Asia in America: "You can explore the vibrant forms of Chinese art. The Indianapolis Museum of Art produced this dynamic Web site in conjunction with Asia in America: Views of Chinese Art from the Indianapolis Museum of Art, an exhibition from the IMA's collection on view at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. through March. At this site, you can play with proportions and motifs, lift the patina from an ancient bronze vessel, fire your own pot with the click of a mouse and much more." [description by IMA]
Indiana In The World; a web resource for Indiana teachers, about Indiana global connections, supporting Indiana Academic Standards in social studies and foreign languages; at Indiana University Bloomington.
International Festival: Cultures of the World Research Projects. "Students will identify common elements of cultures from around the world, including Social Organizations, Customs and Traditions, Languages, Arts and Literature, Religion, Forms of Government, Economic Systems, Food and Clothing, and Music and Dance. They will describe each element of culture, giving specific examples of each. Students will apply their knowledge of cultural elements to create a group research project, which illustrates the elemens of culture from a specific country of the Eastern World. In addition, they will compare these elements of culture to their own through written articles, illustrations, charts, graphs, artifacts and visual arts." (Grade level: 7th)
Interactive and fun, Maps that Teach help students learn geography by concentrating on the fundamental elements first. Maps that Teach have several different formats of learning maps that are played as games in a group or individually, competitively or not. [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
The World Factbook gives complete country listings; includes a short profile of each country's general background information such as geography, people, government, economy, and reference maps. [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
GLOBE: Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment is a site for students, teachers, and scientists to collaborate on projects concerning the environment around the world. Students and teachers not only have the opportunity to collect and submit information for these projects, but to also receive feedback from the scientists themselves. The Educators' Corner has information for teachers such as workshops, assessment tools, activities, and other resources. [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
"Travel Around the World"a geography Web site for students who are studying travel and tourism. It is especially designed for students who are using Travel Around the World as the geography textbook in their programs.
Humanities
EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities' gateway to instructional resources in the humanities for K-12.
Women In World History: An interactive site full of information and resources about women's experiences in world history; includes lesson plans, such as Accessing Women in History through Art.
Degree Confluence Project, photographs and essays from nearly 12,000 degree confluences, those points on world maps where latitude and longitude lines intersect.
World Wise Schools works to connect children to Peace Core Volunteers around the globe, with the goal of increasing awareness of cultural diversity. Students can browse information such as videos, statistics, and maps, as well as read first hand accounts from volunteers themselves on many subjects such as culture, celebrations, and folklore in various countries. Educators can find lesson plans for grades 3-12 that integrate culture into any subject area, as well as ways to connect your class directly to a Peace Corp volunteer through email or letters. [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
Metropolitan Museum of Art's Explore and Learn lets you explore art in a new way with the online Metropolitan Museum of Art. This site provides a place for teachers and students alike to view artwork, study a timeline of art through history, read about artist's lives, and explore different themes and cultures through their art. [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
WhoYouShouldKnow.com provides information, updated each weekday, on world leaders and their countries that can be used for discussions, teaching and study aids.
Art History Club is an art history web reference and guide where you can "Learn everything that you need to know about art history and artists from every era".
Holidays
Multi-Cultural Calendar developed by Kidlink.org that's searchable by month, holiday and country.
Earth Calendar, "a daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world. For the purpose of this web site a 'holiday' is any day that recognizes a cultural event."
International Holiday and School Vacation Timer, with both English- and German-language versions of school calendars for the US, UK, Germany, France, Australia and other countries, downloadable to Palm Pilots.
Peacematch helps you locate Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in your area.
Voices from the Field. "Based upon published stories written by Peace Corps authors, these authentic first-person narratives highlight cultural diversity and the common bonds of humanity. Included are field-tested lesson plans focusing on essential questions and enduring understandings to expand the boundaries of students' world views and increase their understanding of other cultures." [review by Kristin Hoyt-Oukada, Consultant, Foreign Language Education, Indiana Department of Education, Office of Program Development, October 2002]
Building Bridges. "A dozen lessons based on other Peace Corps resources help students in grades 6-12 understand the concept of culture and facilitate getting along with others of different backgrounds. The easily-adapted lessons are designed to develop not only tolerance across cultures but also an ethic of social service beyond the classroom. [review by Kristin Hoyt-Oukada, Consultant, Foreign Language Education, Indiana Department of Education, Office of Program Development, October 2002]
Global Connections: Putting World Events in Context, produced by WGBH, is a new website designed to provide the background information needed to understand events occurring in the Middle East. The site includes original materials and was designed with educators in mind. The site is also useful for those curious to better understand the Middle East and its relationship with the West. [review by Kristin Hoyt-Oukada, Consultant, Foreign Language Education, Indiana Department of Education, Office of Program Development, November 2002]
Other
The Global Nomads Group provides information and access to educational broadcasts -- whether video conferencing, webcasting or satellite live feeds. For very little expense, Global Nomads Group makes this possible between K-12 classrooms around the world. GNG provides the essential elements for successful worldwide broadcast conferencing. [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
F="http://www.bartleby.com/151/">The World Factbook 2001. The U.S. government�s complete geographical handbook, featuring 267 full-color maps and flags of all nations and geographical entities. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data.
