This funny song by Lebanese singers describes their ride on camels through the center of Beirut. The video shows images of downtown Beirut and how unusual it is for camels to be in a big city in the Arab world.

This video offers a brief review of 5 wonderful films that focus on specific topics in modern Latin American History.

In this class, we will explore America's diversity through questions of immigration, race, gender/sexuality and class--some of the major ways our culture is organized. It is comprised of 9 lessons based on online resources, plus 2 auto-ethnography assignments. This class was originally taught by Huma Mohibullah at Renton Technical College. 

Religion is a significant aspect of human cultures everywhere. In these lessons, we explore questions such as: What are the main elements of religion? Why is believing in a higher power important to human beings across cultures? How is religion related to our social orders? How is religion related to the politics of today's world?This resource is comprised of 7 lessons based on online modules, plus a final presentation assignment. Each lesson includes a discussion or written assignment. This class was originally taught by Huma Mohibullah at Renton Technical College. 

This workbook correlates with textbook Abanicos: Lengua y Cultura - Elementary Spanish Ihttps://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/91114/overview  The fillable pdf sheets allow students to download and type answers. It is divided in four chapters: Cap. 1: sections 1 – 10 in the textbookCap. 2: sections 11 – 16 in the textbookCap. 3: sections 17 – 23 in the textbookCap. 4: sections 24 – 33 in the textbook

Abanicos: lengua y cultura is designed for a first semester of elementary Spanish but it can be used to review vocabulary and grammar at any level. It offers textbook pages in color and printable worbook pages that align with the textbook. The vocabulary and grammar derive from the topics in the textbook. These topics cover physical and political geography of the Spanish-speaking world, traditions, and popular culture. Reading, listening, speaking, and writing are goals in each section. The book is complemented by videos, games and grammar practice, quizlet sets, and other resources found on internet. This project will continue with the second semester book in the near future. I welcome ideas and collaboration as well as suggestions for improving. I hope this book will be useful to many Spanish language instructors and learners.  

Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers covers the basics of Portuguese grammar and presents selected cultural aspects of the Lusophone world, with special emphasis on Brazil. Designed as an intensive introductory course equivalent to Portuguese I and II, it is a Portuguese course for native speakers of Spanish or speakers of other languages who have a native-like command of Spanish.

Acceso is a complete, interactive curriculum for intermediate-level learners of Spanish. The materials on the site are provided freely to the public and are intended as a replacement for commercial textbooks, which are generally ill-suited to the learning outcomes now considered crucial to successful language study. These materials are supplemented by an online workbook built on the MySpanishLab platform of Pearson Education, Inc., as well as detailed lesson plans, rubrics for the evaluation of student work, and reliable instruments for measuring student progress and learning outcomes. Winner of 2012 Computer Assisted Language Consortium (CALICO) Focus Award

Reviews
CALICO Journal 29.2 (Jan 2012): 398-405.
Hispania 95.2 (June 2012): 365-366

This resource is useful for students who can visit rare books in special collections libraries. Teachers and students of book history, literature, and art history might find this resource useful.

En este curso el estudiante perfeccionará su comunicación oral y escrita mediante el estudio y la discusión de temas relacionados al impacto social y cultural de la ciencia y la tecnología en ciertas sociedades hispanas. Algunos de los temas a tratar son los efectos de los cambios tecnológicos en la estructura familiar y comunitaria, en las relaciones entre los sexos, en la identidad personal y cultural, en el mundo natural y en los sistemas de valores, la religión, la educación y el trabajo. También se examinan y discuten diversas actitudes hacia la innovación tecnológica y científica así como las ramificaciones éticas de las decisiones tecnológicas.

This interdisciplinary course surveys modern European culture to disclose the alignment of literature, opposition, and revolution. Reaching back to the foundational representations of anarchism in nineteenth-century Europe (Kleist, Conrad) the curriculum extends through the literary and media representations of militant organizations in the 1970s and 80s (Italy's Red Brigade, Germany's Red Army Faction, and the Real Irish Republican Army). In the middle of the term students will have the opportunity to hear a lecture by Margarethe von Trotta, one of the most important filmmakers who has worked on terrorism. The course concludes with a critical examination of the ways that certain segments of European popular media have returned to the "radical chic" that many perceive to have exhausted itself more than two decades ago.

