World Cultures

Broaden your students’ horizons by learning about world cultures.

Follow cultures across time

Bring the world to your classroom with resources that introduce students to the diversity of ancient and modern cultures. Using lesson plans, videos, and other resources, your students can learn to think like an archaeologist and investigate ancient cultures or gain an appreciation for the many communities that live around the world today.

Resource Spotlight: Explore Ancient Cultures

See what life was like thousands of years ago, and learn how people who lived in the past continue to influence our lives.

  • Exploring Language | China Toolkit

    Explore the history of writing in China by drawing conclusions about the impact of the written word on human civilizations and how language changes over time.

    Lesson Plan|Grades 6-12

Exhibition Spotlight: Cyrus Tang Hall of China

Delve into Chinese history and culture while honing critical thinking skills.

  • Investigating the Qingming Scroll | China Toolkit

    Learn about the contradictions depicted in the Qingming Scroll and compare it with present-day representations of idealized societies.

    Lesson Plan|Grades 6-12
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      • Archaeological Footprint | China Toolkit

        Analyze how we learn about history through objects and theorize what gaps can exist in object-based stories.

        Lesson Plan|Grades 6-12

      • Ask an Artifact | China Toolkit

        Discover what you can learn from the objects all around us when you look carefully and apply a specific disciplinary lens. Spanish subtitles available.

        Video|Grades 3-12

      • Evidence in the Unwritten | China Toolkit

        Investigate the role of an archaeologist and discover the types of questions that drive their work. Spanish subtitles available.

        Video|Grades 6-12

      • Exploring Artifacts from the Pacific | Exploring the Field Guide

        Observe and analyze artifacts from the Pacific Islands to develop evidence-based claims about how these cultures view the world.

        Activity|Grades 9-12

      • Exploring Language | China Toolkit

        Explore the history of writing in China by drawing conclusions about the impact of the written word on human civilizations and how language changes over time.

        Lesson Plan|Grades 6-12

      • Exploring Objects | China Toolkit

        Analyze objects using varied lenses, including anthropology, history, economics, geography, and art history.

        Lesson Plan|Grades 3-12

      • Investigating the Qingming Scroll | China Toolkit

        Learn about the contradictions depicted in the Qingming Scroll and compare it with present-day representations of idealized societies.

        Lesson Plan|Grades 6-12
      Dioramas and specimens are among the objects teachers can borrow from the Museum through the N.W. Harris Learning Collection.

      N. W. HARRIS LEARNING COLLECTION

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