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video: Culture: What Is It?
This program answers the question, "What is culture?" It defines culture as the sum total of the human experience, a people's whole way of life. Dividing culture into material and nonmaterial types, on-location video provides examples of both from a variety of cultures around the world. Students will see and hear about the similarities and the differences between cultures, how people with similar backgrounds have similar cultural traits, and how these traits are passed from generation to generation.
Grades: Gr. 5 - Gr. 8 Runtime: 13:48 ©1993 United Learning
This incredible interactive new
site offers satellite pictures of the world
kid-friendly website for research Ð terrific pictures of animals.
online encyclopedia with great maps Ð must be a subscriber
contains current new articles for kids on world events
http://discoverychannelasia.com
great resource for all ages Ð
Find out about the history of
the flag of your country
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html
facts about a countryÕs population, government, geography etc.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html
library of congress country studies Ð
descriptions of all aspects of life.
www.refdesk.com - This site offers
the One Look Dictionary for looking up vocabulary. It also links to newspapers
around the world and numerous search engines.
www.nytimes.com Ð offers free
subscription online
free - set up monitored e-mail accounts for your student to
communicate with other students in the country of their choice.