CHICAGO’S ETHNIC MUSUEMS AND CULTURAL CENTERS American Indian Center Arab American Action Network The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture Brazilian Cultural Center of Chicago Bronzeville/Black Chicagoan Historical Society Bronzeville Children’s Museum Cambodian American Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial Cambodian Association of Illinois Chicago Cultural Alliance Chicago Historical Society Chicago Japanese American Historical Society Chinese American Museum of Chicago DANK Haus – German American Cultural Center DuSable Museum of African American History The Field Museum Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center The HistoryMakers Indo-American Center Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture Irish American Heritage Center Italian Cultural Center Japanese Cultural Center Korean American Resource and Cultural Center Mitchell Museum of the American Indian National Hellenic Museum National Museum of Mexican Art The Polish Museum of America Rizal Center Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center Serbian Cultural and Arts Center St. Sava Spertus Museum of Judaica Swahili Institute of Chicago Swedish American Museum and Center Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Ukrainian National Museum
FUN CULTURAL SITES FOR KIDS TO EXPLORE United Nations Cyber School Bus National Geographic Kids National Geographic Xpeditions Unicef: Voices of Youth Oxfam: Cool Planet Free Rice Peace Corps Kids Peace Corps Challenge Game UN Against All Odds Refuge Game Snaith Primary School’s interactive site on world cultures and folktales Scholastic’s Global Trek Time for Kids: Around the World Kids Around the World Ways of Knowing Trail interactive game Kids Web Japan Burarra Gathering – Indigenous Australia Israel for Kids Mana Kids – Maori site Wicked Interactives – Maori and Pacifica Story Cove – a world of stories Wumpa’s World - Inuit Virtual Museum Canada – Inuit games Virtual Museum Canada – Indigenous games Wrapped in Pride: virtual kente cloth Another Face – Masks Around the World PBS Kids Africa for Kids Panwapa Kids Gullah Tales Arthur’s Winter Holidays activities Buster’s International Card game Global Grover Grooves Dance Interactive Casa de Dora Sagwa Ni Hao, Kai-lan World Fashion Dress up Game International Doll Dress up Game International Costume Matching Game Japanese Traditions
OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS/CURRICULUM LINKS Arthur’s World Neighborhood Peace Corp curriculum links National Geographic Xpeditions Create for Mississippi: Children Around the World Discovery Education: Children Around the World Teaching Tolerance Time for Kids: Around the World Teacher’s page Scholastic: Dream in Color Passports: Crossing Cultural Borders Teaching Culture: Strategies and Techniques UNESCO’s Learning the Way of Peace: A Teacher’s Guide to Peace Education Pennies for Peace Curriculum Resource Guide: K-4 Pennies for Peace Curriculum Resource Guide: 4-8 Pennies for Peace Curriculum Resource Guide: 9-12 Hague Peace: Peace Lessons from Around the World National Geographic Mapping the Americas Toolkit and Lesson Plans Chicago’s Chinese Consulate: China in the Classroom Aukland Museum Maori Education Materials All Different, All Unique: Young People and the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity The Center for African Studies, University of Florida: Taking Africa to the Classroom Read. Write. Think. : Celebrating World Cultures Through Folk Tales AzCentral: Day of the Dead Teacher Packet Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard: Celebrating Nowruz Curriculum Ed.gov – Teacher’s Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet Teacher’s Guide to Local Culture Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education Multicultural Education and the Internet National Association of Multicultural Education Nation Master Gullah in the Classroom Culture Cottage African Songs, Chants, and Games African Masks GlobalSchoolNet.org International Kids Space TeachGlobalEd.net Aztec Folk Literature Curriculum Scholastic’s Global Trek Global Birthday Traditions Raising World Citizens Blog Kid World Citizen InCulture Partent Magazine
