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This website is filled with articles on the history, geography, culture, and the enviroment around the Mississippi River.

This site encourages geography education and promotes natural and cultural conservation.

This website is full of world culture, ethnic heritage and social traditions.

This site has units and lesson plans on: Lewis and Clark preparing for the trip, politics, mapping, women, animals, language, trade and property, plants. There is a section on exploring and using primary and secondary sources.

Thanks to Laurie A for this one!

After learning about so many different cultures in Human Resources I have learned that I didn't know a lot before. I am so glad that you added this site so that we can teach our students more about different cultures before they leave high school and get into the working environment.

"There is no single objective way to describe why an artifact is significant to a culture. Objects are important to different people for different reasons. To make this idea personal, students will be invited to bring to class important cultural artifacts from their own lives. Each object will be "interpreted" by a student anthropologist who will make hypotheses regarding the importance of this object. The student anthropologist will also determine what this artifact says about the culture of the owner. The owner of the artifact will get a chance to tell their actual story."

Thanks to Sara D. for this one.

Lesson plans for teaching tolerance. Includes: Because I Had a Turban, Small Steps: A Tolerance Program, Belief In Action, Identity Posters and others.

This is a wonderful website that talks about the history of Thanksgiving. It not only has stories, but also videos as well!

Website with great links to resources and activities for cultural diversity, learning about other cultures, teaching tolerance, and more. This origin of this Diversity Council is Rochester, MN.

Explore different cultures and countries around the world...even learn how to speak different laguages!

This website offers information on cultural diversity along with activities and ideas to help teach students about cultural diversity.

descriptions of cultures around the world

This is a good website that includes stories about "every day" heroes and from many diferent cultures.

Students will analyze how the 50 State Quarters Program represents both the diversity and unity of the United States. They will identify human and physical geographic characteristics of Roman culture from Roman coins and examine how Roman emperors used coins to help unify their empire.

I think this is a great site to use with younger kids. It has great Sesame Street clips of Grover learning about different cultures. It is a great way to get young kids excited about other cultures around the world.

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Native American Tribes to Minnesota and about their history and culture

Census maps of population: Population over Time and Distribution of slaves in 1860. Through the Decades section: This section includes lesson plans, maps, classroom resources, and games. Fast Facts give paint a picture of the United States both statistically and culturally.

Great reference tool Barb! I like the "Through the Decades" Fast Facts section, this would be a great extension activity for kids that are history buffs and like to collect this kind of detail.