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4 Kid’s Books that Promote Cross-Cultural Awareness

by Cate

by :: Cate If you’d like to cultivate intercultural competence in kids, a great place to start is with developing curiosity, openness to, and respect for difference. Books that take a cross-cultural peek at daily life around the world are fantastic resources for helping young kids develop the attitudes on which further intercultural knowledge and skills [...]

Share Your First Day of School With the World

by Cate

by :: Cate I just joined the Global Education Collaborative (they’re @GlobalEdNing on Twitter) and came across the First Day of School Project. I thought you might be interested in learning more about - or contributing to – this project. Here’s how teacher Samuel Fye describes it: Hi all! I am working on a Wiki project [...]

Schultüte Resource #4 :: Using Friday Fotos to Discuss Culture & Global Issues

by Anamaria

by :: Anamaria Welcome to the final day of Schultüte Week! (Wondering what a Schultüte is? Stop here and read last Monday’s post.) Each day last week we posted a nifty resource from our virtual Schultüte of Cross-Cultural Resources for Busy Educators. photo by nlnnet We planned to post this final resource last Friday. But wouldn’t you know it, we encountered [...]

Schultüte Resource #2 :: 16 Free Cross-Cultural Games, Projects & Resources

by Cate

by :: Cate Welcome back to Schultüte Week! (Wondering what a Schultüte is? Stop here and read Monday’s post. ) Each day this week we’re pulling a nifty resource out of our virtual Schultüte of Cross-Cultural Resources for Busy Educators. photo by nlnnet Yesterday’s resource featured 43 Cross-Cultural Quotes for the Classroom (pdf). Today’s resource? 16 cross-cultural games, projects, and resources [...]

Schultüte Resource #1 :: 43 Cross-Cultural Quotes for the Classroom

by Cate

by :: Cate Welcome to Schultüte Week! (Wondering what a Schultüte is? Stop here and read yesterday’s post.) Each day this week we’re pulling a nifty resource out of our virtual Schultüte of Cross-Cultural Resources for Busy Educators to share with our wonderful readers. photo by nlnnet Today’s resource features 43 Cross-Cultural Quotes for the Classroom [...]

It’s Schultüte Week!

by Cate

by :: Cate photo by terrin in Virginia Today is Labor Day in the U.S. That means we have a much-welcomed 3-day weekend. It also means summer is offically over. (If you’re in the northern hemisphere, that is). Even though winter comes relativly late here in North Carolina, it’s starting to feel a bit like fall. I’m [...]

Think Goose

by Anamaria

by :: Anamaria Last week I was watching The Aristocats (yes,- cats not -crats) with my daughter. I don’t know how many of you are familiar with this animated movie for children. I am finding out that not many US Americans know about it. I absolutely loved it when I was little, and watched it [...]

How Does Time Talk to YOU?

by Anamaria

Culture School is in session! In this series, we take an aspect of intercultural theory and apply to daily life. Basically, our goal is to expose those cultural moonwalking bears. And because this blog is about culture and education, we consider each topic in the context of the classroom. photo by maryatexitzero by :: Anamaria [...]

Resource :: Welcome to Wanzuzu

by Cate

by :: Cate Are you familiar with the Peace Corps Coverdell WorldWise website? What a treasure trove of resources for K-12 educators! (I use their cross-cultural understanding activities all the time, and not just with kids.) I just discovered a game called Welcome to Wanzuzu. In this game, students are challenged to talk to villagers and gather [...]