This course considers films spanning the entire career of pioneering Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel (1900–1983), from his silent surrealist classic of 1929, Un perro andaluz, to his last film, Ese oscuro objeto del deseo (1977). We pay special attention to his Mexican period, in exile, and the films he made in, and about, Spain, including his work in documentary. It explores Buñuel's early friendship with painter Salvador Dalí and poet Federico García Lorca, surrealist aesthetics, the influence of Freud's ideas on dreams and sexuality, and the director's corrosive criticism of bourgeois society and the Catholic church. We will focus on historical contexts and relevant film criticism.
About This Course on OpenCourseWare
The instructor of this course, Elizabeth Garrels, is a Professor Emeritus at MIT. She retired in 2014 after 35 years at the Institute. Professor Garrels taught this course for over 15 years, and it evolved over this time period. Normally, a course on OCW represents the version of a course taught during a specific semester and year. However, for this course we hope to represent the evolution of the course during the main years it was taught. The materials you see here are not from a particular iteration of the course, but are drawn from all of the years the course was taught.

This textbook on Ifa, a traditional African religion, was authored by Dr. Will Coleman of the Interdenominational Theological Center. Help and contributions were given by Awo Fa'lokun Fatunmbi, and Oscar Daniel and Brad Ost of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library.

Jason Allen offers a comparative discussion of two important Caribbean poets and playwrights, Aime Cesaire and Derek Walcott, to emphasize the impact of Caribbean literature upon the postcolonial world. By using biographical and historical detail to support his analysis of some of Cesaire and Walcott's key texts, Allen offers insight into what it means to be a Caribbean writer - looking back to a colonial past, and forward to a global future. This audio recording is part the Interviews on Great Writers series presented by Oxford University Podcasts.

Al-Bab is a portal website designed to introduce non-Arabs to Arab culture by providing links to news sources, country profiles, articles, and a blog on Middle East current events. There are also specific links related to learning Arabic: dictionaries, language classes, textbooks, and other information pertaining to the study of Arabic. A free e-book, The Birth of Modern Yemen, is available for download.

This class examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the ‰ŰĎgood life‰Ű through consumption, leisure, and material abundance. We will explore how such things as department stores, nationally advertised brand-name goods, mass-produced cars, and suburbs transformed the American economy, society, and politics. The course is organized both thematically and chronologically. Each period deals with a new development in the history of consumer culture. Throughout we explore both celebrations and critiques of mass consumption and abundance.

ASL III is the third quarter of the first year study of American Sign Language (ASL) and the people who use it. ASL III will enhance the use of ASL grammar and consist of concentrated efforts to develop the studentęs expressive and receptive skills. The course will continue to provide insights into Deaf Cultural values, attitudes and the Deaf community. Now learning more abstract concepts of the language, ASL III students will be able to: narrate events that occurred in the past, ask for solutions to everyday problems, tell about life events, and describe objects. Students will also be able to: demonstrate intermediate finger spelling competency, generate complex ASL structures with intermediate vocabulary knowledge, execute a wide variety of grammatical principles, including classifiers and inflections, adapt to different sign language registers, dialects and accents, and create opportunities to interact with members of the Deaf community.

This video explains how and why Fidel Castro supported the MPLA in Angola from 1975 to 2002. The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale was the largest military confrontation in Africa after World War II. The civil war in Angola was one of the longest and bloodiest conflicts of the twentieth century.

Explore the physics and material science of making stone tools. Educator Nate Salzman walks us through the surprisingly complex science of flintknapping, or the process of turning stone into blades, arrowheads, spear points, axes, jewelry and more. Making tools from stone may be thousands of years old, but required people to think about the properties of the material they were using and the physics of striking the stone to shape it just right.NOTE: These are animations derived from the video "The Science of Knapping" which is linked here and published under its own listing on OER Commons.This resource is part of Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum’s open educational resources project to provide history, ecology, archaeology, and conservation resources related to our 560 acre public park. More of our content can be found on YouTube and SketchFab. JPPM is a part of the Maryland Historical Trust under the Maryland Department of Planning.

