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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.
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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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“Music in Italy” Virtual Presentation and Q and A on Italian Culture
Europe, Italy
This video is a presentation from our spring 2017 Virtual Cultural Festival. Navigator Emma teaches about music in Italy and does a Q & A session on Italy with K-12 students in NC.
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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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“The Former Yugoslavia” and Q and A on the former Yugoslavia, Austria, and Hungary
Austria, Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Europe, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia
This video is from our spring 2017 Virtual Cultural Festival. Navigator Sylvia discusses the former Yugoslavia and also does a Q & A session on Austria, Hungary, and the former Yugoslavia. This presentation is most appropriate for secondary and post-secondary 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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Activism and Architecture in Austria
Austria, Europe
This video is part of an hour long virtual presentation about activism in India and Austria. In this portion of the presentation Sylvia talks about Friedensreich Hundertwasser (artist and architect) in Austria. This presentation was designed for 8th grade students.
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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 Italy
Europe, Italy
This video is a part of an hour long virtual presentation on Arts Activism in Italy and England. The presentation was designed for 8th grade students. In this video, Navigator Emma discusses corruption, transportation strikes, rallies for equal rights, and the street artist Blu.
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Activism in Italy and England
England, Europe, Italy
This video is an hour long virtual presentation on Arts Activism in Italy and England. The presentation was designed for 8th grade students. In this video, Navigators Emma and Sian discuss things such as corruption, transportation strikes, rallies for equal rights, and street artists such as Blu and Banksy.
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Activism in Nicaragua
Central America, Nicaragua
This video is part of a full virtual presentation about activism in India and Nicaragua. In this video Navigator Anna teaches about feminism and women’s rights in Nicaragua. 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=_GXbEy6-Ngg. You can pause this video to watch it, and then come back to watch the end. This video is best suited for secondary students and college level students….
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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.
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Artistic Activism in England (Banksy)
England, Europe
This video is a portion of an hour long virtual presentation on Arts Activism in Italy and England. The presentation was designed for 8th grade students. In this video, Navigator Sian discuss the street artist Banksy.
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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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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.
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Beyond the Single Story of the Philippines
Asia, Philippines
In this virtual presentation to our partner middle school, Navigator Josh teaches about the “single story” of Filipino nurses immigrating to the United States. Please pause this presentation to watch this video that Josh shows during the presentation https://youtu.be/egmfTZRuqzA, and the come back to watch the second half of the presentation!
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Celebrations in New Zealand
New Zealand, Oceania
In this presentation from our Fall 2017 Virtual Cultural Festival, Navigators Jesse, Ashley, and Isatta teach about some celebrations in New Zealand, the Dominican Republic, and Sierra Leone. In this portion of the presentation, Jesse talks about Waitangi Day and Anzac day in New Zealand. This presentation is best suited for secondary students.
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Cherokee Legends
North America, North Carolina
In this presentation, Navigator Bethany talks teaches about the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians and the Cherokee Legend “Yonder Mountain”. In the middle of this presentation, please go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAyr5…, to hear the legend, and then return to watch the rest of the presentation. This video is Part II of a full hour Virtual Presentation from our Fall 2017 Virtual Cultural Festival. Folktales Around the World”, Navigators Chloe, Mike, and Bethany present on folktales…
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China and Kazakhstan-Q & A
This video is the Q & A session after a presentation on Music in China and Kazakhstan during our spring 2016 Virtual Cultural Festival. Although the topic of the presentation was music, the Q & A has questions on a variety of different topics.
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Chinese Culture Q and A
Asia, China
This video is a presentation from our spring 2017 Virtual Cultural Festival. Navigator Sian teaches about sports in China and does a Q & A session on China with K-12 students in NC.