This resource was designed for a Spanish student who has taken at least two semesters of college-level Spanish, two years of High-School Spanish or has some intermediate knowledge of Spanish. Its content can be useful (and adapted to) more advanced students, even heritage speakers who would like to improve their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills as well as explore Spanish, Latin and Hispanic Culture.This online resource can be used as a textbook for an entire one-semester college course. It is comprised entirely of free, open-educational resources which are available to anyone. These include SpanishDict.com, StudySpanish.com, The Spanish Experiment, YouTube and much more.The content is practical, authentic and engaging, but more importantly, it allows students to acquire much more than basic Spanish skills. It provides students with oppotunities to learn about Spanish, Latin and Hispanic culture and geography, as well as acquainting the students with Spanish as it is actually spoken in many different countries.The textbook is divided into 15 modules with each module centering around specific themes and grammatical structures. Even though grammar is essential to learning any language, in this course speaking the language, strategies for learning languages and culture are just as (or even more) important than extensive grammar drills. 

The aim of this course is to introduce and analyze the international relations of East Asia. With four great powers, three nuclear weapons states, and two of the world's largest economies, East Asia is one of the most dynamic and consequential regions in world politics. This course will examine the sources of conflict and cooperation in both periods, assessing competing explanations for key events in East Asia's international relations. Readings will be drawn from international relations theory, political science and history.

Funded by the University System of Georgia’s “Affordable Learning Georgia” initiative, An Introduction to African and Afro-Diasporic Peoples and Influences in British Literature and Culture before the Industrial Revolution corrects, expands, and celebrates the presence of the African Diaspora in the study of British Literature, undoing some of the anti-Black history of British studies.

This course provides an overview of Asian American history and its relevance for contemporary issues. It covers the first wave of Asian immigration in the 19th century, the rise of anti-Asian movements, the experiences of Asian Americans during WWII, the emergence of the Asian American movement in the 1960s, and the new wave of post–1965 Asian immigration. The class examines the role these experiences played in the formation of Asian American ethnicity. The course addresses key societal issues such as racial stereotyping, media racism, affirmative action, the glass ceiling, the "model minority" syndrome, and anti-Asian harassment or violence. The course is taught in English.

If you have any trouble with the audio, try this version: https://youtu.be/mQWpO889MrQ(it is the same video with enhanced audio).

The Mexica were an incredibly advanced society……. but their religion and cosmovision is immensely layered and complex.

So in this brief lecture we’ll introduce Mexica philosophy, religion, and their worldview.

We’ll also introduce the most important deities, and talk about which deities are related because in many ways, the Aztec gods are a family history.

This course examines major social and political trends, events, debates and personalities which help place aspects of contemporary French culture in their historical perspective through fiction, films, essays, newspaper articles, and television. Topics include the heritage of the French Revolution, the growth and consequences of colonialism, the role of intellectuals in public debates, the impact of the Occupation, the modernization of the economy and of social structures. The sources and meanings of national symbols, monuments, myths and manifestoes are also studied. Recommended for students planning to study abroad. Taught in French.

Interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary Latin America, drawing on films, literature, popular press accounts, and scholarly research. Topics include economic development, ethnic and racial identity, religion, revolution, democracy, transitional justice, and the rule of law. Examples draw on a range of countries in the region, especially Mexico, Chile, and Brazil. Includes a heavy oral participation component, with regular breakout groups, formal class presentations on pressing social issues (such as criminal justice and land tenure), and a structured class debate.

This course is designed as an introduction to Latin American politics and society for undergraduates at MIT. No background on the region is required. Overall workload (reading, writing, class participation, and examinations) is similar to that of other HASS-D courses. Many of the themes raised here are covered in greater detail in other courses: 21G.020J (New World Literature), 21G.716 (Introduction to Contemporary Hispanic Literature), 21G.730 (Twentieth and Twentyfirst-Century Spanish American Literaturere), 21G.735 (Advanced Topics in Hispanic Literature and Film), 21A.220 (The Conquest of America), 21H.802 (Modern Latin America), 3.982 (The Ancient Andean World), 3.983 (Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization), 17.507 (Democratization and Democratic Collapse), and 17.554 (Political Economy of Latin America).F

This course has several purposes. The major concern will be the examination of Spanish culture including Spain's history, architecture, art, literature and film, to determine if there is a uniquely Spanish manner of seeing and understanding the world - one which emerges as clearly distinct from our own and that of other Western European nations.