This course examines traditional performances of the Arabic-speaking populations of the Middle East and North Africa. Starting with the history of the ways in which the West has discovered, translated and written about the Orient, we will consider how power and politics play roles in the production of culture, narrative and performance. This approach assumes that performance, verbal art, and oral literature lend themselves to spontaneous adaptation and to oblique expression of ideas and opinions whose utterance would otherwise be censorable or disruptive. In particular we will be concerned with the way traditional performance practices are affected by and respond to the consequences of modernization.
Topics include oral epic performance, sacred narrative, Koranic chant performance, the folktale, solo performance, cultural production and resistance.

Arabalicious is a website full of resources for teachers of Arabic, run by Taoufiq Cherkaoui. The website includes PowerPoints available for download on concepts such as telling time, fruits and vegetables, culture, and basic greetings, to name a few. Worksheets to go along with the PowerPoints are also available for free download. The website further includes pictures that are available with the author's permission and some postings on available jobs for Arabic instructors as per 2012.

Description:In this activity, students will practice reading and writing numbers from 1-10 with simple math problems.NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can read\write numbers from 1 to 10 in Arabic.I can use simple math problems like +, -, and = in Arabic.I can exchange my number with others in Arabic.

This webpage provides elementary information on aspects of Arab culture and history, including religion, politics, naming conventions, and Persian influence on Arab culture and language. The information seems to have been authored by the site's administrator, and contains no references or citations.

This is a textbook for beginning Arabic language learning. The textbook is divided into twelve lessons. Each lesson focuses on an activity and common theme to introduce the basics of Arabic. Each lesson starts with a short video, which you'll be asked to watch. To help you understand the video, each lesson also includes a transcript (in English), a list of vocabulary (with audio clips), and language and grammar notes.

This blog is from an American woman living and working in Saudi Arabia. It includes information about living and working in Saudi Arabia as well as her travels elsewhere in the Middle East. This particular section of the blog includes lessons on Arabic, which are all transliterated. Conversations that are transliterated and translated, vocabulary lists, and cultural information are all included. The lessons include one on bread, one on time and the concept of time, and one on New Year's Resolutions.

In this activity, students will practice using the appropriate greeting based on the time of the day and who they are speaking to, and also will practice saying their names and asking about them.Can-Do Statements:I can greet and say goodbye to someone:In the morningIn the afternoon\evening\nightBefore bedtimeBased on who I am speaking with, I can use a culturally appropriate greeting. 

In this activity, students will practice using the short vowels in a word. They will also practice how to write أ،ب،ت،ث in the first\middle\end of a word.Can-Do Statements:I can differentiate between the short vowels.I can pronounce short vowels with أ،ب ،ت ،ث I can use the short vowels in a word.I can recognize and write أ، ب، ت، ث، in the first\middle\end of the word.

In this activity, students will practice using the long vowels in a word. They will also practice how to write long vowels and how to read them as well.Can-Do Statements:I can understand the long vowels in Arabic.I can differentiate between long vowels and short vowels.I can write and read long vowels in Arabic.

In this activity, students will practice talking about themself in four simple sentences. As well as reading new simple conversation sentences.Can-Do Statements:I can introduce myself to others.I can say:My nameMy age My nationalityMy majorI can ask others about their names, ages, majors, and nationalities.

Description:In this activity, students will practice reading and writing numbers from 1-10 with simple math problems, as well as how to use and say +. -, = in Arabic.Can-Do Statements:I can read\write numbers from 1 to 10 in Arabic.I can use simple math symbols like +, -, and = in Arabic.I can exchange my number with others in Arabic.

In this activity, students will practice reading and writing numbers from 1-10 with simple math problems.Can-Do Statements:I can read\write numbers from 1 to 10 in Arabic.I can use simple math problems like +, -, and = in Arabic.I can exchange my number with others in Arabic.

This activity will have different and fun instructions using a tool called Jamboard. Students will write, pronounce, and memorize the opposites in Arabic. Can-Do Statements:I can use opposites in a conversation with a friend.I can find the opposite of the image provided to me.I can type/draw an opposite word in Arabic.

In this activity, students will practice reading and writing colors in Arabic with a fun game! As well as practicing using the color with feminine and masculine forms. Can-Do Statements:I can read/write colors in Arabic.I can recognize that colors have feminine and masculine forms in Arabic.I can use colors with feminine and masculine forms.