The Gateway to Educational Materials. Sponsored by the United States Department of Education, this site is designed to connect teachers to a variety of educational resources on the Internet. Lesson plan, activity, and project ideas are all just a click away! [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
Global SchoolNet Foundation partners with schools, communities, organizations and businesses to provide collaborative learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become responsible and literate global citizens. Includes programs such as an international CyberFair, an online newspaper where students can post articles that will be seen around the world, and much more! This site also has a large number of great educational links and resources. [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
GlobalTeachNet: "Visit this site and discover ways you can bring the world into your classroom with a variety of programs sponsored by the National Peace Corps." [review by Kristin Hoyt-Oukada, Consultant, Foreign Language Education, Indiana Department of Education, Office of Program Development, November 2002]
iEARN: "Explore the international partnership programs available through iEARN. One iEARN program is BRIDGES, which facilitates on-line exchange opportunities where students across national boundaries create collaborative projects that promote academic, cultural and community exchange." [Review by Kristin Hoyt-Oukada, Consultant, Foreign Language Education, Indiana Department of Education, Office of Program Development, November 2002]
NAFSA: Association of International Educators; includes information regarding international education, public policy, professional and educational resources, and more. [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
The Universal Currency Converter allows you to convert a desired amount of currency into another currency using up-to-the-minute currency rates. [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
The World Bank assists in developing economies around the world; this site includes extensive statistical information such as quarterly economic reports, country briefs, current lending projects, press releases, and more on every country as well as economic and geographic regions. [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
The World Bank designed this site specifically for teachers and students. Students can easily search for information on countries and regions as well as look important issues in the global world today. Teachers will find learning materials and resources for the classroom as well as fun and educational activities. [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
The World Factbook includes complete country listings; includes a short profile of each country's general background information such as geography, people, government, economy, and reference maps. [review by Jessica Koopman, October 2002]
School Connectivity in Southeast Europe. "This is an innovative education project that will bring the world into the classroom by integrating technology and global issues. It will help teachers and students to advance their use of technology in the classroom, broaden students' perspectives, and give students the chance to be active participants with international partners in a project that they help to create." [review by Kristin Hoyt-Oukada, Consultant, Foreign Language Education, Indiana Department of Education, Office of Program Development, October 2002]
Indivisible: "Indivisible: Stories of American Community" is an exploration of community life in America by some of this country's most accomplished photographers, radio producers, and folklorists. Here are the stories of twelve communities where people are coming together to make their small piece of the world a better place to live.
Asia
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Ask Asia: Developed to support studies of Asia in American schools and published by the Asia Society. Offers access to lesson plans, such as 'Gandhi speaks through clothing', which traces Gandhi's life through a set of photographs. Also has cultural information, games, activities and a variety of links. 'Adult-Free Zone' provided for students. About 10 schools in India listed. Also facility for 'Keypals Club International', for students 8-16 years old.
Asian anthology: This site is intended to assist secondary English teachers to include traditional and contemporary texts from Asia in the curriculum.
Asia for Educators: Features teaching aids, resource lists, multi-media discussions and web course development compiled by the East Asian Curriculum Project (EACP) of Columbia University and the Columbia Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum.
Asia Society: The Asia Society is America's leading institution dedicated to fostering under-standing of Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific. A national nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization, the Society provides a forum for building awareness of the more than thirty countries broadly defined as the Asia-Pacific region - the area from Japan to Iran, and from Central Asia to New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
Asian Film Connection: A collaboration of the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) and the University of Southern California's University Libraries, Center for East Asian Studies, and the Asia Pacific Media Center (APMC), based at USC's Annenberg Center for Communication. The website focuses on contemporary and significant feature films from China, India, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Entries on individual films include summaries, still photos, and video clips. The site also includes biographies and filmographies of highlighted directors. [from East Asia Studies Center, Indiana University (Bloomington) resource list
Chinese History Virtual Library: The Fairbank Chinese History Virtual Library was founded to facilitate easy access to sources of modern Chinese historical information on the internet.
Korea
Korea: "Clickasia is a guide to Myths, Tales, Holidays and Food of Korea" [from Resources page of .
Korea: "Resource and guide for life in Korea." [from
Korea Society: The Korea Society is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization with individual and corporate members that is dedicated solely to the promotion of greater awareness, understanding and cooperation between the people of the United States and Korea.
Indonesia
Resources for students and teachers learning about Indonesia