This course examines the major aesthetic, social, and political elements which have shaped modern Japanese culture and society. There are readings on contemporary Japan and historical evolution of the culture are coordinated with study of literary texts, film, and art, along with an analysis of everyday life and leisure activities.

The Iraq Hurr website is a news broadcast website that includes radio and video components as well as news articles. The majority of the content concerns Iraq, but world news is also reported on the site. Components of the website include current events, politics, economics, security, society, and various programs such as sports and human rights in Iraq. Podcasts are also available, as is a free app for both iPhones and Android.

Database of Hebrew and Arabic texts recovered by a US Army team in Iraq. Primary Resources/Authentic Texts. The restoration and preservation of these documents is explained.

This course is an introduction to Islam from the perspective of media and sound studies, intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. From the time of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam in its various manifestations has had a complex relationship with media. While much contemporary writing focuses on Islam in the media, this course explores how many aspects of Islamic practice and thinking might be understood as media technologies that facilitate the inscription, storage and transmission of knowledge. Central questions include: How do Islam and media technologies relate? What kinds of practices of inscription and transmission characterize Islam in all its varieties across time and place? How might Islamic thought and practice be understood in light of databases, networks, and audiovisual sensation? Given the rich diversity in Islam historically and geographically, emphasis will be placed on these interconnected but divergent practices from the earliest revelations of the Qur'an to contemporary Islamist political movements, with geographies spanning from Indonesia to the Middle East and North Africa, as well as in Europe and North America. In addition to exploring these themes through reading and writing, students will be encouraged to complete course assignments and projects in media, using audiovisual documentary or composition as a means of responding to the course themes.

In this packet we look at works that span nearly a thousand yearsäóîfrom shortly after the foundation of Islam in the seventh century to the seventeenth century when the last two great Islamic empiresäóîthe Ottoman and the Safavidäóîhad reached their peak. Although the definition of Islamic art usually includes work made in Mughal India, it is beyond the scope of this packet. The works we will look at here come from as far west as Spain and as far east as Afghanistan.

This course aims to provide students with a general overview of basic themes and issues in Middle Eastern history from the rise of Islam to the present, with an emphasis on the encounters and exchanges between the "Middle East" (Southwest Asia and North Africa) and the "West" (Europe and the United States).

This OER is an online language and culture manual designed for students in higher education. It follows a 14- or 15-week semester. Registration to Canvas Commons is required but free. This OER features online grammar and vocabulary practice and interactive assessment of various kinds.

This OER is a second-semester online language and culture manual designed for students in higher education. It follows a 14- or 15-week semester. Registration to Canvas Commons is required but free. This OER features online grammar and vocabulary practice and interactive assessment of various kinds.

該当のできることステートメントRelevant Can-Do Statementsラボ時間に関することは全部わかっています。この学期を楽しみにしています！I am in full understanding of the requirements of lab time and am excited for the semester!素朴な自己紹介ができます。I can introduce myself. 

Description:Students will be introduced to appropriate greetings based on the time of day. They will practice using the correct phrases and greetings they learn. Students will then practice recognizing and reading hiragana through the hangman game.Relevant Can-Do statements(該当のできることステートメント):I can identify single hiragana and simple words.I can address someone using formal/informal greetings.I can use appropriate greetings based on the time of day. 簡単な言葉と単一の平仮名が’わかりますI can identify my own and other student’s majors in school.自分と他の学生の専攻がわかります

Description:Students will practice using the appropriate greeting based on the time of the day and who they are speaking to. NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can greet and say goodbye to someone:In the morningIn the afternoonIn the eveningBased on who I am speaking with, I can use a culturally appropriate greeting. 

Description:Students will do simple self-introductions using their name, nationality, and year in school.They will practice introducing themselves and others. Proficiency Level: Novice LowNCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do StatementsI can introduce myself with:My nameMy nationalityMy year in schoolI can identify:Where other people are fromWhat other people’s majors areWhat year in school somebody is inStudents Can Identify and read Hiragana

Description:Students will review basic introductory phrases. The students will then take turns introducing themselves to their classmates, discussing their names, years in school, majors, and nationalities. They will review all of the information they learned with a challenge round at the end.Proficiency Level: Novice LowNCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can ask and respond to questions about myself, such as my name, my major, where I’m from, etc.I can politely introduce someone else with their information.  

