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SPRING 2023 CULTURE KIT RESERVATIONS WILL OPEN AT 9 AM ON DECEMBER 6, 2022.
UPDATE: Each school may receive up to 3 kits during the Spring 2023 semester. Requests for more than 3 kits from an individual school will not be accepted.
Read our most recent newsletter for other updates to the Culture Kit reservation system in Spring 2023.
Welcome to the Carolina Navigators Global Resource finder! Here you can view many of the resources we offer free of charge. We welcome any educator to use our digital resources and we will ship, free of charge, both ways, our culture kits to any educator in North Carolina. Please consider making a donation to our program, so that it can remain free for educators.
For an overview of what we offer, please visit our page for educators.
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“Channel Your Inner Animal” in Korea and Morocco (and Q and A)
Africa, Asia, Morocco, South Korea
This is a presentation about animals in South Korea and Morocco from our Fall 2015 Virtual Cultural Festival! There is also a Q & A portion at the end with K-12 students watching.
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“Sports in China” and Q and A on Chinese Culture
Asia, China
This video is a presentation from our spring 2017 Virtual Cultural Festival. Navigator Sian teaches about traditional sports in China and does a Q & A session on China with K-12 students in NC. You can watch the video, “Dancing on Water: The Chinese Art of Bamboo Drifting”, mentioned in the video here.
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A Day in Seoul, South Korea
Asia, South Korea
Navigator Grace presents a lesson on South Korea for elementary students.
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A Folktale from the Middle East-“Tortoise and the Fox”
Afghanistan, Iran, Middle East
In this presentation, Navigator Mike teaches about Folktales from the Middle East. This video is part of a longer presentation from our Fall 2017 Virtual Cultural Festival. In the full presentation Navigators Chloe, Mike, and Bethany present on folktales in the middle east and from the Eastern Band Cherokee in the United States. This presentation was designed for a K-12 audience.
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A New Dining Experience
Asia, Hong Kong
“When I was in Hong Kong, some of the particularly busy cha cha tangs (restaurants that were often cramped but reputed to have delicious, cheap food and traditionally brewed milk tea) would seat customers who were strangers to one another at the same table. At first, this startled me. I felt slightly uncomfortable, even though I was with my friend, when the waitress had pulled up two plastic stools from the corner and shoved them next to a round table, where three other occupants were seated…
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A Short Train Ride Through Japan
Asia, Japan
Hello and Konnichiwa! My name is Maura. When I was in high school, I lived on American military base in Japan. During that time, I experienced many cultural events and tried my fair share of Japanese food. In my three year stay, the thing that struck me the most were the people I met and the cultural traditions I got to see firsthand. Since you can get almost anywhere in Japan via the train system, you can experience some of this culture just by stepping off of a train and into a town. Let’s set…
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A Taxi Ride through Uzbekistan’s History
Asia, Uzbekistan
In this Animoto video, Navigator Lily Herbert talks about Uzbekistan’s history, specifically its association with the Silk Road, its ancient cities, hubs for Islamic learning and trade, and the Soviet Union’s influence.
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A Year of Summer in The Lion City
Asia, Singapore
“It was a year of summer and adjusting to the extreme humidity, but it was also a year of academic and personal transformation, constantly learning and being exposed to new things from “fried carrot cake” (which is neither fried nor has carrots in it) and intestine, to new ideas pertaining to societal organization and government. You may have noticed that my greeting was in four languages. These languages represent the four official languages of Singapore (English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, and T…
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Activism in India (Feminist Nirbhaya Movement)
Asia, India
In this virtual presentation, Navigator Sneha teaches a middle school class about activism in India. She specifically speaks about the Nirbhaya movement, and Indian feminist revolution. This video contains sensitive topics and is best suited for secondary and college level students. Please preview this video before showing it to your students. This video is part of an hour long presentation about activism in India and Nicaragua.
