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.

To browse culture kits only, by availability, visit our online reservation system.

If it is your first time reserving our kit, check out these Culture kit FAQ and Tips

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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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Algeria

Algeria

Explore the North African country of Algeria with this culture kit! Full of a variety of objects from Harissa, a popular condiment, to the book “Dakia fille d’Alger”, a journal written in French that tells the story of a young girl during the Algerian Civil War. It also includes the Algerian flag and the Berber flag, materials to learn the Arabic alphabet and the Kabyle Amazigh alphabet, and online resources, so you can listen to Rai music, or watch a YouTube video about Algerian history.

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Argentina #1

Argentina, South America

Learn about Argentina through this extensive kit including traditional Argentinian clothing, soccer jersey, jewelry, Mate gourd and drink labels of typical Argentinian drinks, Taragui, musical items, and more. This kit even includes a CD of Argentinian music, crafted bracelets and woven jewelry, a rock from the Andes mountains, and an Argentina flag. Argentine pesos and photos from a first hand journey to Argentina are also included. This is a very in-depth kit great for any grade level. Fairyta…

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Argentina #2

Argentina, South America

Check out our newest Argentina kit filled with items ranging from FIFA World Cup Trading Cards to maps of the Indigenous communities in Argentina. An actual soccer ribbon from the 2014 World Cup is included in this kit. Other items include: Argentine pesos, a SUBE card, a flag from the Falkland Islands, magazines, Legal Careers Brochures, leather bookmark, a political map of the country, Iguazu Falls 360 degree tour, photos and videos of the country, Comic books, music from different genres acro…

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Austria

Austria, Europe

Learn about Austrian culture with our culture kit that includes PopOut maps of Vienna, a book on Mozart, a soccer scarf, food packages, store flyers, school supplies, a traditional tea towel, Wiener Linien Subway ticket, and information on yodeling, Austrian pop music and Conchita Wurst.

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Bahrain

Bahrain, Middle East

Reserve our Bahrain kit to teach your students more about this country’s culture. Items in this kit include traditional clothing, an Applebee’s menu, Bahrain visitors’ guide and map, the national flag, postcards, stamp booklets, and currency. Listen to the “Discover Bahrain” CD set and The Mystro CD (Music from Bahrain). Explore Bahrain today!

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Balkans

Albania, Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Europe, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia

The Balkan Peninsula, or the Balkans, is a peninsula and a cultural area in Southeast Europe. This kit contains items from Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Albania, as well as some flags from other Balkan countries. Some of the kit items include food packages, currency, clothing items, postcards, and maps.

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Barbados

Barbados, Caribbean

Explore Barbados with your class through our interactive kit. Items include: a Caribbean textbook, photos of common foods eaten in Barbados, a Visitors Guide, newspapers, a brochure about a nighttime tour of Bridgetown, a program about poetry in the Caribbean, a program from a musical that dives into the 1937 rebellion, a Crop Over Festival Brochure and map of Barbados, brochures from a local sailing agency, a Barbados Reef Creatures guide (great for science lessons!), CDs of local music, photos…

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Basque Country Culture Kit

Europe, Spain

​Explore the Basque Country of Spain with this culture kit! Items include clothing, a book on small dishes, a travel guide, children’s books, a Basque dictionary, music, photos, a flag, and currency!

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Belize

Belize, Central America

If you are interested in learning more about Belize, we have the perfect kit for you. Our Belize kit includes numerous items that will help to virtually transport your student to Belize. Items in this kit include: a Creole Calendar, a Belize City map, children’s books, postcards, a dive map and information about the creatures you might see there, newspapers, a rainstick, a set of 1981 issued coins along with money from Belize, the national flag, a film about the Mayans, and even a Mayan calendar…

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Bolivia Culture Kit

Bolivia, South America

Learn about Bolivian culture with our culture kit that includes alpaca wool leg warmers, a soccer scarf, a phrasebook, a cross necklace, a plush guinea pig and llama, a map, a book on Simón Bolívar, currency, the national flag, and two DVD movie guides to Bolivian extremes – from the Andes to the Amazon Basin.

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Bollywood Kit

Asia, India

Have you or your students wanted to be part of a Bollywood movie? Well, now you can! Reserve this kit and be transported to one of the largest film industries in the world. This kit includes: Raas guys top, Dandiyas, Bhangra girls top, Bangles, Bharatanatyam flowers, pictures of Priyanka Chopra and Amitabh Bachchan, the movie 3 Idiots, a poster of Mahabharata, Thaali, a design book of Mehndi, and finally a book about Holi.

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Burkina Faso

Africa, Burkina Faso

This kit has clothing items and accessories such as a traditional fulani hat, pagne (fabric), and leather wallet. It also contains an informational book about Burkina Faso, photos of daily life, a music CD, maps, a flag, currency (West African Franc), and a DVD about drumming.

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Cairo, Egypt

Cairo, Middle East

This Egypt culture kit contains items that will give your students insight to daily life in Cairo! Items include school uniforms worn by students in Egypt, a traditional hat, and the Egyptian flag. Play with educational puzzles, games, look through books in Arabic and learn from classroom posters to experience life as a student in Cairo! Other items in the kit include a prayer rug, prayer beads, and art that show the importance of Islam for many Egyptians.

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Cambodia

Asia, Cambodia

Share the culture of Cambodia with your students by reserving our Cambodia kit now. Items in this kit include the national flag and currency, a Buddha statue, an incense kit, and postcards. The Cambodia kit also has many household items, such as a wooden jewelry box, a small woven basket, children’s toys (wooden clapper and wooden frog noise maker), and chopsticks.

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Cameroon

Africa, Cameroon

Learn about the unique culture of this African country! This kit has a soccer jersey in tribute to Cameroon’s number one sport – soccer! Read a folktale set in Cameroon with “The Fortune Tellers,” and learn more about the culture with the information book about Cameroon. Check out the food items and smell the white penja pepper –grown according to ancestral tradition.

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Chile

Chile, South America

This kit includes many interesting items. These items include an empanada recipe, a rain stick, a book of poems, bilingual children’s book, a Catholic Rosary, Mapuche Music and book, Chile Futbol Scarf, a Chilean flag, astronomy information, information on the Atacama Desert, Patagonia map, and Easter Island statue heads.

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China #2

Asia, China

Learn more about China’s culture and reserve our China #2 kit now! This kit is full of interesting items such as traditional clothing, worker’s gloves, bracelets, straw shoes, and school-related items (math notebook and writing paper). Food items include chopsticks, cookie packages, and McDonald’s packages. Stay busy with your class by reading and viewing Chinese magazines, newspapers, a children’s book, and the Teens in China book. Other items include postcards, Chinese chess, jump rope, Chines…

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China #3

Asia, China

Teach your class about Chinese culture and reserve our China #3 kit today! Learn about clothing and school items by checking out the red guard hat, hats with braids, and pamphlets about a Chinese middle school. Other items include books about cooking, currency and calligraphy, postcards, a handheld drum, a large fan, and Chinese currency. Don’t miss out on this great resource!

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China #4

Asia, China

Explore China with your students today by reserving our China #4 kit. Some items include clothing (slippers, a blue silk Mandarin gown, and a school uniform), a food package of White Rabbit candies, wooden puppets, board games, chopsticks, a decorative fan, a laminated national flag, and currency. Become familiar with China’s culture by viewing the Families of China video and by reading informative books about China (Teens in China and Global Studies China). This kit is great for all ages and gr…