In this activity, students will practice how to describe their emotions about something, they will be shown multiple pictures, and they will describe their feelings when seeing the pictures. They will also practice what to say when visiting someone sick.Can-Do Statements:I can describe my feelings in Arabic.I can understand and use the phrases of emotions for either feminine or masculine.I can use the appropriate phrase with someone sick.

In this activity, students will be learning about Arabic countries in addition to European and South American countries. Also, practice asking and answering questions about various nationalities. Using feminine and masculine forms.Can-Do Statements:I can identify the names of Arabic countries.I can ask someone where they are from and say where am I from?I can use either feminine or masculine to describe my nationality.

In this activity, students will practice simple grammar roles in a fun way. It would be a form of multiple choice questions that will help them be able to use the Arabic subject pronouns in a sentence and in a question.Can-Do Statements:I can call my friends and co-workers according to their pronouns.I can use pronouns in a sentence and in a question.I can distinguish between Arabic subject pronouns.

In this activity, students will practice the body parts vocabulary. They will also practice simple grammar using the demonstrative pronouns (this-that) for either masculine or feminine.Can-Do Statements:I can recognize all my body parts in Arabic.I can use (this/that) when talking about the body.I can distinguish feminine and masculine forms of the body. 

In this activity, students will practice the interrogatives in Arabic. In a forum of multiple choices questions, students will understand how to ask and answer the interrogative articles in Arabic.Can-Do Statements:I can understand the question sentences in Arabic.I can ask someone simple questions in Arabic.I can answer simple questions in Arabic.

In this activity, students will practice using the days of the week in a sentence. they will talk about Mohammed's weekly routines. Students will be using the words today, tomorrow, and yesterday.Can-Do Statements:I can read and write the weekdays in Arabic.I can use the weekdays in a sentence.I can use Today, Tomorrow, and Yesterday in a sentence.

In this activity, students will practice three main lessons they took in previous chapters, which are the Subject Pronouns, the Demonstrative Pronouns, and the Nisba Adjective.Can-Do Statements:I can use call someone according to their pronouns.I can use this and that in a conversation for either feminine or masculine forms.I can say someone's nationality from the country name.

In this activity, students will review how they can introduce themselves and refresh their memory with Arabic long vowels and short vowels.Can-Do Statements:I can introduce myself to others.I can recognize the Arabic alphabet and write them.I can memorize long vowels and short vowels in Arabic.

In this activity, students will focus more on giving and completing a task. Students will be given a tree; each with words on the side. Students will create their own family tree and then will ask and answer questions about families. Can-Do Statements:I can describe my family tree to othersI can ask someone about their family I can answer specific questions about my family

In this activity, students will practice studying school vocabulary. They will be able to respond to simple questions related to school. Students will also practice identifying school-related vocabulary by looking at pictures. They will also be able to write a full sentence in Arabic using the vocabulary they are given individually. Can-Do Statements: I can introduce myself and others.I can respond to a question about my preferences. I can identify and describe objects/ideas using provided pictures. I can compose a sentence(s) about a specific topic when prompted. 

In this activity, students will focus more on giving and completing tasks. The activity will consist of two parts, students will start by answering questions about their daily routines. Then they will pretend to be a character using the cards provided to them. Can-Do Statements:I can compare and share my daily routine with friends.I can interact with a partner to create a daily routine.I can explain daily schedules and see how people organize their time.

In this activity, students will play a game to learn some of the most common present-tense verbs to use in their daily life. The verb is related to the units that they are taking during the semester.Can-Do Statements:I can identify words through the description. I can communicate and work with others in a team.I can read and identify verbs. 

In this activity, students will focus on learning how to ask and answer questions about the weather as well as practicing تنوين الفتح adverbs.Can-Do Statements:I can identify different kinds of weather statuses.I can describe the weather conditions.I can answer any question about my daily routine and the weather.

In this activity, students will practice discussing their hobbies, likes, and dislikes. They will be able to describe their daily activities. Students will also be able to discuss preferences they have about their daily activities. Students will learn to ask others questions about their schedule and daily activities.Can-Do Statements:I can ask and answer questions about my hobbies.I can talk about my favorite hobby and my least favorite hobby.I know how to use "after" or "before" in a sentence.

