World Culture
Animal Sounds in DIffernet Languages.
Best Websites for learning about world cultures. Charts from Infographics on obesity, baby's first foods, peace hand gestures, strange driving practices,
Calendar of Holidays around the world. Color coded http://www.wincalendar.com/
Comparing Cultures Lesson plan for Jr. High
Culture by country....even has a student section http://www.culturecrossing.net/index.php
Cultural Etiquette in other countries http://www.ediplomat.com/np/cultural_etiquette/cultural_etiquette.htm
The Best Travel Photographs Of The Year.
Classrooms Around the World
Culture Crossing is a unique resource for information about different countries. It provides some basic demographics, but it also shares details about communication style, dress, gestures, etc. It’s unlike any other source of information about countries that’s on the web. I’ll certainly be having my students use it now when they develop reports about countries.
What The World Eats is a TIME Magazine slideshow with family photos from around the world and the food they eat.
Food -Best Breakfasts
Food Photos is a similar slideshow from NPR.
Food-National DIshes
Food - School Lunches Around the World
Here are portraits of 30 statistically average families with all of their worldly possessions displayed outside their homes.
TOPICS is an online magazine for English Language Learners, and has articles and photos on the cultures of many different countries.
Houses around the World, Wonderful Houses Around the World, and Homes Around The World all have images of….homes in different parts of the world.
Speaking of homes, you might be interested in a lesson I did having students compare homes from their native countries with those in the United States. I wrote about it at Air Conditioning Science Lesson.
Learn about Celebrations Around The World.
EL Civics has a nice lesson on Clothes Around The World.
I bet students would like to learn what schools in other countries serve for lunch. They can atSchool Lunches Around The World, School Meals From Around the World, and What’s For School Lunch?
11 School Lunches from around the World shows what the title describes, along with additional information about how the actual school lunch process works in each country.
World Music at National Geographic is a must-see site.
You can learn about different musical instruments at the Glossary of Folk Musical Instruments & Styles from Around the World and the World Instrument Gallery.
Photo Essay: Classrooms Around the World is a very interesting series of photos. (Thanks toLangwitches for the tip)
The World’s Harvests is a slideshow from Time Magazine.
Holidays around the world http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/
Houses around the World, Wonderful Houses Around the World, and Homes Around The World all have images of….homes in different parts of the world.
International holidays http://www.calendarlabs.com/holidays/international/world-holiday.php
RavelunRavel. Website with interviews with people from other cultures and religions. Produced by Project Interfaith
Religious holidays on a calendar http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/
Photo Essay: Classrooms Around the World
School Lunches Around The World, School Meals From Around the World, and What’s For School Lunch?
Teaching Culture for Teachers. Guidelines and lesson plans http://www.nadasisland.com/culture/
Transportation around the World
Where children sleep is the title of a book and a slideshow from The Telegraph showing images of children’s bedrooms from around the world — and the obviousness inequities.
Best Websites for learning about world cultures. Charts from Infographics on obesity, baby's first foods, peace hand gestures, strange driving practices,
Calendar of Holidays around the world. Color coded http://www.wincalendar.com/
Comparing Cultures Lesson plan for Jr. High
Culture by country....even has a student section http://www.culturecrossing.net/index.php
Cultural Etiquette in other countries http://www.ediplomat.com/np/cultural_etiquette/cultural_etiquette.htm
The Best Travel Photographs Of The Year.
Classrooms Around the World
Culture Crossing is a unique resource for information about different countries. It provides some basic demographics, but it also shares details about communication style, dress, gestures, etc. It’s unlike any other source of information about countries that’s on the web. I’ll certainly be having my students use it now when they develop reports about countries.
What The World Eats is a TIME Magazine slideshow with family photos from around the world and the food they eat.
Food -Best Breakfasts
Food Photos is a similar slideshow from NPR.
Food-National DIshes
Food - School Lunches Around the World
Here are portraits of 30 statistically average families with all of their worldly possessions displayed outside their homes.
TOPICS is an online magazine for English Language Learners, and has articles and photos on the cultures of many different countries.
Houses around the World, Wonderful Houses Around the World, and Homes Around The World all have images of….homes in different parts of the world.
Speaking of homes, you might be interested in a lesson I did having students compare homes from their native countries with those in the United States. I wrote about it at Air Conditioning Science Lesson.
Learn about Celebrations Around The World.
EL Civics has a nice lesson on Clothes Around The World.
I bet students would like to learn what schools in other countries serve for lunch. They can atSchool Lunches Around The World, School Meals From Around the World, and What’s For School Lunch?
11 School Lunches from around the World shows what the title describes, along with additional information about how the actual school lunch process works in each country.
World Music at National Geographic is a must-see site.
You can learn about different musical instruments at the Glossary of Folk Musical Instruments & Styles from Around the World and the World Instrument Gallery.
Photo Essay: Classrooms Around the World is a very interesting series of photos. (Thanks toLangwitches for the tip)
The World’s Harvests is a slideshow from Time Magazine.
Holidays around the world http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/
Houses around the World, Wonderful Houses Around the World, and Homes Around The World all have images of….homes in different parts of the world.
International holidays http://www.calendarlabs.com/holidays/international/world-holiday.php
RavelunRavel. Website with interviews with people from other cultures and religions. Produced by Project Interfaith
Religious holidays on a calendar http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/
Photo Essay: Classrooms Around the World
School Lunches Around The World, School Meals From Around the World, and What’s For School Lunch?
Teaching Culture for Teachers. Guidelines and lesson plans http://www.nadasisland.com/culture/
Transportation around the World
Where children sleep is the title of a book and a slideshow from The Telegraph showing images of children’s bedrooms from around the world — and the obviousness inequities.