Urban Ed Resources • Teaching World Cultures

Ideas for Teaching about Different Cultures and Countries

Lesson plans and ideas about teaching about cultures and countries.

Peace Corps - Teaching About Culture

Various PDFs and links to resource pages on teaching world cultures to students.

First-School Peace Education Lesson Plan

Lesson plans for Peace Education.

Peace Corps Week

Peace Corps Week Slide Show (Under Construction)
Download the Power Point Presentation for your class.

Peace Corps Week Website

Check out the offical Peace Corps Website for ideas on presentations and lessons.

World Wise Schools

Since 1989, the Coverdell World Wise Schools has helped more than three million U.S. students communicate directily with Peace Corps Volunteers in over 80 countries. Through the exchange of letters, artwork, artifacts, and other educational materials, Peace Corps Volunteers lead your students in an exploration of the countires and culutres of of the world. Teachers enrolled in the correspondence match program automatically receive a correspondence handbook and montly news briefs. Great resource for curriculum, lesson plans, maps, essays, interviews, photographs, and etc.

Water in Africa

A Creative online learning module featuring standards-based lesson plansrevolving around photos and stories submitted bymore than 90 Volunteers serving in Africa. It is designed for felxibility, encouraging teachers and students to reserach infrmation on Africa-relatedthemes, the environment, the uses and availability of water, and the Peace Corps.

Building Bridges

Access to the signature resource of World Wise Schools - Buliding Bridges: A Peace Corps Classroom Guide to Cross-Cultural Understanding. (for grades 6-12) A great resource for lesson plans to help students familiarize themselves with their own culture and better understanding of other cultures.