In this activity, students will be given a task to practice a conversation on what to say if they were either a doctor or patient, along with using hospital vocabulary and the لـ، مع، عند grammar.Can-Do Statements:I can identify and describe parts of the body.I can describe my condition to the doctor.I can listen to and understand doctors' prescriptions.I can explain in simple words to help others understand the solution(s) I’m giving.

In this activity, the lab assistant will work as the waiter, and the students will be guests at a restaurant. The students will practice ordering food, discussing what is wrong with the food, and paying for their meals.Can-Do Statements:I can understand the differences in services and dishes between restaurants in the United States and the Middle East.I can order food at a restaurant, including drinks, entrees, and desserts.I can say if I liked the food or not.I can ask for the check after I have finished eating.

In this activity, students will be able to explore different kinds of Middle Eastern special occasions in a Kahoot format.Can-Do Statements:I can understand the importance of celebrations in my own and in middle eastern cultures.I can use simple phrases and sentences to explain middle eastern special occasions.I can discuss my preferences.

In this activity, students will practice the names of different dishes from the Arabic menu. Briefly, they will also discuss some history of the differences in Arabic food culture.Can-Do Statements:I can understand the differences in services and dishes between restaurants in the Middle East.I know the food names at Arabic restaurants, including ordering vocabulary such as drinks, entrees, desserts..etc.

In this activity, students will practice writing some basic words that people usually use in their daily life as well as practice writing حروف المد الثلاثة.Can-Do Statements:I can understand the differences between long vowels.I can write words in Arabic using long vowels.I can understand when I should use long vowels and when I should not.

In this activity, students will practice using some of the verbs we use on a daily basis, with the past and imperative tenses more focused on the present tense.Can-Do Statements:I can talk with someone using the three verb tenses.I can read and write words of the Arabic verb tenses.I can recognize the present tense.

In this activity, students will play a game learning how to distinguish between singular and plural in Arabic.Can-Do Statements:I can distinguish between singular and plural in Arabic.I can read and write singular and plural words in Arabic.I can form basic singular and plural sentences.

In this activity, students will review how to introduce themselves in Arabic, also they will practice some important verb conjugations that they can use in everyday life.Can-Do Statements:I can introduce myself to others and ask others to introduce themselves.I can understand some verbs that I can use in everyday conversation.I can conjugate both past and present verbs.

In this activity, students will be practicing the home vocabulary with a special focus on how they would use the verbs, استطيع، اعود. They will be having a small discussion with each other asking and answering questions.Can-Do Statements:I recognize most of the “Home” vocabulary to describe my home.I can use both verbs اسْتَطَاعَ، عَادَ conjugated with subject pronouns.I can talk about my favorite spot at my home. 

In this activity, students will be practicing how to talk about themselves after reviewing the possessive pronouns, and then they will read a character card and share information about them.Can-Do Statements:I can talk about myself with a friend/classmate.I can ask and answer questions about work and my favorite activities.I can share my hobby/work/where I live with someone.

In this activity, students will practice Arabic numbers from 1 to 50. they will be able to accurately pronounce them, as well as perform basic arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) using Arabic numbers.Can-Do Statements:I can recognize and identify Arabic numbers from 1 to 50.I can accurately pronounce Arabic numbers from 1 to 50.I can perform basic arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) using Arabic numbers.

In this activity, students will practice talking and asking questions with a partner about different middle eastern places. students will also practice asking for directions.Can-Do Statements:I can talk about different places with a friend/classmate.I can ask about different places with someone.I can ask for directions when I need to go somewhere.

In this activity, students will practice talking about their family members, their ages, and what they do. they will also ask questions about family, and talk about their favorite place at home.Can-Do Statements:I can talk about the number of family members and their ages.I can ask others about their family members.I can talk about my favorite place at home and my family's.I can talk about what each of my family members does/work.

In this activity, students will practice the names of the jobs in Arabic, they will practice writing a full sentence describing what a character work. they will also talk about what they want to be in the future, and ask people about their jobs.Can-Do Statements:I can recognize most of the jobs in Arabic.I can say/write a full sentence in Arabic saying what I or someone works.I can talk about what I want to be in the future.I can ask someone about his/her job.

