Other Cultures


     L E A R N   A B O U T   C H I N A

Look here to see if you can find how your first name is written in Chinese.
http://zhongwen.com/x/qian.htm

Type in your first and last name to see your name in Chinese.
http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html

Play this game to see how much you know about China.
http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/download/china.ppt

Scroll down to "Materials."  Click on the video to view the Story About Ping.
http://www.thinkport.org/Tools/ContentViewer/ContentPreview.aspx?ContentID=33903418-e26c-4406-83d6-05020bd3e4d5

CHINESE ABC's
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/apr99/abc/index.html

CHINESE CULTURE WORD SEARCH - Play against the clock.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/word-finds/chinese-culture-wordsearch-challenge.html

TANGRAM PUZZLES - Try your hand at these challenging, interactive Chinese 
puzzles.
http://www.kidscom.com/games/tangram/tangram.html

     L E A R N   A B O U T   C A J U N   C U L T U R E

Listen to some Cajun music.
http://buckwheatzydeco.com/bwzydecomusic/bwzydecomusic.html

MARDI GRAS FOR KIDS
http://www.mardi.com/

More Cajun music!
http://www.wolftrap.org/folk/joliet.html

     
     L E A R N   A B O U T   A F R I C A

THE LIVING AFRICA
http://library.thinkquest.org/16645/contents.html

VISIT THE SAVANNAH, THE DESERT, AND THE RAINFOREST OF AFRICA
http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/africa/Africahome.htm

Listen to music played on an African thumb piano.  Then try playing some of 
your own!  How fun!
http://pbskids.org/africa/piano/haveflash.html

Learn about an African legend from Anasasi, a very clever spider.
http://www.pbs.org/wonders/Kids/kids.htm

     L E A R N   A B O U T   M E X I C O

All about Mexico
http://www.pocanticohills.org/mexico/mexico.htm

MEXICO FOR KIDS, BY KIDS
http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/index_kids.html

Listen as this historical book about Mexico is read to you.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/elibrary/mexico-the-country.html

MEXICAN FOOD WORD SEARCH
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/cinco-de-mayo/wordfinds/mexican-food-wordsearch.html

     

     L E A R N   A B O U T   J A P A N

ALL ABOUT JAPAN
http://www.sover.net/~johnd/categories.html

MORE ABOUT JAPAN
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/japan.html



     L E A R N   A B O U T   D I F F E R E N T   C U L T U R E S

Learn about different cultures the fun way.
http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~tokyo3/e/




     CHINESE FABLES
Read along as starfall stories read to you!
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/chinese-fables/load.htm?f


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