August 9th is Indigenous Peoples' Day. Created by the United Nations in 1994, the holiday honors indigenous people and cultures around the world. While there is no single definition for indigenous, indigenous people maintain close ties to their ancestral land and traditions. In the United States, some Americans celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of or along with Columbus Day.

This 19-minute video looks at artist Joan Miro. Celebrated as one of the greatest modern artists, Joan Miró— developed a visual language that reflected his vision and energy in a variety of styles across many media. This film examines the impact on Miró's career, of the Spanish Civil War, the fascism of the Franco regime, and the events of World War II, as well as Miró's sense of Spanish - specifically Catalan - identity. (The full 30-minute video is available to borrow).

Step-by-Step instructions for collaboratively annotating a public-domain text in your course and sharing it with the world.

This role-playing activity allows students to learn more about the six general ways Americans respond to climate change and engage in conversations while embodying these groups. Students will be able to describe the different ways Americans respond to climate change and develop arguments to support their claims.

Curtis Lazore, a member of the Oknegakdagye (Along the Waters) Dancers, talks about the dance traditions of the Mohawk in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series.

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 assignment, students select a Francophone country of their choice. Over the course the year, students are asked to gather and present information about their country to their classmates in French. Themes for presentations include beauty and aesthetics, science and technology, contemporary life, and global challenges.  

The post-pandemic era has led to changes in education, with technology playing a vital role. Teachers and students face challenges related to technological literacy. To address these challenges, investing in infrastructure, providing professional development, and developing digital skills in students are important. Blended learning, incorporating face-to-face and online activities, is a potential solution. Theories like constructivism and Bloom's Taxonomy can guide teaching. Flexible approaches such as project-based learning and the flipped classroom, along with technology tools and resources, support technology literacy. Implementing these approaches empowers students with skills for the digital age. 

Jennifer Rose, a dancer, musician, and folk historian from Berea, Ky., talks about the background of the Tarantella, in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series. The Tarantella is a folk dance that originated in Italy.

Joe Allred, leader of the Lexington, KY.-based Capoeira Narahari, discusses the basics of Capoeira and its origins in Brazil in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series.

The goal of this 9 lesson, grade 3 unit, is for students to identify the output of any computer device as a solution to a problem and deconstruct the solution into the necessary steps required.
The key question guiding the unit is: How do programmers build computer programs?

Download the Teacher Guide — containing comprehensive lessons, lesson plans, and a unit overview, and the Student Reader — offering engagingly written and richly illustrated text on the topics specified for the unit.
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Conflicted Antiquities is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Consulting the relevant Arabic archives, Elliott Colla demonstrates that the emergence of Egyptology—the study of ancient Egypt and its material legacy—was as consequential for modern Egyptians as it was for Europeans. The values and practices introduced by the new science of archaeology played a key role in the formation of a new colonial regime in Egypt. This fact was not lost on Egyptian nationalists, who challenged colonial archaeologists with the claim that they were the direct heirs of the Pharaohs, and therefore the rightful owners and administrators of ancient Egypt’s historical sites and artifacts. As this dispute developed, nationalists invented the political and expressive culture of “Pharaonism”—Egypt’s response to Europe’s Egyptomania.

Short Description:
A social and cultural history of the people of Oregon representing powerful figures from the dominant Euro-American culture, the marginalized and oppressed, and social and political reformers who shaped the historical legacy of the state. Order a print copy: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/athanasios-michaels/oregons-history/paperback/product-48pynp.html

Long Description:
This “open textbook” is a social and cultural history of the people of Oregon representing powerful figures from the dominant Euro-American culture, the marginalized and oppressed, and social and political reformers who shaped the historical legacy of the state. It is a story of the diverse array of immigrants who helped build the state and strengthen it. The title is a recollection of the racial fantasies that European-American settlers created in their expansionist vision of the West and the state of Oregon. Initially the Oregon Territory was built on intolerance and racial exclusivity, but eventually Oregon embraces its diversity, but not without struggle and heartache. Our journey through the past starts with an essential question, “Who are the people of Oregon?”

Word Count: 79435

ISBN: 978-1-63635-006-6

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When I think of school lunches I think about sandwiches, pizza, hot dogs, etc.  In this seminar you will be able to identify common lunch foods in Spanish. You will be able to use these words in school and in the outside world. So plan your next lunch date because you are going to be able to order off the menu in Spanish!ACTFL StandardsCommunication: Interpersonal Communication, Presentational CommunicationCultures: Relating Cultural Practices to PerspectivesComparisons: Cultural ComparisonsLearning TargetI can identify menu itemsHabits of MindApplying past knowledge to new situationsCritical Thinking SkillConstruct MeaningClassifying

This course focuses on disseminating Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) or water/environment innovations in developing countries and underserved communities worldwide. It emphasizes core WASH and water/environment principles, culture-specific solutions, tools for start-ups, appropriate and sustainable technologies, behavior change, social marketing, building partnerships, and the theory and practice of innovation diffusion.

Reading list of open and library resources.

Course Description
Introduces Viking history, culture, and society through mythology, art, sagas, warfare, politics, and conversion to Christianity. Examines Viking influence on North America, the British Isles, Continental Europe, and Russia. Covers modern conceptions of the Vikings through contemporary popular culture. Prerequisites: WR 115, RD 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement test scores. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

Articulate and interpret an understanding of key historical facts and events in Scandinavian history during the Viking Age.
Identify the influence of culturally-based practices, values, and beliefs to analyze how historically-defined meanings of difference affect human behavior.
Identify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues.
Construct a well-organized historical argument using effective, appropriate, and accurate language.

Solar energy in the form of light is available to organisms on Earth in abundance. Natural systems and other organisms have structures that function in ways to manage the interaction with and use of this energy. Using these natural examples, humans have (in the past) and continue to design and construct homes which manage solar energy in passive and active ways to reduce the need for energy from other sources. In this storyline, students will explore passive and active solar energy management through examples in the natural world. Students will use knowledge gained to design a building that maximizes the free and abundant energy gifts of the sun.

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 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.

Toubiyon Twoma Lesklavaj ak Kolonizasyon: Dangoyaj Panse Afwo-Karayibeyen

Long Description:
Quelles sont les séquelles psychologiques, sociales, culturelles et épistémiques de l’histoire de l’esclavage et de la colonisation dans le développement de la psyché haïtienne et afro-caribéenne? Ce livre en français et en créole aborde ces questions fondamentales sous les angles de l’histoire, du patrimoine, de la religion, de l’épistémologie, de l’éducation, de la littérature et de la langue. Issu d’un colloque organisé en 2016 par l’Association Sikotwomatis ak Afrikanite à Port-au-Prince, il a pour but de lancer une réflexion approfondie sur un aspect crucial de la réalité haïtienne contemporaine.

Word Count: 77004

ISBN: 978-2-924661-10-9

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