Resources: Cultural Identity: Language, Religion, Ethnicity, Gender

VIDEOS & LESSONS: C-Span Classroom by APHG Unit

Monday morning? No lesson plan? Try C-Span Classroom . What a mini gold mine this resource is! I had no idea C-Span Classroom existed until Julie W. posted it onto […]

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LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: 198 Country Digital One-Pager Templates

Expose your students to 198 countries through independent research using digital case studies. Each digital one-pager is itching for your students to complete. Included on each page are the seven […]

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Smithsonian Folkways Holiday Music via ESRI

If you’re looking for some holiday music (school permitting) to get you through the week, enjoy an ESRI Storymap with 56 samples. They are around 40 seconds a piece. The […]

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LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Expansion Diffusion with McDonald’s

If you are teaching students about cultural diffusion within the Cultural Patterns & Processes unit, your students will enjoy this! Students will read about the three different types of expansion […]

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FRQ: Race and Ethnicity w/ Stimulus ~Rubric Included~

Need an FRQ with stimulus? This is an original focusing on race and ethnicity. There is one map stimulus included. If you don’t have access to a color printer, project […]

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LESSON PLAN: Recognizing Language Patterns: An Etymology Word Exploration

Where do our Words Come From?!?! Europe provides students with a wonderful opportunity to recognize the various patterns and groupings of its major language branches and families. In this activity, […]

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Lessons & Worksheets: Universalizing vs. Ethnic & Religious Hearths and Diffusion

With everyone talking about the new CED’s emphasis on teaching religion and language through the lens of diffusion, I’m revamping my lessons on the world’s main religions. Hearth -> Diffusion […]

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Lessons & Worksheets: *Free* Ethnicities & Building Blocks of Culture

If you’re jumping into Culture, why not have your students start with its building blocks. With this worksheet, have students read about what makes a culture, including artifacts, mentifacts, values, […]

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LESSON PLAN: Refugee Case Studies of Syria & the Rohingya: A Gallery Walk

If you are looking for something for you walls during when discussing migration, you can use these Instagram-themed, Rohingya and Syrian crisis timelines I made using Adobe Illustrator. Some of […]

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Video: Crisis in Levittown

The Black upper middle-class Myers family moves into all-white Levittown, PA in August, 1957, and are snubbed and mistreated, in this powerful landmark documentary showcasing racism in the United States. […]

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Video via It’s a Southern Thing: Which States are Southern? – Back Porch Bickerin’

On this week’s episode, Matt and Calli bicker about which states are considered to be “southern” states.

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VR/360 LESSON PLAN: Refugee Case Studies of Syria & the Rohingya; Graffiti Wall

AP HG Course Descriptors: Causes and consequences of migration are influenced by cultural, demographic, economic, environmental, and political factors. Apply the concepts of forced and voluntary migration to historical and […]

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INTERACTIVE via ESRI: Language & Religion Geoinquiry

Note: The ESRI Geoinqueries that ESRI produce are amazing, the problem is that you can’t edit their PDFs to remove the pre-written answers for students. Here is a formatted version […]

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INTERACTIVES: Esri Geoinquiries

As you get more comfortable and efficient with teaching content, you might find more time for enrichment activities. As the company Esri puts it, “Esri’s GIS mapping software is the […]

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INTERACTIVE: European Word Translator

This is a neat site that one of my students found after I had them do the work the “long” way using Google translate. I gave my students a map […]

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VIDEO: via CNN: No, Where Are You REALLY From?

The short 3:04 minute video clip on CNN about the topic of ETHNICITY and IDENTITY. The article highlights personal experiences about always being asked about their identity. Frank and honest […]

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INTERACTIVE via Localingual: Listen to Voices Around the World

Localingual is an interactive map that allows users to zoom in and hear voice samples from all over the world. Users can also submit their own samples to add to […]

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NEWS via theguardian: Moana: progressive paean to Polynesia – or another of Disney’s cultural blunders?

Moana: The Progressive Paean to Polynesia or another of Disney’s Cultural Blunders? This is an article that discusses whether Moana, the Disney movie, is an example of cultural appropriation or […]

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VIDEO via New York Times: A Conversation With Asians on Race

A Conversation with Asian-Americans on Race This video shows Asian Americans confronting stereotypes about their own community. Human Geography Application: This would be a great clip to show while discussion ethnicity. […]

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Interactive via PBS: Can You Tell Someone’s Race by Looking at Them?

Race: The Power of Illusion Via PBS:  How easy is it to group people into “races” based on appearance? What about using individual traits? Does everybody classify the same way? […]

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NEWS & RESOURCE via Washington Post: Germany reunified 26 years ago, but some divisions are still strong

This 2016 article highlights how effects of border changes are still evident today. The article uses choropleth maps to highlight some of the biggest difference between East and West Berliners. […]

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INTERACTIVE via Qz.com: Can you guess where people are from based on their accents?

This is a fun introduction for your students when discussing accents. This is iPad friendly. If they have headphones, they can work at their own pace. Can you guess where […]

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ARTICLE via NPR: ‘Columbusing’: The Art Of Discovering Something That Is Not New

‘Columbusing’: The Art Of Discovering Something That Is Not New by BRENDA SALINAS July 06, 201412:39 PM ET In this promotional photo shot for SC Johnson, TV star Jennie Garth sprays […]

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ARTICLE via NGS: The Pyres of Varanasi: Breaking the Cycle of Death and Rebirth

The Pyres of Varanasi: Breaking the Cycle of Death and Rebirth One river, 18,000 feet, 1,500 miles. In the fall of 2013, photographer and videographer Pete McBride, along with professional […]

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