Description:The students will have a selection of bingo rounds to practice katakana with. Start with bingo 1 to practice the basic characters and prepare the students for a more difficult game. Then go to bingo 2 which will be a more exciting game where students will practice full katakana words. If time permits, you can continue into a third round and circle different items.Proficiency LevelNovice LowNCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can recognize individual katakana.I can understand loan words written in katakana. 

Description:In this activity, students will practice talking about their likes and dislikes. They will also practice asking each other about what they enjoy. Students will also describe what they do on a daily basis. Proficiency LevelNovice LowNCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can ask and answer questions related to my daily life.I can ask and answer questions about my likes and dislikes.

In this lab, students will share their daily/weekly schedules in groups. Then, they will have to make schedules for each other and share them with the group. Students will practice talking about the time and location of their daily activities. 

In this lab, students will learn the rules of conversation labs at Boise State’s World Languages Resource Center (WLRC). They will then play an icebreaker game to introduce themselves to the rest of the lab. This game will cover things like their name and age, what they did over winter break, and what they often do on certain days. NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can introduce myself with my name and other relevant information. I can understand questions about myself and give one-word answers.I can give one-word answers to questions about my surroundings.

In this lab, students will use a word bank on the whiteboard to describe people, places, and things in the presentation slides. Students will first be asked to provide adjectives for color, positive adjectives, and negative adjectives. Students will then flip two coins to determine the sentence they will construct.NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can use simple descriptions to describe people, places, and things.I can say whether an object is fast or slow, clean or dirty, etc.I can say whether an object is NOT fast or slow, clean or dirty, etc. 

In this lab, students will practice connecting sentences with te-form by describing a handful of pictures. Pairs of students will then conduct a mock tour, with one student acting as a tour guide and the other acting like a famous historical figure. Once the tour guide has learned enough about the “famous person,” the students will then schedule a tour together, keeping in mind the information gathered from the interview. NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can schedule a day’s worth of activities for another person.I can ask about someone’s preferences, including their likes and dislikes.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can identify and describe free-time activities. 私は色々なアクティビティについて説明できます。I can identify and describe everyday items.私は日用品について説明できます。

Students will survey each other to find out what they like and dislike. Students will read, ask, and answer questions, then compare and contrast their likes and dislikes with the other students. Finally, students will report their findings as a group.NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can compare and contrast the qualities of places, activities, etc.私は場所やアクティビティなどを比較できます。I can ask and answer questions about my and my classmates' hobbies and interests.私は趣味と興味があることについて聞いたり答えたりできます。

Students will discuss and contrast the American and Japanese department stores. First, students will be asked to name American department stores and the items they sell. Then, students will be introduced to Japanese department stores through pictures and a website. Afterward, students will then role-play a shopping experience at a Japanese department store as they look for items specific to their scenario.NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can understand the difference between department stores in the United States and Japan.私はアメリカと日本のデパートの違いを理解できます。I can select items that correspond with everyday scenarios such as going on a date, preparing for school, etc.私は色々なシナリオによっていいアイテムを選べます。

Students will be introduced to Japanese currency via pictures and asked to say how much each is in Japanese. Then students will take part in an auction. Each student will receive at least one item that they will need to describe to the group. The rest of the group will then bid on the item using the fake money they have.NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can ask and understand how much something costs.私はいくらかわかります。I can describe a variety of objects.私は色々な物を説明できます。I can purchase and sell an object. 私は買いたり、売りたりできます。 

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I understand the significance of 花見 (はなみ) in Japan and what activities people do during this time.I can identify the correct counter to use for a small variety of items. I can discuss what happened at an event and how well/poorly it went. 

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do statements: I can ask and answer questions about: What I did during spring breakWhat I normally do during breaks/my free timeWhat my ideal break would look likeI can tell a story that happened during a break.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can understand the differences between the services of restaurants in Japan and America.I can understand the interactions at a Japanese restaurant.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can order food for myself and others at a restaurant.I can use a 販売機 at a restaurant or cafeteria.  