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Activism in India and Nicaragua
Asia, Central America, India, Nicaragua
This is a full virtual presentation about activism in India and Nicaragua. In this video Navigator Anna teaches about feminism and women’s rights in Nicaragua, and Navigator Sneha teaches about a feminist movement in India. She specifically speaks about the Nirbhaya movement, and Indian feminist revolution. Part way through her presentation, Anna shows the YouTube video, “Nicaragua: Victim of femicide laid to rest as women protest” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GXbE…. You can pause this…
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Activism in the Philippines – Full Presentation
Asia, Philippines
In this virtual presentation, Navigator Josh teaches a middle school class about activism in the Philippines, specifically Duerte’s war on drugs. Josh shows two videos from BBC during his presentation.
Culture Kit
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Asia
The items in the kit from Afghanistan include clothing items like a pakol hat, a pashmina, and a woman’s traditional outfit. There are also a variety of books such as an intro to the Dari language, “Nasreen’s Secret School”, “Countries and Cultures Afghanistan”, a Farsi (Persian) dictionary, “Razia’s Ray of Hope”, “Afghan Cuisine”, and “Afghanistan 101”. Additional items include 2 music CDs, chai tea, a newspaper, vase, currency, flag, lapis, and Afghan soil. Teach your students about the cultur…
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Alien in a Foreign Land
Asia, India
Hi! I am Alekhya Yechoor and I am a Biology major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I was born in India and lived there for the first five years of my life. When I moved to the U.S. it was January. I remember being shocked at the lack of people roaming the streets. In comparison to the huge population of India, the small suburb I had moved to seemed like a ghost-town. Where were all the street-side vendors? Where were all the auto-rickshaws? It was hard to believe that I was ev…
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All Around the World
Asia, Uzbekistan
Hi, everyone! My name is Ruksona Usmanova and I am a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill, double majoring in Global Studies with the concentration in Economics and European Union Intergration. I was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and lived there until I was 14. Growing up my family and I traveled a lot around the European and Asian continents due to my Dad’s job. I was a happy child who loved to travel but always knew in my mind that in a week I will be in my own house, in my own room, and have my favorite…
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An Insight to Uzbek Culture Through a Wedding
Asia, Uzbekistan
Wedding plays a significant role in the lives of the Uzbeks and is celebrated with solemnity. From the birth of their first child, families save money throughout the lifetime for one big event- wedding and many of its pre and post rituals. Attending one Uzbek wedding, will reveal the insights of societal and family values, the lifestyle and the history of generations. If you look even deeper you will see how these rituals and customs are reflected in everyday lives of Uzbek people and their sig…
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Arts Activism in India and Austria
Asia, Austria, Europe, India
In this virtual presentation, Navigators Sneha and Sylvia talk about activism in India and Austria. This presentation was designed for 8th grade students. Sylvia discusses Friedensreich Hundertwasser (artist and architect) from Austria. Sneha teaches about historical art and arts activism (artist Rummana Hussain) in India.
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Avoiding Misunderstandings in Uzbekistan
Asia, Uzbekistan
Introduction Communication skills and styles are very important in our everyday lives, however they are even more important when it comes to understanding people from a different culture. In this post, I will address a few things you should know about the communication style similarities and differences between the US and Uzbekistan. To begin, Uzbeks are very much relationship-oriented communicators. It is very important to first build a relationship because in their view a good relationship wit…
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Beyond the “Single Stories” of China (Part I)
Asia, China
In this presentation Navigators Claire, Annie, and Emma discuss some of the “Single Stories” of their focus countries, China, Italy, and Spain, where those stories come from, and why. This video goes along with a unit where 8th grade students watch the TED Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story”, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and read some of her short stories. In this section of the presentation, Annie talks about China.
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Beyond the “Single Stories” of China, Italy, and Spain
Asia, China, Europe, Italy, Spain
In this video Navigators Claire, Annie, and Emma discuss some of the “Single Stories” of their focus countries, China, Italy, and Spain, where those stories come from, and why. This video goes along with a unit where 8th grade students watch the TED Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story”, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and read some of her short stories.
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Beyond the Single Story of Indian Women
Asia, India
In this virtual presentation for our middle school partner school, Navigator Sneha teaches about the single stories of India and Indian women, and where those stories and stereotypes come from.