[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on allusions to mythological, classical, and traditional texts and understanding what allusion is, its importance and use as a literary device, and how to...

Read about the history of the Freedom Seder, a Jewish and African-American tradition. Includes an audio version of the story and a video.

A brief summary of many Christmas traditions in Ireland.

This resource describes the differences and similarities between French and Canadian Christmas traditions. The best information can be found by clicking on the embedded links. Link to the French version is at bottom of page.

This activity helps students explore the traditions that their families have. Students discuss that there are many types of families, complete questionnaires about their families' traditions with a parent or guardian, and create a family...

Explore the holidays, traditions, and culture of the Islam religion through the use of great classroom tools such as digital videos, lesson plans, an interactive timeline, and links to many educational internet resources.

This homepage provides many links pertaining to the history, traditions, and culture of Mexico.

An archive, in English and Irish, of the sounds, images, and documents of traditional Irish music and song.

This exhibit showcases traditional dresses of 9 ethnic groups of Northern China.

Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...

Learn about traditional children's games from around the world in this list of games with explanations of where they are from and how they are played.

An extensive exhibition of the folk and traditional arts of Massachusetts.

From the Holliston Historical Society this is "Stenciling: Short History of a Very Long Tradition", which goes into detail about the historical evolution of the use of the stencil in arts and crafts.

Traditional Spanish songs that can be heard with Real Player. It includes the Spanish and English words for the songs. Find rhymes, fingerplays and games.

This site offers much information about Christmas Traditions in France and in Canada: nativity scenes, religious events, festivities, as well as details about the origins of Christmas and its evolution throughout time.

Find out how the history of various Christmas traditions and customs started, how they are celebrated, and what they represent and mean. Included are facts about Boxing Day, Advent, holly & ivy, Christmas cards, mince pies, and lots...

A large collection of historical photos showing the traditional lifestyles of the Metis. The photos are sorted into categories, e.g., food preparation, hunting, trapping, etc.

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.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about traditions in present day Ghana. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Champagne, noise makers and confetti are all New Year's Eve staples. But, in some parts of the country and the world, so are black-eyed peas, lentils, grapes and pickled herring. Hailing from the Low Country of South Carolina to Japanese...

You will be able to identify and understand allusions in myths, the classics, and other traditional texts and their influence on modern literature.

A 190-page reader of selected writings from the most-influential thinkers of the Western tradition on the wide-ranging subject of ethics. Essential background information for any serious student of the principles of law, good government,...

Each student will research his/her own family traditions and report findings to the class using presentation software. In partner groups, students will select a country to research. Their research will focus on traditions of a chosen...

Check out this site from Fordham University for a compilation of ancient historians and historical traditions surrounding Byazantine history.