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can accept or reject an invitation.I can invite and make plans with someone (such as the store, the movie theatre, a concert, a restaurant).I can exchange information about different events and discuss what happened at the event.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can use descriptive language to explain a certain verb, noun, etc.I can use descriptive language to describe people.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can ask and answer questions on a variety of topics.

NCSSFL -ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can introduce myself to the group. I can exchange information about my hometown. I can ask my lab mates about themselves and their hometown. 

In this activity, students will practice discussing their work and what they do while they are working. Students will also discuss the jobs they want in the future. NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can describe where I work and what I do. 私は働く場所と仕事のために何をするか写せるI can tell an employer why I want to work for them.私は 雇い主に働きたい理由を教えてあげられるI can arrange a meeting time that works for me.私は集まりのいい時間を決められる

In this activity, students will practice talking about their childhood- toys they played with, activities they did. In the main activity, students will recall a story from their childhood and retell the story to the group. They will also discuss this story with their peers. NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements: I can tell a story about my life using complete, connected sentences. 私は完全なつないだ文を使って自分の生活について話ができることI can understand and ask questions about my peers’ childhood experiences.私のクラスメートの子供の話について質問が答えて理解できることI can contribute to a conversation about a story by identifying who, what, when, and where.誰、何を、いつ、どこで特定することで話について会話にこうけんできること 

This idea of this lab would be to ask “grab-bag” style questions regarding a number of topics. These will be loose questions that are meant to help spark conversation. So it is okay if you don’t get through all of them or if you change them a bit to better fit what students want to talk about! NCSSFL-ACTFL Can Do Statements: I can ask and answer questions about things I am doing in my free time暇の時間について質問を聞いて答えられます。I can exchange with others some ideas about ways to stay healthy.他の人と健康を維持する方法について話せます。I can exchange recommendations with my peers regarding things I do in my daily life.クラスメートと生活のお勧めことについて話せます。 

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements: I can use drawing and clues to help lab mates guess a wordI can ask questions to a lab mate to help me guess a wordI can answer simple questions on a variety of familiar topics

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can talk about how I like to celebrate the holidays.I can talk about my family’s traditions with holidays.I can describe the places near where I live. 

NCSSFL -ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can exchange preferences about which gifts I like or dislike.I can share my opinion on a good gift to give for certain occasions.When given a limited quantity of items, I can decide who to give them to and explain why.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can present personal information about my life, activities, and events using simple sentences.I can express my preferences on familiar and everyday topics of interest using simple sentences most of the time.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:Based on a series of choices, I can decide what I would buy and share why I would buy it.Given an activity, I can say what I would do beforehand to prepare and why. 

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can compare and contrast graduation in the U.S. and in Japan.I can explain what I want to do before a specific time.I can talk about my plans for the future.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:Given a situation, I can share how I would ask someone for a favor.Given a situation, I can share the favor I would offer someone. Given a situation, I can give advice on how I would approach the situation.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:Given a time frame, I can express my hopes and desires for the future. Given a specific event, I can express my hopes and desires for the outcome. 

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can interact with others to meet my basic needs related to routine everyday activities, using simple sentences and questions most of the time.I can express, ask about, and react to preferences, feelings, or opinions on familiar topics, using simple sentences most of the time and asking questions to keep the conversation on topic.I can present personal information about my life and activities, using simple sentences most of the time.

This course is designed for students seeking a fundamental understanding of Japanese history, politics, culture, and the economy. "Raw Fish 101" (as it is often labeled) combines lectures, seminar discussion, small-team case studies, and Web page construction exercises, all designed to shed light on contemporary Japan.

This essay provides context for the Japanese Tea Ceremony. The Way of Tea is composed of a series of acts such as building a fire in the hearth, boiling the water, whisking the green tea powder in a tea bowl, and serving it along with some sweets. Simply put, it is an act in which the host invites the guest to share a bowl of tea together. Indeed, it began as a simple act of making and drinking tea. Over the centuries, however, it was influenced by Zen Buddhism philosophy and became a highly stylized form of art.

This course covers medieval Japanese society and culture from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries, when political power rested largely in the hands of feudal warriors. Topics include religion (especially Zen Buddhism); changing concepts of "the way of the warrior;" women under feudalism; popular culture; and protest and rebellion. Presentations include weekly feature films. Assigned readings include many literary writings in translation.

