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'German for Hire' gives middle and high school teachers the opportunity to invite German university students into their classrooms to give youth-oriented presentations on different topics in modern German life and culture. These ambassadors will provide an authentic and interactive classroom session in German language, history or social studies classes. Students will be able to discuss current events and experience German history first hand through a personal encounter. They can connect with their German guests through their shared excitement for films, music, and sports. Any school in the United States is eligible to participate.

This is from the Oakland Schools Nov 2012 Information Center Newsletter, by Judy Hauser: CultureGrams Do you know that you have free access to CultureGrams? All Michigan citizens have access to commercial resources and databases provided through MeL - the Michigan Electronic Library - via the Library of Michigan. CultureGrams from ProQuest is a resource that schools have used for years in all grades starting in upper elementary. And now… it is available to all educators, students and parents via MeL. To access CultureGrams go to: http://mel.org and click on "MeL Databases." Scroll down and click on "CultureGrams." At the top of the page and in the large boxes on the page you will see World Edition, 2 States Edition, Kid's Edition and Provinces Edition. If, for example, you click on the States Edition and click on any state on the map you have many choices for information.Everything from current information to history to recipes is included. This is a great resource for students to use when researching a state, province, country or culture.

Great video to share with Middle School students on Earth Day.

Resources for elementary Chinese, French and Spanish by BBC.

Every year a short video portrays some aspect of German life and students complete a quiz on the video. Great prizes await the winners, including a trip to Germany next summer. The competition is open to middle and high school students, and it ends on December 16, 2016.

Some good ideas for World Language teachers.

Includes a database called "CultureGrams". This includes information about countries all over the world. Interviews with citizens of the country (some are children) tell more about aspects of daily life, including food and school.

Free online resources and tools for learning Spanish. Very extensive.

From Teacher's Discovery.

French online lessons for elementary school children about earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes

Oakland Schools Curriculum for World Languages in Atlas. This is the public site.

From the video collection of Irma Torres, World Language Consultant, Oakland Schools

From the collection of Irma Torres, World Language Consultant, Oakland Schools

Nice website to link your school and students to other schools from around the world. Features, including video chatrooms.

Great instructor resources for a variety of topics. Textbook independent using authentic materials.Suited for upper level high school Spanish classes.

Searchable database of photos licensed for school use through Creative Commons.

This website is a virtual classroom game with students from different schools in Canada. You go through the modules and learn items in the classroom, colors, commands, basic pronunciation, meet the characters and can create your own comic strip as well!

Spanish language video collection of Irma Torres, World Language Consultant, Oakland Schools

Resources and games for learning Mandarin. Free access to Book 1 content with topics such as Family, Body Parts, Clothing, etc.