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A Celebration of Diversity: Immigration and Citizenship - A thematic unit with web links, bibliography, poetry, activity ideas, and literature lesson plans about cultural diversity source

Cultural Appreciation - A thematic unit that covers prejudice, cultural dress, food and dances of different cultures source

Games from Around the World - Directions and background information about games from many cultures. Games from Angola, Greece, Japan and the United States are listed source

Hopscotch Around the Globe - An instructional unit designed to teach students about other cultures. Students read a hopscotch story, make sidewalk chalk, and play hopscotch source

Looking at Ourselves and Others - From the Peace Corps, culture related lesson plans by grade level about defining culture, developing global perspectives, and challenging assumptions source

Looking at Ourselves and Others - From the Peace Corp, lesson plans that define culture, develop global perspectives, and challenge stereotypes. Lessons are categorized by topic and grade level source

Talk - Short language courses for beginners. Includes classroom activities and printable worksheets for French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish source

Unpacking the Supermarket Bag - A lesson plan using grocery store items to teach students about global diversity source

What is Culture - Lesson plans with activities and worksheets about culture defined by economics, politics, kinship, art, religion, education, and recreation. Designed for middle school students, but adaptable source

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