In this activity, students will practice talking about the days of the week, they will also discuss their daily and monthly schedules, and ask others how they spend their weekends.Can-Do Statements:I can talk about my daily schedule.I can recognize the days of the week.I can ask someone “What day is today?”I can ask someone about his/her weekend.

In this activity, students will practice talking about time and movies. They will learn how to read the clock in Arabic, recommend a movie based on someone's preferences, and understand schedules.Can-Do Statements:I can understand the time when announced or shown to me.I can identify movies with the times they take place on a schedule.I can recommend a movie for someone according to his/her preference.

In this activity, students will learn about different kinds of emotions in Arabic. They can match the scenario with the correct emotions, and ask someone about his/her emotions.Can-Do Statements:I can express emotions and react to situations that are described to me.I can review or remember emotion phrases in Arabic.I can ask someone about his/her feelings.

This activity will have different and fun instructions. Students will write, pronounce, and memorize the opposites in Arabic.Can-Do Statements:I can find a picture that describes opposites.I can recognize opposites in Arabic when presented to me.I can write some opposites in Arabic.

In this activity, students will practice descriptive sentences. they will talk about how is something or someone looks like, they will be given an image and their mission will be to form a descriptive sentence according to the image.Can-Do Statements:I can talk about what ‘something/one’ looks like.I can describe a picture provided to me.I can translate a descriptive sentence into Arabic

In this activity, students will practice kitchen-related vocabulary, and the food preparation steps, and then discuss their preference for places they like to eat at.Can-Do Statements:I can describe the food preparation steps.I can look at pictures in the kitchen vocabulary and identify them.I can talk about where I like to eat the most.

In this activity: Students will be playing the role of a travel agent and a traveler to practice traveling vocabulary. they will ask and answer questions about traveling and hotels, and make a decision based on the given information.Can-Do Statements:Ask questions about hotels and traveling.Make a decision based on the given information.Answer questions about what I like and dislike when traveling.

In this activity, students will start by introducing themselves and their classmates. and then they will discuss popular artists and celebrities in Middle-eastern World. They will pick one celebrity and introduce him/her to their classmates. Students will also learn descriptive words and how to describe the celebrity outfit.Can-Do Statements:I can introduce myself, and introduce others.I can talk about a simple profile of a famous celebrity, or Artist figure.I can introduce other people in an appropriate way.

In this activity, students will be using some verb conjugation while talking about how the character provided like to spend their vacation and free time. by the end of the activity students will be able to ask and answer questions about vacation/free time and talk about their favorite activity.Can-Do Statements:I can read someone’s profile and identify more than one fact about him/her.I can have a conversation with someone about spending my free time/vacation.I can talk about my favorite activity.

In this Activity, students will practice asking and answering interview questions. They will also practice using vocabulary surrounding careers and the workplace and speaking about hypothetical situations.Can-Do Statements:I can discuss my career and discuss if I like it or not.I can answer interview questions and speak about my answer.I can talk about my strength and weakness.

In this activity, students will practice asking and answering interview questions. They will also practice using vocabulary surrounding careers and the workplace and speaking about hypothetical situations.Can-Do Statements:I can discuss my career and discuss if I like it or not.I can answer interview questions and speak about my answer.I can talk about my strength and weakness.

In this activity, students will practice describing where different objects are in relation to each other. They will also practice using prepositions to describe locations on the map.Can-Do Statements:I can describe the location of an object.I can ask about something missing.I can find a place on the map.

In this activity, students will practice the future tense and the negation of the future tense, they will be talking about what they will be doing in the future if a specific scenario happens to them, and where they see themselves after 5 years.Can-Do Statements:I can describe what I will be doing in the future.I can answer questions based on different scenarios.I can share my opinion about where I see myself after 5 years.

In this activity, students will read different situations/scenarios, with a partner they will try to come up with 3 different solutions and multiple reasons explaining WHY did this happen. Can-Do Statements:I can read a situation and understand it.I can come up with different solutions with a partner.I can give multiple reasons based on a situation.

In this activity, students will practice food flavor in the form of asking and answering three questions about what is the flavor. the location of the plate (propositions) and the opposites flavors, and talk about their favorite food flavor in Arabic.Can-Do Statements:I can recognize the food flavors vocabulary in Arabic.I can interact with a partner to describe the opposite flavor.I can share my favorite flavor of food in Arabic.

