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A website and video that imagines sending radiators to Norway from Africa because the people are freezing. A brilliant aid for students to challenge stereotypes and examine perceptions of other countries.

Useful resources about diversity and teaching differences to students.

've recently come across a fantastic resource, that I wish I had've known about several months ago, but hope you all can still find it useful. It is a Journal for Multicultural Education by a university in the States. The best part is, it's free! Here's the link: http://www.wtamu.edu/journal/multiculturalism-in-education.aspx Another good one that I use is the International Journal of Multicultural Education: http://ijme-journal.org/index.php/ijme/index Hope they are useful for you!

This is a summary of Richard Nisbett's book 'The Geography of Thought' which seeks to explain the cultural differences between 'eastern' and 'western' ways of thinking.

An excellent 20 minute TED talk on the danger of stereotypes - would be good to use with older students - to discuss views that they have of different countries.

A free open-access journal with articles relating to multicultural education and related issues.

A trailer for the film 'On the way to School'. You can definitely use this to look at cultural differences and what some children will do in order to gain an education. Shots from Kenya, Argentina, Morocco and India.

This was one of the sessions at the ECIS, Lisbon Conference by Bev Shaklee from George Mason University. How international teachers can develop interecultural skills. Excellent bibliography at the end of the powerpoint presentation.

An article about cultural differences - in terms of facial expressions and body language.

A 42 page document from Ireland on intercultural education in the primary classroom. An excellent resource.

This comes out every work so you might want to subscribe - online links to educational developments around the world

This is a link to an article in the Guardian Newspaper, UK with photographs of photos and comments in 14 classrooms around the world. There is a book called Classroom Portraits by Julian Germain who has taken the photographs. Could be a great starting discussion on cultural differences in the classroom... every picture tells a story.