This elementary exploration of interdependence from the American Forum for Global Education touches on language arts, social studies, and science. Students understand the connection between themselves and their natural environment.
A brief biography of famous African-American, W.E.B. Du Bois. Read about his activism and his attempts to improve race relations. Hyperlinks to additional information about this important man.
Students will enjoy exploring this colorful site during Black History Month, or any other month! Follow the timeline of famous African American women and inventors, or just click on a letter of the alphabet to find brief pieces of information about traditions, holidays, and more.
Through two primary source activities and watching a short video, students will learn about Booker T. Washington's commitment to African American education, and assess his ideas about how to achieve equality for African Americans in the years after the Civil War.
This resource will compare different regions of the world by climate, geography, animal life, and culture. The site focuses on the differences within the United States regions.
This collection has been carefully selected by New York City educator and curriculum consultant Vivett Dukes to showcase ideas, achievements, and contributions by American people of all backgrounds across eras. The content highlighted within each topic is intended to expand the scope of voices traditionally centered in classroom curricula by elevating stories by and about Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. These resources are intended to inspire educators to use PBS LearningMedia intentionally and creatively to teach topics across all subject areas. This Collection includes: Video (84), Media Gallery (17), Webpage (4), Lesson Plan (3), Interactive (1) for Grades All , Resources in Spanish (2).
Plants have migrated around the world just like people. This site explains how several African plants and food crops made their way into American life.
Video [9:29] published by the Chicago Police Department for police force diversity training on Hinduism explains the culture and practices of Hindus living in the Chicago area.
A Flamenco guitarist of the San Carlos Apache of Arizona describes his work and performs several songs. [8:23]
Singer/songwriter Jim Boyd, of the Colville Tribe of Washington State, plays guitar and sings original songs. Boyd's contributions to contemporary Indigenous music include four original songs on the soundtrack of the movie "Smoke Signals". [9:38]
This personal site provides a list of links and lesson plans related to immigration up to the current time.
By watching a short video and engaging with two primary sources, students will examine the life of this inspiring, controversial, and dynamic leader.
This extensive site chronicles the migration of people throughout history. The migration of people, objects, ideas, and cultures are explored and the impact of such moves discussed.
The University of North Carolina museum's site offers articles, videos, artwork, crafts, music, and histories of Native Americans.
This lesson plan is based on the "America Responds" series where students explore the concepts of valuing diversity and appreciation of cultural differences. An integrated art, social studies, and language arts lesson plan that is adaptable for grades K-5. Students examine other cultures by creating heritage collages or poems; and using Venn diagrams to compare and contrast aspects of the various cultures. Links available to other PBS resources.
This resource shares many stories of volunteers and their experiences helping people in different lands.
This content package contains quality instructional materials to support librarians working with students in grades 3-5. It is aligned to Ohio's Library Guidelines for Learners and Ohio's Learning Standards for Social Studies. By using the materials curated in this package, librarians will support students as they select materials, read, empathize, reflect and share ideas to pursue personal growth and to improve society. This package offers supplementary lessons and instructional materials to support educators of students in grades 3-5. This content package is a collection of instructional materials to help educators access resources supporting a subject or specific educational standards. Each item included in the package is premium content licensed or purchased by INFOhio or an open access item that has been reviewed by educational professionals. Please review materials from external sites before sharing with students.
At this site you will find interactive activities, maps, photos, and even audio and video clips for studying the cultures of the world.