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World Cultures

This category lists sites that introduce young people to the cultures found throughout the world. It includes sites about the beliefs, values, lifestyles, and skills of various people groups.

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• - Visit this site to learn about the cultures of eight meridian line countries at the turn of the millennium.
  
• - Online expeditions take students on virtual journeys around the world.
  
• - Travel through all the seven continents and view beautiful sights. Learn about common greetings. and even experience the foods by trying recipes.
  
• - Kids from around the world work in teams to create web pages each month.
  
• - Explores many world cultures. Click on any part of a world map to be transported to information about that region. Then explore the gods, legends, and culture of that area.
  
• - Links from the Internet Public Library introduce the customs, beliefs, arts and institutions from different groups of people.
  
• - Features multicultural recipes, crafts, and activities. Non-profit organization behind the site also promotes cultural appreciation through arts education, workshops, and theater.
  
• - Devoted to cultures, living and ancient, and the promotion of world communication. Includes photos, drawings, animations, sounds, links to encyclopedias.
  
• - Explores the extremely tightly-knit deaf communities that exist to preserve friendships and facilitate interaction. Also examines how sign language can allow people from different regions of the world to communicate.
  
• - Learn about the challenges faced by poor people in Guatemala through this virtual field trip. See pictures of the country, learn about economic development and child poverty, read journal entries written by students, and exchange messages.
  
• - Fun introductions to all the countries where Peace Corps volunteers are currently serving. Learn everything from what people eat to what they do for fun.
  
• - Around the world, children have one thing in common. They love to play games. Discover how kids from Venezuela, Mexico, Korea, China, Germany, and many other countries play different versions of the same traditional games.
  
• - Explore Ghana through this virtual field trip and learn about the culture, history, and people. Includes journal entries, a photo album, recommended books and related links.
  
• - A Colorado-based nonprofit corporation that provides intercultural leadership training to high school youth through its Global Youth Ambassadors Workshop.
  
• - Presents interviews with over 300 people who live in mountain and highland regions round the world. Their testimonies offer a personal perspective on change and development.
  
• - Match pictures of flags with their countries.
  
• - Find out basic information about countries all over the world. This United Nations site allows users to click on the name of the country and get basic facts about its geography, language, economy, and so forth.
  
• - Join the Global Gang to learn more about kids from other countries through stories and e-mail.
  
• - School project presents folktales of many different countries written and illustrated by children.
  
• - Webcam search engine helps kids find live feed from people and places around the world. Visit Moscow through your computer screen, or journey into outer space at the touch of a button.
  
• - Answers common questions about the land and its people. From the Pakistan Trade Network.
  
• - Find in-depth information about everything from geography to weather, from government to religion, for more than 100 countries. Prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.
  
• - Join more than 1,400 classes as they journey around the world via the Internet exploring lands, people, and cultures.
  
• - A journey to explore Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and sub-Saharan African cultures. Make your own discoveries through cool puzzles, games, and worksheets.
  
• - Travel with Tiki the Penguin to meet kids from tribal groups.
  
• - Two-minute glimpses, complete with sound clips, into the cultures of the worlds. See and hear how people live, work, and play. From National Geographic.
  
• - Contributions from students include profiles of world countries, cultural and traditional beliefs, folktales from around the world and basic phrases in different languages. School located in St. John's, Newfoundland.
  
• - Features overviews of life and culture in many countries. Developed to assist Canadians in understanding immigrants.
  
• - Learn to say "hello" in over 30 different languages, plus find links to resources about the languages, the cultures, and language learning on the Web. From the Internet Public Library.
  
• - Is a Canadian sneeze different from a Japanese sneeze? Learn about everyday habits and customs from various cultures around the world.
  
• - Features fairy tales, geography tidbits, and games.
  
• - Scholastic site explores Spanish roots in America and contains student interviews with great Latinos, biographies of history makers, and interactive map.
  
  

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