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CultureGrams & World Conflicts Today Updates
Did you know that CultureGrams now offers recipes that reflect the cuisine of each U.S. state and Canadian province?
Log on to try gumbo from Louisiana, red chili from Texas, seafood chowder from Nova Scotia, and more. Perfect for cultural events in your school, plus home economics and social studies courses.
Check out the new content on CultureGrams. We've just added scores of new photos, 66 new video segments from around the globe (China, India, Peru, Senegal, and more), and 20 new slideshows on topics that include the mosques of Iran, the traditional art of South Korea, and futebol fever in Brazil.
Big news for administrators: Usage stats are now updated continually. You don't have to wait until the end of the month to check your usage stats anymore. We've automated the usage stats (get yours here) so that you can check them anytime. Just refer to the "last updated" note at the bottom of the usage report to know the date of the most recent tally.
Our archived content release notes can always be found here.
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Teaching Idea:
My House
In this month's activity, your students will gain a greater understanding of life abroad by comparing their homes to those in foreign countries.
Ask each student to write down their answers to the following questions:
- Describe your home.
- How many bedrooms does it have?
- Where do you play or relax?
- Where do you do your homework?
Using the image gallery in the new Interviews feature (video overview), ask each student to access one interview for a person under age 18.
Ask the students to identify similarities between their own homes and those of the interviewees. What did the interviewees say about their homes that was the same as described in the students' essays about their own homes? Were there significant differences?
Access the full lesson plan, including learning standards correlations.
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Regional Quiz
How much do you know about the region of
Eastern Europe?
Test your knowledge with these tidbits from CultureGrams:
- What does it mean when a Slovak folds the thumb in and closes the fingers on it?
- What country is famous for its goulash (a stew of meat, vegetables, and spices)?
- To which church do almost 83% of Bulgarians belong?
- Which Eastern European country was once known as Basarabia?
- Which Eastern European country's capital city was occupied by Poland for over 100 years, ending at the outset of World War II?
- What is the largest ethnic group in Hungary?
- What country's territory includes more than 1,500 islands in the Baltic Sea?
- What portion of their income does the average Romanian family spend on food?
- Which country's constitution did Poland pattern its constitution after?
- In what country did the Orange Revolution take place in 2004 and 2005?
Answers: 1) Good luck! 2) Hungary. 3) The Bulgarian Orthodox Church. 4) Moldova. 5) Lithuania. 6) Magyars. 7) Estonia. 8) Almost half. 9) The U.S. 10) Ukraine.
Did you know...
- In Lithuania, pregnant women receive paid time off work for 70 days before the birth of their child and up to 70 days after the birth. After a newly born baby is taken home from the hospital, relatives and friends visit the parents and bring presents for the new child. The name given to the baby must be registered with the state. Religious families baptize their children, sometimes soon after birth and sometimes much later. Baptism is often followed with a celebration.
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World Holidays
Holidays provide a great way to introduce students to the culture and history of a country. "Observe" a world holiday in your classroom by asking students to research the holiday's origins or learn more about a particular aspect of the country.
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Focus on a Canadian Territory: Ontario
Ontario is the second-largest province in Canada and covers 1,076,395 square kilometres (415,598 sq miles). Ontario has many rivers and rocky landscapes, so you can find lots of rapids and waterfalls in the province, including the famous Niagara Falls on the border of Ontario and New York. Toronto is the capital of Ontario and Canada's most populous city.
Eighty-five percent of Ontarians live in cities like Toronto or Mississauga, as opposed to more rural areas. One-third of all Canadians live in Ontario, and the population continues to grow steadily, partly because many immigrants are settling in the province. No matter where in the province they live, Ontarians get to experience all four seasons.
However, southern Ontario and northern Ontario have very different climates. In the southern area, wind from the Great Lakes brings cool air in the summer and warm air in the winter. On the other hand, colder Arctic winds chill the northern area around Hudson Bay.
Here are some more interesting facts about Ontario:
- The name Ontario comes from an Iroquois word meaning "shining waters."
- There are more than 250,000 lakes in Ontario! Four of the five Great Lakes are within Ontario's boundaries: Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, and Lake Ontario. Together, they are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world.
- During the War of 1812, Loyalist Laura Secord overheard plans for a surprise American invasion. Secord walked 32 kilometres (20 miles) to warn British forces of the attack. As a result, they were able to defeat the Americans at the Battle of Beaver Dams, and Secord became known as Canada's Paul Revere.
- Ontario is Canada's top agricultural province.
- The CN (Canadian National) Tower in Toronto stands at 553 metres (1,815 ft) and is the tallest freestanding structure built on land in the world.
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