Humans Construct Culture

For some insights into the history construction of different cultures, see the following excellent web sites:

African American History at the Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/afroam.htm

African American Mosaic at the Library of Congress http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html

African American history database www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/

Native American history and culture-First Nations http://library.lhs.usd497.org/nativeam.htm

Native American history archive http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/41/index-a.html

Asian American history and culture - Ancestors in the Americas http://www.cetel.org/

Japanese American Legacy Project www.densho.org

The Hispanic or Latino "umbrella" http://www.azteca.net/aztec/chicano.html

Arab-American history and culture http://www.aaci-us.org/arabamerculture.html

"The Yellow Pages" of American ethnic history and culture http://xroads.virginia.edu/~YP/ethnic.html

Ethnicity and Race (American ethnicities) http://anthro.palomar.edu/ethnicity/Default.htm

Culture of the Deaf

For more information on American Sign Language (ASL) and the culture of the deaf, the following web site is useful:

Deaf Culture www.aslinfo.com/deafculture.cfm

High Culture

To get some idea of what is often meant by high culture, or "the best of Western Civilization," the following sites are indicative:

Metropolitan Museum of Art www.metmuseum.org/

Metropolitan Opera http://www.metopera.org/home.html

Shakespeare on the Web http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

Cross-Cultural Psychology

The field of cross-cultural psychology may be somewhat unfamiliar to you. For more information, the following sites may be useful:

International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology http://www.iaccp.org/

International Academy for Intercultural Research http://www.watervalley.net/users/academy/default.html

Other Approaches to Sexuality

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/index-am.html

The Metric Sysem

History of the metric system http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/history.html

Toward a Metric America http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/200/202/mpo_hom2.htm

A Chronology of the SI Metric System http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/dates.htm

Afrocentric Curricula

For a sense of the debate about Afrocentric Curricula, see the following:

Afrocentric Curriculum http://www.valdosta.edu/~cawalker/afrocentric.htm

"A New Look at Afrocentric Curriculum" http://www.nbufront.org/html/FRONTalView/ArticlesPapers/AfroCentricCurriculm.html

Stereotypes

For information on stereotypes of various groups and situations, type in "stereotypes" on a web browser; there are hundreds of web pages. For an interesting look at stereotypes about America and Americans, written for student visitors to this country, go to:

Edu-Pass—The Smart Student Guide to Studying in the USA http://www.edupass.org/culture/