

Students discuss topics relating to how their families celebrate holidays and observe certain religious customs. In this cultural awareness lesson, students work in groups to share their cultural traditions, the list similarities and...

Students examine and interpret possible functions of several traditional cultural objects. In this learning about a culture from objects lesson, students identify how environment impacts a culture and the role of animals and plants...

Fourth graders examine and discuss the location, lifestyle, and culture of the people of the Appalachians. They listen to a tape of an Appalachian dialect, the story, When I Was Young in the Mountains, and write and conduct questions for...

Students, divided into two groups, are put into a new culture, where they must create their own body language for greetings, etc. They learn aspects of other cultures such as body language, discourse patterns, male and female roles.

In this culture instructional activity, students research and analyze grown-up pastimes that stem from traditional, popular, or elite culture by answering 7 short answer questions.

In this cultural regions worksheet, middle schoolers click on the webpage names listed to find information about the different cultures and cultural regions in Louisiana that may be used for research purposes.

Learners comprehend what is meant by Cultural Evolution and that it primarily applies at Human Evolution, but that there are examples in higher mammals such as a killer whales, dolphins and great apes of particular groups by exploring...

Young scholars examine the culture and decline of the culture of native Hawaiian people as the islands were colonized. They study issues of cultural identity for Native Hawaiians.

Learners examine the culture of the Plains Indians. In this Montana history activity, students view a PowerPoint presentation regarding the social, religious, and traditional life of the Plains Indians.