In this activity, students will practice talking about objects usually found in a backpack, they will be able to discuss and ask questions about what is in their or in someone's backpack, as well as discuss the place/location for an object.Can-Do Statements:I can talk about the items in my backpack, or in someone's backpack.I can ask about a specific thing or object.I can discuss the place of an object using the possessive pronoun.

In this activity, students will practice selling and buying vocabulary. they will be able to buy/sell a product and discuss the cost, along with sharing the names of items they bought.Can-Do Statements:I can ask how much something costs.I can sell a product to someone and discuss the price.I can share with a friend what I purchased at a market.

In this Activity, students will talk about beautiful emotions, asking and answering questions about things they did for the first time in their life and how it felt, as well as sharing a happy memory they remember.Can-Do Statements:I can talk about the first things I did in my life, and how it felt.I can talk about the last memories I remember of a specific situation.I can share my best memory with a friend.

In this Activity, students will practice reading daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly tasks and schedules. as well as reading time. They will also discuss a task or activity they enjoy completing on time.Can-Do Statements:I can identify the Arabic words for daily, weekly,  monthly, and yearly when presented to me.I can describe a character's daily schedule, highlighting the activities and their times.I can discuss a task I enjoy completing on time, along with my preferred timing for doing so.

In this activity, students will practice the supermarket vocabulary. they will identify the sections and products found in the supermarket, ask and answer questions and directions, and read the supermarket list with a partner.Can-Do Statements:I can recognize and name different sections and products found in a supermarket in Arabic.I can ask for assistance and directions from a supermarket employee in Arabic.I can read a shopping list in Arabic and find the items on the list in a supermarket.

In this activity, students will practice talking about special occasions through Middle Eastern culture and their own culture. they will practice forming a sentence and have a discussion about the cultural difference when it comes to special occasions.Can-Do Statements:I can recognize and use vocabulary related to special occasions in Arabic.I can form sentences using vocabulary related to special occasions in Arabic.I can discuss cultural differences in the ways that special occasions are celebrated in different countries.

In this activity, students will review some of the topics they were practicing in the past activities, such as, how to talk about themselves and others, How to ask and answer daily simple questions, and how to engage in a basic conversation in Arabic.Can-Do Statements:I can introduce myself and others in Arabic.I can ask and answer daily simple questions in Arabic.I can engage in a basic conversation with a partner in Arabic.

This is a blog that links to videos, music, and other information about studying and learning Arabic. The blog provides comments on information provided. For instance, there is a link to an episode of The Simpsons in Arabic while providing sentences and translations of some of the more complicated phrasing.

This site contains numerous audio, and video files, grouped by topic, of subjects speaking Jordanian colloquial Arabic. There are also a few images and informational links interspersed throughout the site. Each video is available for download and accompanied by an Arabic transcript and an English translation. Videos are based on every day topics like greetings, farewells, shopping, and transportation.

This course is an exploration of visual art forms and their cultural connections for the student with little experience in the visual arts. It includes a brief study of art history and in depth studies of the elements, media, and methods used in creative processes and thought. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: interpret examples of visual art using a five-step critical process that includes description, analysis, context, meaning, and judgment; identify and describe the elements and principles of art; use analytical skills to connect formal attributes of art with their meaning and expression; explain the role and effect of the visual arts in societies, history, and other world cultures; articulate the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic themes and issues that artists examine in their work; identify the processes and materials involved in art and architectural production; utilize information to locate, evaluate, and communicate information about visual art in its various forms. Note that this course is an alternative to the Saylor FoundationĺÎĺ_ĺĚĺ_s ARTH101A and has been developed through a partnership with the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; the Saylor Foundation has modified some WSBCTC materials. This free course may be completed online at any time. (Art History 101B)

Liu Qi-Chao celebrates his collaboration with Chinese American jazz pianist/composer Jon Jang. (26 minutes)

Aswaat Arabiyya is an archive of 245 videos in Arabic, listed by difficulty level and accompanied by glossaries and four worksheets each that focus on every aspect of listening comprehension. Selections come largely from Arabic media, with some cultural presentations by native speakers. Videos cover the entire Arabic-speaking world and include MSA and different dialects. Materials are designed to be used both as in-class activities and homework assignments. Videos can be slowed down.