Like most literary geeks, I’ve read a lot of Jorge Luis Borges. If you haven’t, look into the influences of your favorite writers, and you may find the Argentine short-story craftsman appearing with Beatles-like frequency. Indeed, Borges’ body of work radiates inspiration far beyond the realm of the short story, and even beyond literature as commonly practiced. Creators from David Foster Wallace to Alex Cox to W.G. Sebald to the Firesign Theater have all, from their various places on the cultural landscape, freely admitted their Borgesian leanings. That Borges’ stories — or, in the more-encompassing term adherents prefer to use, his “fictions” — continue to provide so much fuel to so many imaginations outside his time and tradition speaks to their simultaneous intellectual richness and basic, precognitive impact. Perhaps “The Garden of Forking Paths” or “The Aleph” haven’t had that impact on you, but they’ve surely had it on an artist you enjoy.

Now, thanks to UbuWeb, you can not only read Borges, but hear him as well. They offer MP3s of Borges’ complete Norton Lectures, which the writer gave at Harvard University in the fall of 1967 and the spring of 1968:

Diverse Perspectives

Short Description:
This book is intended for readers who have never studied the Middle East, or experts who may wish to fill gaps in their knowledge of the region from other disciplines. Whether for establishing or deepening one’s knowledge of the region, these fundamentals are important to know. The languages, cultural, religious and sectarian communities of the region, and selected turning points and influential people in history are starting points for gaining an understanding of the diverse contexts of the region.

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This book is intended for readers who have never studied the Middle East, or experts who may wish to fill gaps in their knowledge of the region from other disciplines. Whether for establishing or deepening one’s knowledge of the region, these fundamentals are important to know. The languages, cultural, religious and sectarian communities of the region, and selected turning points and influential people in history are starting points for gaining an understanding of the diverse contexts of the region. It is based on introductory and graduate courses on the contemporary Middle East, which the Center’s director, Dr. Alam Payind, has been teaching for the past 30 years. The book’s co-author, Melinda McClimans, has taught these and other courses with him, as well as her own, for the past 15 years. The material is intended engage with diverse – even conflicting – cultural and historical perspectives, and ways of perceiving both Middle Eastern and world history from perspectives within the region. It is not intended to reinforce a monolithic or matter-of-fact perception of the region. For this and many other reasons, images are an important aspect of the knowledge presented. Each chapter starts with links to its image galleries, along with other visual aids and key elements.

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In this lab, students will learn how to read and distinguish different sounds in Korean. They will be able to answer simple yes or no questions.NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can identify memorized or familiar words when they are supported by gestures or visuals in informational texts.I can express basic preferences or feelings, using practiced or memorized words and phrases, with the help of gestures or visuals.In my own and other cultures I can identify some typical practices related to familiar everyday life.

In this lab, students will practice introducing themselves. They will be able to say their names, nationality, interests, and their jobs.NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can introduce myself using practiced or memorized words and phrases, with the help of gestures or visuals.I can answer questions about my favorite weekend activities.I can fill in a chat box by answering who, what, where, and or when questions.

In this lab, students will be practicing asking and answering questions by participating in lost and found activity. They will also practice numbers by learning how to provide their phone numbers in Korean.NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:In my own and other cultures, I can identify some typical products related to familiar everyday life.I can name very familiar people, places, and objects using practiced or memorized words and phrases, with the help of gestures or visuals.I can provide information by answering a few simple questions on very familiar topics, using practiced or memorized words and phrases, with the help of gestures or visuals.

In this lab, students will be describing the locations of items. They will be arranging their bedroom, and they will have a friend who is helping them to move furniture. They will converse with their friend to place the furniture in the correct location. NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken Korean on a variety of topics.

In this lab, students will be providing the locations of different states in the United States. They will be looking at various pictures to identify the placements of different objects. Lastly, they will describe the locations of campus buildings with the expressions they have learned. NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can describe where Idaho is located based on the map of the United States.I can find an object with a description. I can navigate to the correct campus building with the description that I was given. 

In this lab, students will learn how to shop in Korea. Students will discuss the phrases used for shopping, and they will practice using the phrases by pretending to be a customer and a salesperson. They will also compare and contrast popular products from Korea and from their own culture.NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can ask and respond to simple questions about popular products.I can pay for products I am trying to buy.I can use rehearsed behaviors when shopping in a familiar type of store 

Students will discuss their food preferences and choose a restaurant and a menu based on their preferences. They will learn how to make a Korean dish and which ingredients are needed. They will be able explain it to the classmates at the end. NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can state multi-step instructions for completing a process, such as preparing a recipe.I can work with a partner to determine what to order at a restaurant.I can interact with others to ask for restaurant recommendations.

