Worldview and Culture

Elementary School Resources

Fish is Fish
Leo Lionni

This 32-page book is about a tadpole and a minnow who are underwater friends. Soon enough, the tadpole grows legs and begins to explore the world beyond the pond, returning to tell his fish friend about the new creatures he sees.

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Map of Myself: Identity and Culture

Book | ISBN 9780394804408 | $

My Map Book
Sara Fanelli

This 32-page book offers an unexpected view of the world. To depict her identity and what is important to her, Fanelli has drawn maps of her tummy, her neighborhood, her bedroom, her heart, and many other aspects of her life.

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Map of Myself: Identity and Culture

Book | ISBN 9780060264550 | $

Wake Up, World! A Day in the Life of Children Around the World
Beatrice Hollyer

This 48-page book follows eight children from different countries as they go through their days. Young readers can see how their own lives compare with other childrens' in such diverse places as Ghana, Australia, Brazil, Siberia, and India.

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Map of Myself: Identity and Culture

Book | ISBN 9780805062939 | $

We are American
Nikita Hattangady

This children's picture book explores heritage, the value of unity in diversity, and the importance of celebrating one's roots while being American.

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Map of Myself: Identity and Culture

Book | ISBN 9780982975589 | $

Who Speaks for Wolf: A Native American Learning Story
Paula Underwood and Frank Howell

In this 51-page book, an Indian tribe learns an important lesson after it ignores a hunter's warning and settles in the heart of a great community of wolves.

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Book | ISBN 9781879678019 | $

EdChange Multicultural Pavilion

This website provides a rich collection of ice breakers, strategies, and activities on multicultural awareness. EdChange is dedicated to creatingschools, organizations, and communities in which the full diversity of people have opportunities to live, learn, and thrive free from oppression.

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Map of Myself: Identity and Culture

Website | Free

Scholastic

Scholastic offers a wide variety of lesson plans, activities, and internet field trips surrounding the issues of diversity and culture.

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Map of Myself: Identity and Culture

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Middle School Resources

Ishmael
Daniel Quinn

This 272-page book is about a gorilla named Ishmael, who has learned to reason and communicate. Ishmael and educates himself in human history and lays out a theory of what has gone wrong with civilization and how to correct it, basing his theory on the tenet that humanity belongs to the planet rather than vice versa.

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Metaphors for the Future

Book | ISBN 9780553375404 | $

My Ishmael
Daniel Quinn

In this 304-page sequel to Ishmael, Quinn focuses on the "Leavers" and "Takers," his terms for the two basic, warring elements of human sensibility.

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Metaphors for the Future

Book | ISBN 9780553379655 | $

Globalis
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Globalis is an interactive world atlas where the visitor decides what is to be displayed on the map based on topic and location of interest. Globalis aims to create an understanding for similarities and differences in human societies, as well as how we influence life on the planet.

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Metaphors for the Future

Interactive Technology | Free

Map of the Day
National Geographic

Using National Geographic's Map of the Day, visitors can browse through featured maps from a wide array of historical events, news, and milestones.

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Metaphors for the Future

Interactive Technology | Free

Teaching Tolerance

This biannual magazine focuses on news, awareness-building activities, and action projects aimed towards fighting hate and intolerance.

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Map of Myself: Identity and Culture

Online Magazine | Free

World Fact Book
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

The CIA's World Fact Book provides data and information about the people, government, economy, geography, and more of countries around the world.

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Grades 6-12 | Website | Free

Circle of Stories
PBS

Circle of Stories uses documentary film, photography, artwork and music to honor and explore Native American storytelling.

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Grades 6-12 | Website | Free

Ethnic Discrimination
United Nations

Ethnic Discrimination focuses on classroom resources and activities that address ethnic discrimination in the global community and positive steps against ethnic discrimination.

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Website | Free

Indigenous Peoples
United Nations

Indigenous Peoples focuses on classroom resources and activities that are aimed at celebrating the International Day of the World's People through active learning.

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Website | Free

Racial Discrimination
United Nations

Racial Discrimination focuses on classroom resources and activities that are aimed at introducing race, racial discrimination, and positive steps against racial discrimination.

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High School Resources

World Guide 11th Edition: Global reference country by country
Third World Institute

This 624-page book presents up-to-date information on all countries of the world, including statistics about the arms trade, HIV and AIDS, forced labour, climate change, and human rights.

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Worldview Mingle

Book | ISBN 1904456561 | $

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Anne Fadiman

This 341-page novel is about the clash of two worldviews. It focuses on the story of a young Hmong girl with epilepsy and the conflict between Western doctors and the girl's family regarding her care.

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Worldview Mingle

Book | ISBN 0374525641 | $

Gapminder World
Gapminder Foundation

Gapminder World is a website presenting global statistics on topics such as health, economics, and environment in an interactive manner.

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Worldview Mingle

Interactive Technology | Free

Worldmapper
University of Sheffield and University of Michigan

Worldmapper is a collection of more than 500 world maps, where territories are resized on each map according to the subject of interest.

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Worldview Mingle

Interactive Technology | Free

World Savvy Monitor
World Savvy

The bimonthly World Savvy Monitor offers clear and comprehensive information about regions and topics of global importance. Each edition includes a Classroom Companion for educators, providing leveled readings taken from a variety of news sources; discussion questions; creative lesson ideas for several disciplines; related resources, curriculum, books, films, and websites and multimedia; and alignment with national standards.

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Worldview Mingle

Online Magazine | $

Koyaanisqatsi
Godfrey Reggio

This 87-minute video explores the Hopi Indian word koyaanisqatsi, meaning "life out of balance." The film is an apocalyptic vision of the collision of two different worlds - urban life and technology versus the environment.

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Who Are the Nacirema?

Video | UPC 027616878939 | $

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

UNESCO is working to create the conditions for genuine dialogue based upon respect for shared values and the dignity of each civilization and culture. Click on the "Culture" link for information and resources about different cultures around the world.

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Who Are the Nacirema?

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World Savvy

World Savvy is a global education nonprofit with a mission to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs, to prepare them to learn, work and live as responsible global citizens in the 21st century.

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Website | Free

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