Misaki's Journal is an interactive Japanese Graded Reader. This means that each journal entry has printable materials and well as digital and intractable resources available for students to use alongside their reading experience.

Please also check out the Teacher's Notebook and Misaki's Journal in the OER Japanese Grader Reader (Misaki's Journal).

Nearly Everything You Need To Know About the Aztecs Can Be Found Within the Sacred Precinct.

This engaging video examines the most important part of the entire Aztec world: the literal center of the Universe: The Sacred Precinct of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Now, nearly everything you need to know about the Aztecs can be found within this sacred space located in the center of its majestic city: Tenochtitlan. There’s about 78 structures, although all of them haven’t been found yet…. But these buildings can you teach you nearly everything… about the Culhua Mexica. You can learn about Aztec religion…. Social structure… architecture… engineering… sports… their cleanliness.

Model of Sacred Precinct is located at the Mexican National Museum of Anthropology and History.

This site from the BBC hosts a brief primer on the Arabic language. It discusses such topics as where the language is spoke, where it came from, and tips on etiquette. The guide also includes interesting examples of the Arabic language, such as tongue twisters, jokes, and famous quotations.

This course will present students with an overview of Brazilian popular music, from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Considered an advanced course, it aims to build vocabulary competence and improve oral communication through the study and discussion of topics about cultural aspects and current issues in Brazil. It is designed to give students extensive experience in Portuguese and emphasizes skill development and refinement in the area of critical reading and writing in Portuguese.

The Beginning Korean 2 is designed for elementary Korean learners to practice and learn how to communicate in Korean.

This book aims to act as your map through the world of African art. As such, it will help you define the competencies you need to develop–visual analysis, research, noting what information is critical, asking questions, and writing down your observations–and provide opportunities for you to practice these skills until you are proficient. It will also expose you to new art forms and the worlds that produced them, enriching your understanding and appreciation.

This class looks at the birth and international expansion of an American industry of political marketing, with a special emphasis on Latin America. We will focus our attention on the cultural processes, sociopolitical contexts and moral utopias that shape the practice of political marketing in the U.S. and in different Latin American countries. By looking at the debates and expert practices at the core of the business of politics, we will explore how the "universal" concept of democracy is interpreted and reworked as it travels through space and time. Specifically, we will study how different groups experimenting with political marketing in different cultural contexts understand the role of citizens in a democracy.

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) presents a backgrounder on Al-Shabab; an Islamist insurgent group that remains capable of carrying out massive attacks in Somalia and surrounding countries despite a decade-long African Union offensive against the Islamist group. CFR Backgrounders provide an in-depth analysis on current political and economic issues.

The Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) InfoGuide on The Taliban examines the two Talibans, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the consequences for the region. CFR InfoGuides are a multimedia series to promote understanding of complex foreign policy issues.

This course is designed for learners with no background in Chinese. It introduces basic structures of the Mandarin Chinese language with emphasis on listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Students will gain these four skills in standard Mandarin Chinese, attaining approximately the Novice-High level on the ACTFL-ETS (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) proficiency scale. Topics of conversation include basic greetings, names, family, work, study, and hobbies.

CHN 102 is a continuation of CHN 101. The four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in standard Mandarin Chinese are further developed. Students will gain these four skills, attaining approximately the Intermediate-low level on the ACTFL-ETS (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) proficiency scale. Topics of conversation include education, sports, entertainment, travel, and health.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

* Understand sentence length utterances which consist of recombination of learned utterances on a variety of topics. Content refer primarily to basic personal background and needs, social conversations and some complex tasks.
* Handle successfully a variety of uncomplicated task oriented and social functions. Can ask and answer questions participate in simple conversations on topics beyond the most immediate needs.
* Read consistently with increased understanding simple connected texts dealing with basic personal and social needs. Student will have sufficient comprehension to understand some authentic material as it reflects similarity to specially prepared material and/or to high frequency oral vocabulary and structure.
* Meet a number of practical writing needs. Can write short simple letters. Contents involves personal preference, daily routine, everyday events, and other topics grounded in personal experience. Evidence of control of the syntax of non-complex sentences. Can create a collection of sentences on a given topic.
* List some essential points of Chinese geography, society, and culture.