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Crossing Cultures: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Understanding: Increase your effectiveness in interacting with people of different cultures. You will gain a greater awareness of your own cultural background, as well as acquire tools to interact appropriately and effectively with people from a variety of cultures.; Take this course: Begins April 21.

Avenue of the Dead in Teotihuacan, Mexico: Three tourists walk down the middle of a dirt street between several very tall stone pyramids. The pyramids are constructed of various levels with steep stairs. Teotihuacan is the name of a Mesoamerican indigenous civilization and its grandest city, once the...; Format: image/photograph

Ecuador: A study of population: In this lesson, students will create population pyramid graphs and analyze photographs to investigate population in Ecuador. Students will draw on this analysis to make predictions about how population issues will affect Ecuador's future. The lesson plan is designed to be adapted to the study of various countries.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies); By Eric Eaton.

Tula ruins: Several stone statues stand in a stone plaza, while the ruins of other statues lie on the ground. The statues represent warriors replete with headdresses and armor. Tula, or Tollan, is the ancient capital of the pre-Columbian Toltec society. The city was in...; Format: image/photograph

Warrior statue in Tula, Mexico: Tall statues of stylized warriors stand in a stone courtyard. The statues are made of large stone blocks and display depictions of headdresses and armor. Tula, or Tollan, is the ancient capital of the pre-Columbian Toltec society. The city was in use from...; Format: image/photograph

Ruins at Tula: Multiple square supports stand in a courtyard of stone. The upper half of the supports is made of small, flat stones, while the lower half is covered in a coating of plaster. Apparently, at some point in the past the building that these supports supported...; Format: image/photograph

Sacrificial altar in Tula, Mexico: A low statue of a reclining man sits in the middle of a stone courtyard. The statue is beyond a shallow pool and in front of a raised platform, next to a stone support column. Some archaeologists argue that statues of this design were built to receive the...; Format: image/photograph

Angkor Wat: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 8; Angkor was the royal capital of the Khmer empire from 802–1431 CE. Angkor's long-lasting prosperity was based on the local abundance of three resources: water, fish, and the rice crops grown on soil nourished by...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Moat, guardian lion statue, and causeway into temple buildings at Angkor Wat: A carved stone lion statue stands on guard near a causeway over the huge water reservoir and moat surrounding Angkor Wat, the largest temple complex at the ancient city of Angkor. Angkor Wat, like many Hindu and Buddhist Southeast Asian temples, was designed...; Format: image/photograph

Population pyramids and us: In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn how a geographer uses a population pyramid to interpret the dynamics of a population. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics and Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

National population projections: In this lesson plan, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations about population projection, students examine the United States Census Bureau Web site to investigate national population projections from 1990-2100. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base: Statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for all countries of the world. This site is managed by the Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: U.S. Census Bureau, International Programs Center