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Teaching for Change and Rethinking Schools collaborate to bring people's history to the classroom.

A dedicated website to encourage and support teaching about Central American history.

The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.

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Building social justice starting in the classroom.

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Access cultural insights to over 80+ countries!

Learn about the culture, language, people, beliefs, etiquette, business practices and more.

Ideal for anyone visiting a foreign country for the first time, whether doing business or simply for pleasure.

Our guides are free, however, if you wish to use them in any other way, such as to re-publish or quote them, then please contact us for permission.

Experts in Culture

As experts in cross-cultural training, we are passionate about what we do.

That's why we care about promoting cultural awareness.

So, enjoy our award-winning culture guides - and if you like them, share them!

Warning! Culture is Not Static!

It is important to bear in mind that these culture guides act as basic introductions only. They are not in any way definitive.

We do not intend to stereotype, pigeonhole or try to quantify any culture or people. Each society, country and culture will have numerous nuances that would make it irresponsible to suggest a uniform approach to understanding any country's social/business culture or etiquette.

One also has to take into account the personal cultures of individuals, whether they be religious, regional, gender, corporate or otherwise. However, loose guidelines can assist in bettering understanding and avoiding offence.

Which Culture Guide Would You Like to Explore?

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Guides to Culture, Customs and Etiquette for 80+ Countries

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Award-winning guides on the culture, customs, people, language and social & business etiquette of countries around the world. Perfect for business professionals, travellers and tourists.

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This website contains culture guides for different countries and is designed to help students learn about a specific place. They provide insights to the culture, beliefs, language, and business manners of each country listed.

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#SundayCivics is a weekly show that teaches civic education and engagement using the current political landscape.

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This website advises educators to explore different ways to develop and implement lessons that are engaging for students from diverse backgrounds. Topics that are covered are race, gender equality, empathy, and bullying prevention.

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This resource could be used in an 8th-grade ELAR class after reading the novel, "The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963". Teachers could visit the Civil Rights Teaching section of this website and pull sample lesson plans that cover different topics about Civil Rights. One lesson provided is "The Rebellious Lives of Mrs. Rosa Parks". This lesson encourages students to dive into Rosa Parks other heroic stories and gives examples of how she stood up for her rights. We all know the famous story, but there are so many more.

Every student portrays a different rebellious moment in Rosa Parks’ life and shares it with another classmate.

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Learning for Justice is a community education program of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that centers civic and political action education for everyone.

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Stories and lessons for growing minds

We are a free multimedia platform for educators and students. Through our immersive storytelling and curricula, we aim to plant seeds of empathy, interconnectedness, and a sacred relationship with our planet. Use our award-winning films, photo essays, and essays to learn about social, cultural, and environmental issues from individuals and communities worldwide. For grades 3-12, our stories and lessons encourage students to broaden their perspectives and worldviews while fostering universal human values and respect for the living world. We aim to bring universal values into the lives of educators and students.

Experience Our Storytelling

Watch this short video to learn more about the stories we tell.

Student Winners and Finalists: The Environment Is in You

In what ways is climate change impacting the place where you live?

In this contest, students documented the fragility, hope, and future of our planet's ecosystem due to climate change. Inspired by four environmental writers-Linda Hogan, Robert Hass, Wendell Berry, and Dara McAnulty-students explored changes to local systems, how the environment shapes our identity, and how our actions and awareness today can impact the future.

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Feature

These five shorts films follows five Native American communities who are restoring their traditional land management practices.

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Essay

How might stories act as keys allowing us access to challenge, examine, uproot, and illumine our habits and fears?

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This feature shares the stories of four Indigenous communities in California who are working to revitalize their languages and cultures in order to pass them on to the next generation.

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"This film has historic relevancy. I can see myself using it to encourage students to think about the value of the space program and how it speaks to the American Spirit and how we are often looking forward in our progress. This film begs to be used as an exploration of what it means to be a global citizen, how students can learn from people not like themselves, and what actions students can take in their everyday lives to make the world a better place."

Michael Dunn, Director of College Counseling at Eagle Rock School & Professional Development Center

Stories Exploring Climate Change

Celebrating Student Artwork: New Student Gallery

Encourage thoughtful and meaningful conversations in the classroom with our student gallery. Use the gallery as a tool to foster curiosity, observation skills, and perspective-taking.

The gallery encourages students to learn from each other's perspectives. How are students witnessing and engaging with the world in new ways since the start of Covid-19? Search by theme, previous Global Oneness Project contests, or from locations around the world. The gallery is accompanied by an image analysis activity, including a Visible Thinking Routine from Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Who Is Using Our Materials

Our materials provide opportunities for an interdisciplinary approach to learning across disciplines from social sciences and humanities to environmental sciences. Education stakeholders, including K-12 educators, university professors, librarians, tech/media specialists, parents, and students are using our materials in multiple learning environments.

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The Commisceo-Global website could be used in a middle school or high school world history class to create a travel webpage that focuses on cultural and etiquette practices for travelers. Students would have certain "things to do", restaurants, and places to visit, but the focus of the learning would be the culture and etiquette of the country.

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This podcast, which focuses on civic education, is hosted by public speaker and social justice advocate L. Joy Williams. Listeners can learn about topics like civic participation, shaping their communities, and personal advocacy.

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In a high school Government or Civics class, students could listen and take notes over the podcast episode, "Post Election Resilience". This episode acknowledges the 2024 election and reminds us that feelings involving politics are natural. After taking notes, students could participate in a Socratic debate over the definition of the word "tolerance".

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This website contains many resources that are aimed at promoting social justice in the classroom. It contains lesson plans, teaching strategies, resources, and frameworks for teachers to use when encouraging a safe culture classroom.

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8th grade ELAR students will read the drama version of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. Students will then view the film "One Survivor Remembers" from the Learning from Justice Film Kit resource on this website. Teachers have free access to lessons and activities that discuss bullies, bystanders, calls to action, and intolerance.

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This website offers photos, essays, video clips, and lesson plans that are beneficial for educators to use in the classroom. They cover worldwide social, cultural, and environmental issues that affect our communities.

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Middle school students will read the essay,"Learning and Teaching from the Heart in Troubled Times" by Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger. The teacher will have students choose quotes from the essay to create posters that represent their quotes. After the posters are completed, students will then go on a gallery walk and write a reflection on the activity, posters, and meanings of the lesson.