A unique perspective on the confluence of the three basic conceptual frameworks in human experience. Contains several studies, with data, of remarkable world views of disparate cultures based on their specific cultures language. The premise is that how people experience the world, then think about it, then create a language around it, alters their perception of the world in very fundamental ways. The radical notion is that thought and language, creates the circumstances of, and contribute to significantly different realities for different peoples.

The internalization and realization of this concept is significant and can possibly radically alter and change how different cultures assess their ability to, at the most basic levels, understand other cultures realities.

An article originally published in the Red Hook Star-Revue December 2013 (page 13) in response to the life of Nelson Mandela. Article is written ©Martine Bisagni/Workshop Gallery Artists Foundation. Accompanying coloring cards geared for children 4 - 8 regarding the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. Art courtesy of ©Sindiso Nyoni. Art may not be reproduced without express written permission from WGAF and Mr. Nyoni.There are coloring cards for other years available upon request. They are to be distributed free of charge to all. martine@workshopgalleryartists.org

The LLC Commons (which stands for Language, Literature, Culture) is a collection of open materials and information focused on technology-enhanced teaching in Slavic languages and cultures. It includes a searchable repository of online materials for language teaching, a map with information about Slavic programs in the United States, and resource lists for online and hybrid teaching.

The online lessons (generally for Russian language courses, but other languages and more for literature and culture will be added in the future) have been produced with the following principles in mind: interactivity, multimodality, modifiability, and portability. The modules are mostly interactive videos made using H5P, though there are also YouTube videos as well as other types of activities. The collection, with over 400 resources, continues to grow.

Modules can be found through search, by topic, or by textbook, and can be embedded from the website or downloaded and modified by teachers if desired.

The website is supported by CERCLL at the University of Arizona.

The volume is designed specifically for language teachers who are turning toward content-based instruction to promote content learning and language learning in their classes. Through the exploration of topics related to civic education, language teachers can help their students master English and simultaneously become more knowledgeable citizens of the world. The combination of improved language skills and increased knowledge can enhance students' studies, work, and ability to become more active and conscientious participants in their communities.

The Language of Relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples - Introductory Guide was created to support the UQ community to build stronger relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples across the University. The Language of Relationships Guide aims to inform students and staff of appropriate language and provide tools for non-Indigenous peoples in the context of formal, academic communication and everyday conversations that will build and enhance those relationships.

Take a virtual tour of the prehistoric caves at Lascaux, France. The discovery of Lascaux in 1940 opened a new page in the knowledge of prehistoric art and our origins. Monumental work, the cave continues to feed the imagination and move the new generations of the world. This website is intended to help understand the secrets of the artists who painted and engraved bestiary at Lascaux 19,000 years ago, and to present the current trends in scientific research on the painted caves.

This video provides a brief history of Latin American Liberation Theology and explains why the Vatican condemned it.

This blog aims to teach people the Lebanese dialect. It uses both video components and themed vocabulary lists such as weather and words for schools and universities. Vocabulary lists are written in both Arabic and transliterated English. Cultural components about Lebanon and occasional news items are included.

Discover our new exhibitions that bring the world’s largest collection of knowledge, culture, and creativity to life through dynamic displays of artifacts enhanced by interactivity. Examine rare and unique items, including the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, the Gutenberg Bible, the 1507 Waldseemüller map that first named America, Thomas Jefferson’s recreated library, and the architectural wonders of the Thomas Jefferson Building.

This is a travel guide that will provide information and insights for people who are planning to visit Korea. The purpose of this travel guide is to help the students to merge into Korean culture and have a memorable experience in Korea.

UCLA's Listen to Learn activities page features numerous, high-quality videos and activities covering a variety of Arabic dialects, including Iraqi, Lebanese, Egyptian, Moroccan, as well as Modern Standard Arabic. Users may pick from a number of speakers within a chosen dialect, all of whom speak from readily available text about a range of topics, including family life, culture, school, activities, and food. Each topic is accompanied by a video and activities designed to reinforce the vocabulary and ideas covered in the video.

