Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Norwegian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Norwegian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Welsh Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Welsh Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: French Canadians
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of French Canadians. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note:...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Amish
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Amish. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
European Union
Europa: Europe in Twelve Lessons
Find out more about the origins of the European Union, the challenges it faces, and its role in the world and in member countries. Downloadable as a PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
BBC
Bbc News: Inside Europe
This site focuses on the current events of the European Union. The items included are news stories, photos, country profiles, maps, and much more on this thorough site.
University College London
University College London: Internet Resources on Ukraine
Your one stop shop for information on the country of Ukraine! Use this site if you need information on the government, history, culture, and many other facts.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Global Interactions: Political Outcomes
In this learning module, students examine the economies of transnational corporations (TNCs) and compare them to those of nation states. Many TNCs are richer than nation states, which undermines the political sovereignty of those...
Other
Frankfurter Rundschau
Frankfurter Rundschau is a daily newspaper serving the country of Germany. Content includes in-depth national, European, and international news, as well as politics, sports, weather, economics, entertainment, and more. Written in German.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: World Atlas: The World
Provides continent, country, and ocean floor maps from all over the world. Click on a continent's name to access the detailed maps which also include statistical facts on each available country.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch: Macedonia
An account of the six-month struggle in 2001 between the Macedonian government and Albanian insurgents, the National Liberation Army. What caused this to happen? What crimes against humanity did each side impose on innocent civilians?...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Russian Language
A very comprehensive site about the Russian language. Includes information on countries where Russian is the primary language, the history of the language, different dialects, derived languages, the writing system, and the phonological...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Lesson reviews what middle schoolers have learned in the unit on European cultural and physical landscape. Students compare maps, questions and ideas from the beginning of the unit and identify new questions for research.
Other
Media History Digital Library: Global Cinema Collection (1904 1957)
A large collection of original publications from other countries that focus on the film industry.
Curated OER
University of Texas: Iran: Peoples of Iran
See a map showing the various language groups that the peoples of Iran belong to. Click on the map to zoom in on the groups in Iran and in the neighboring countries. From the Perry-Castaneda Collection.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Moldova: Introduction
Provides statistics, history, politics, and demographics for the country of Moldova in Eastern Europe.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Ukraine: Introduction
Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the country of Ukraine in Eastern Europe.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: News Flash: The End of the Cold War
This lesson is an inquiry into events that occurred during the Cold War era. It is a technology-based project on one event that occurred during the Cold War(1945-1991). The Cold War describes the tense and hostile relationship between...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Euro Makes Its Debut
On Jan. 1, 1999 11 European countries united in the European Monetary Union. The new single currency bloc includes almost 300 million consumers and creates the second-largest economy in the world. How will this new union affect the...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Containing Communism
Describes how the Soviets under Stalin managed to infiltrate Eastern European countries and establish Communist governments, dividing the continent into East and West with a symbolic Iron Curtain separating the two. America scrambled to...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: The Netherlands
Click-through facts-and-photo file about the geography, nature, history, people, culture, and government of the Netherlands. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its European location on the western coast of the continent.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Turkey
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Turkey's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its European location and a video on the Turkish city of Istanbul.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Greece
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Greece's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its European location and a video about the Parthenon, an ancient temple built...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Iceland
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Iceland's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its European location.
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