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Children's March Teacher's Guide, Activity 1
Students study how political movements involve students as well as adults. They discover that students of all ages have the power to make a difference in the world.
Gabriel Dumont Institute
The Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture
This user-friendly site takes a close look at Metis history and culture through the use of many primary resources including oral histories, audio and video files, art, interviews, documents, and more. Very comprehensive site.
Indiana University
Archives of African American Music and Culture
Contains resources on black culture and music from the early 1900s to the present.
Digital History
Digital History: Slave Culture
Find out about the contributions African slaves and African American slaves made to not only their culture, but American culture in general. See what words have African roots, how African culture influenced food and music, and how there...
Library of Congress
Loc: Family Customs Past and Present: Exploring Cultural Rituals
Photos, documents, music, and stories help students deepen their understanding of the rituals and customs of various cultures throughout American history.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 22: Youth Culture and the Rock Festival
The major rock festivals have been viewed as seminal mileposts of the counterculture era. Not only were there significant musical performances from the festivals themselves, but music was created before and after these concerts to...
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: "Fiddle About" Videos
This is a collection of video clips from a video called "Fiddle About". They teach about the Metis style of fiddling and some dances the tunes would accompany.
Other
Inside Mexico: Culture and Traditions
Covers a wide variety of cultures and traditions of Mexico, including food, recipes, art, music, history, festivals and holidays. Some of the material is in both English and Spanish.
Other
Chickasaw Cultural Center: The Heartbeat of a Nation
The Chickasaw Cultural Center's stated purpose is to celebrate Chickasaw history and culture. The best way to explore what it has to offer is to view the many videos (the link is at the bottom of the page) which tour the features of the...
Other
Brand South Africa: The a to Z of South African Culture
Presented as an ABC list of cultural features of South Africa. Each letter links to a topic, and each topic has a paragraph with a link to more in-depth, and often fascinating, information about that topic, and about the history of South...
Other
Taipei Economic & Cultural Office: Art of Chinese Dance
This site from the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Houston has wonderful information on the Traditional Chinese Culture in Taiwan such as the art of Chinese Dance. The information is somewhat in-depth and is very interesting as...
Other
Odyssey: Teacher Zone: The Achievements and Challenges of Peru
This teaching unit is intended to focus on some of those aspects of Peruvian life and history that are of great significance to understanding the people of Peru today and their situation. Although some of the external links have expired,...
Other
China Daily: China Culture: Ancient Chinese Architecture: Concrete Music
An overview of ancient Chinese architecture, culture, and art.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Grenadian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Grenadian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Other
China Daily: China Culture a Z
Go directly to a collection of illustrated feature-length articles about traditional and contemporary Chinese arts. Covers the principal visual and performing arts of China, for example, traditional crafts, calligraphy, architecture,...
Other
Lone Star College Kingwood: American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
A comprehensive look at life in the twentieth century complete with timelines and photos. Decades are broken down by art and architecture, books and literature, educational movements, fads and fashion, historic events and technology,...