Updated list of free design resources for use by educators. Includes links to photo, illustration, design, and icon resources

World-acclaimed young poet Li Young Lee fuses memory, family, culture, and history in his work. Meditating on the vulnerability of humanity, Lee produces passionate and profound lyrical poetry. (28 minutes)

Survey of Indian civilization from 2500 BC to present-day. Traces major political events as well as economic, social, ecological, and cultural developments. Primary and secondary readings enhance understanding of this unique civilization, and shape and improve understanding in analyzing and interpreting historical data. Examines major thematic debates in Indian history through class discussion.

Medieval and early modern Russia stood at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. In this course we will examine some of the native developments and foreign influences which most affected the course of Russian history. Particular topics include the rise of the Kievan State, the Mongol Yoke, the rise of Muscovy, Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, relations with Western Europe. How did foreigners perceive Russia? How did those living in the Russian lands perceive foreigners? What social relations were developing between nobility and peasantry, town and country, women and men? What were the relations of each of these groups to the state? How did state formation come about in Kievan and Muscovite Russia? What were the political, religious, economic, and social factors affecting relations between state and society? In examining these questions we will consider a variety of sources including contemporary accounts (both domestic and foreign), legal and political documents, historical monographs and interpretive essays.

Margery Kempe's spiritual biography is often called the first autobiography in English. A married woman who attempted to live a life devoted to Christ, Margery sought official Church recognition for her status as a spiritual woman and mystic, while continuing to live and travel in the secular world. She experienced intense emotional visionary encounters with Christ, which have at times a strikingly homely quality. Her Book, dictated by her to a scribe, records these visions as well as her travels in Europe and pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Her particular spiritual trial, according to her Book, was to be misrepresented, persecuted, and rejected by many of her clerical and lay peers. The recording of her spiritual life, despite severe difficulties and her own illiteracy, became a symbolic act in itself, representing both her claim to spiritual status and evidence of her special relationship with God. Rich in detail about the people and places Margery encountered, the Book is a rich and fascinating record of life in turbulent early 15th century England. Mapping Margery Kempe is a digital library of resources for studying the cultural and social matrix of The Book of Margery Kempe. A goal of this site is to provide access to the material culture of Kempe's 15th century world, and especially the dynamic world of the parish. Materials at this site include a unique and extensive database of images of East Anglican parish churches. Other resources include the Middle English text and related devotional writings and saints' lives; documents about daily life, politics and commerce in 15th century Lynn; maps of pilgrimage routes; a gallery of devotional images; and bibliography and guides for teaching.

The content works for geography both human and physical and is a good way to get to know students in their freshmen or second year in a community college setting. In addition, students get used to working with maps. Courses: geography/world cultures and other courses dealing with world population.

This three-part activity is designed for college-level intermediate Spanish classes with specific reference to Spanish-English bilinguals. Section one facilitates a review of Spanish grammar (e.g., article-noun agreement, accent and spelling/pronunciation rules), while also raising cultural awareness (e.g.,  stereotypes). Section two situates the lesson in business marketing themes and vocabulary by addressing slogans and logos. The student is asked to create their own design and to avoid grammatical errors and stereotypes. Finally, in section three, the student will compose a formal email to the "marketing manager" in order to discuss the shortcomings of the design of the original merchandise and to introduce their own design improvements. 

Mind the Gap encourages you to be mindful of that gap that takes place in various transitions in life: when you go away to college, travel to a foreign country, move to a new city, or start a new job. Until you start to feel at home in your new environment, you must negotiate feelings of discomfort. Mindfulness draws attention to your experience of transition, enabling you to cultivate an embodied presence, receptivity, and awareness of whatever arises in yourself and your surroundings, without judging or rejecting your experience. All too often, when we feel uncomfortable or unsettled, we immediately want to alleviate our feelings of discomfort by seeking comfort or distraction. When we do this, we rob ourselves of the opportunity to grow and develop in new ways.

Misaki's Journal is a Graded Reader for the Novice High/Intermediate Low range of Japanese learners.

The Journal follows Misaki Kondo, a high schooler from Tokyo. There are eight entries in total, each has pictures and interactive materials.

Please view the Authentic-Like Interactive Materials subfolder for links to those items. The Teacher's Notebook subfolder also includes the guide on how to use the reader for classroom use.

