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.
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 PlanGrades 6-12Exploring Objects | China Toolkit
Analyze objects using varied lenses, including anthropology, history, economics, geography, and art history.Lesson PlanGrades 3-12Exploring 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 PlanGrades 6-12
World Culture resources
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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 PlanGrades 6-12Ask 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.
VideoGrades 3-12Chicago's Chinatown Coloring Pages
Color and Explore Chinatown!
ActivityGrades PK-12Chicago's Chinatown Community Guide
An infographic guide to Chinatown's past, present, and future.
ActivityLesson PlanGrades 3-8Chicago's Legacy Hula Virtual Tour
Learn the untold history of four Kumu Hula (master teachers of Hawaiian Hula) who perpetuated, preserved, and protected Hula as a way of life.
Interactive or AppCommunity Guide Instructions
This activity invites you to document, honor, and analyze a community through history, place, and lived experience.
ActivityGrades 6-12Evidence in the Unwritten | China Toolkit
Investigate the role of an archaeologist and discover the types of questions that drive their work. Spanish subtitles available.
VideoGrades 6-12Exploring 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.
ActivityGrades 9-12Exploring 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 PlanGrades 6-12Exploring Objects | China Toolkit
Analyze objects using varied lenses, including anthropology, history, economics, geography, and art history.
Lesson PlanGrades 3-12Harris Loan Experience Box
As American As...? Teaching Chinese American History through Food
ActivityInvestigating 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 PlanGrades 6-12Read, Watch, Listen, Visit: Student Resource List | China Toolkit
Explore more ways to learn about China with your students.
Family-Friendly LessonGrades 3-12
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