Outside Web Resources

  • Phil Tulga - Music through the Curriculum
    Music-based curriculum projects for teachers.
  • Facing History and Ourselves
    Curriculum that encourages considering the moral implications of history in the classroom. Follow the link to Educator Resources for a large selection of lesson plans/units that fulfill the Illinois Learning Standards for topics such as genocide.
  • Communal Living in Russia: A Virtual Museum of Soviet Everyday Life
    From the creators: This Web site--an online ethnographic museum--explores and explains a striking social phenomenon: the Soviet "kommunalka," or communal apartment. Instituted after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the kommunalka was a predominant form of housing for generations. By the 1970s, these crowded and uncomfortable apartments began to empty out in a noticeable way. But even now, when their location the most fashionable central districts of large Russian cities make them hot targets for real-estate buyouts, many remain in place, with life ordered in much the same way as it always was. On this site, we show video clips of ongoing communal apartments and their inhabitants, shot in St. Petersburg in 2006. There are also audio interviews, photographs, documents, commentaries, and explanations of many different kinds.
  • Outreach World
    Classroom resources for international/area-studies and foreign languages.
  • Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE)
    Resources and materials for developing internationally themed multidisciplinary curriculum for K-14 students.
  • UCLA Language Materials Project
    Online bibliographic database of teaching and learning materials for 150+ Less Commonly Taught languages including many in the CEERES region.
  • Webliographies at Duke University's SEELRC
    Bibliographic source material for area-studies in the CEERES region.
  • Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program
    Each year, the US Department of Education works with Fulbright commissions world-wide to offer several short-term seminars. As the educational materials and the blogs from these participants show, this is a wonderful opportunity for educators. More information on the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program can be found at http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/index.htm