This Arabic-only website is an effort to record and preserve information on the culture and history of modern Egypt from the reign of Muhammad 'Ali starting in 1805 to the end of Sadat's presidency in 1981. Materials on this site include pictures of coins from this era, maps, stamps, medals, books, documents, photos, recordings, information on movies, speeches, newspaper articles, magazine covers, and more.

This class is a selective survey of Latin American history from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. Issues studied include Latin America in the global economy, relations between Latin America and the U.S., dictatorships and democracies in the twentieth century, African and Indigenous cultures, feminism and gender, cultural politics, revolution in Mexico, Cuba, and Central America, and Latin American identity.

The goal of this course is to offer a general introduction to 20th and 21st century literature and cultural production about Modern Mexico. Emphasis will be placed on the way intellectuals and artists have presented the changes in Mexico City's urban life, and how these representations question themes and trends in national identity, state control, globalization, and immigration.

European orchestra musical instruments with classification, and the country and year of the most recent commonly used version of the instrument. A link to a Youtube example is provided.

This course focuses on Hindustani classical music of North India, and also involves learning about the ancient foundations of the rich classical traditions of music and dance of all Indian art and culture. Students explore the practice the ragas and talas through learning songs, dance, and drumming compositions, and develop insights through listening, readings, and concert attendance.

This website is a collection of resources concerning learning Arabic as a second language as well as information about Arab culture, Islam, and various Arab countries. There are links to videos from YouTube on the site relating to Arabic study, including songs and lessons, as well as a host of other more unrelated things, such as tornadoes. Links to opportunities to study Arabic, teacher resources, and Arabic newspapers are available.

This resource is a lesson plan intended to introduce minoritized freshman and sophomore college students to the study of mythology and to its universal importance as the foundation of our common cultural heritage. The module may also be modified to accomodate high school level language arts courses. This resource will represent approximately three weeks of a typical 10 to 15 week World Literature survey course. 

There are the myths of Beowulf and The Death of Baldr in the document.

The Spanish were savage and barbaric in Mexico… And the Conquest of the Mexica was extremely bloody. But it’s often told as ONLY the Spanish Vs. the Aztecs. And that’s not true… It’s not even close. The so called, “Conquest” of Mexico-Tenochtitlan was really a NATIVE REVOLT. It was ancient indigenous Mexicans against other Native Mexicans. Clearly… the Spanish were the main manipulators.

But it was Native Mexicans who organized, fought and overthrew: Mexico-Tenochtitlan. So much so…. That Native Mexicans accounted for 99% of all people who fought or assisted in the overthrow of the Aztecs, of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in 1521.

And… Who were the Indigenous Mexican allies of the Spanish? They were the Tabascans, the Cempoalans, Texcocans, the Totonacs, Huezotzingos, Chalcas, Quauhquecholtecas, the Zapotec, Mixtec, the Yope, the Xochilmcos, the Tlaxcalans, the Tarascans……And many….. Many….. more. And what did Native Allies provide a handful of Spanish….. Food….. Translation… Advice… Medical Assistance… Labor, especially porters… Housing… Clothing… Guides… Spies.. Messengers….Moral Support…Sex….. And …. Warriors to fight the Aztec and their allies. And much, much, more.

Now… this brief film isn’t a history of the so-called Spanish Conquest….. This is a history of the Native Revolt against Mexico-Tenochtitlan …… it’s a Native Revolution… As Cortes and about 500 Spaniards marched to Mexico-Tenochtitlan from the East… (their maximum number perhaps doubled). He was joined by hundreds of thousands of the largest and fiercest army ever assembled in Mesoamerica.

Welcome to the “Cultural Appropriation” module, where students are guided through a series of readings on how cultural imperialism and appropriation can be defined and what forms they can take, quizzed on those readings, then asked to apply their understanding of content in a series of Application Activities. This module uses Team-Based Learning pedagogy and Sketchnoting. Part of series of modules belonging to the ISU course, "Native People In American Culture."

Welcome to “Reading the Media” module, where students are guided through a series of readings on how the media treats Native Americans, quizzed on those readings, then asked to apply their understanding of content in a series of Application Activities. This module uses Team-Based Learning pedagogy and Sketchnoting. Part of series of modules belonging to the ISU course, "Native People In American Culture."