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Bringing the WORLD to Your Classroom with Virtual Field Trips & World Culture Curriculum
How It WorksA Complete Cultural Arts Program, Ready to Teach
World Culture in Context gives teachers a fully designed cultural arts experience. We provide complete world culture lesson plans, featuring a short documentary-style video, a standards-aligned art and music curriculum, and a live, moderated virtual classroom visit with a working artist. Enhance your international classroom activities—students don’t just learn about a culture, they meet someone living it.
Program Details
Before the Visit
Watch a short documentary of the artist and engage with pre-visit music and social studies classroom activities. Ideal for specialized units like Black History Month music lessons or Hispanic Heritage Month lessons.
Virtual Visit
Meet the artist via a moderated Zoom session. These live virtual field trips allow students to ask questions and learn directly from world-class artists, serving as an interactive alternative to traditional school assembly performers.
After the Visit
Students reflect on their own cultural identities through follow-up art activities and a project inspired by the artist's practice. Our multicultural music education resources make integration into your existing syllabus seamless.
What Teachers are Saying About Our World Culture Curriculum
This program allowed my students to connect with an elder artist and learn more about their tradition and culture. My students enjoyed the pre-visit activities, including creating music with found objects from where we live.
Abigail Shell, Elementary School teacher in Baltimore, MD
Jontavious … really brought the curriculum to life… He even made a song up on the spot using student suggestions! My students loved it and asked if he was coming back!
Sarah Tiede, Middle School Chorus teacher in Lewisburg, PA
The Barrier Island Center has loved partnering on the World Culture in Context program. Through the marvel of technology, Eastern Shore of Virginia students from both public and private schools enjoyed virtual visits with artists from all over the globe!
Sally Dickinson, Cultural Center in Machipongo, VA
Ready to get started with our world culture lesson plans?
Download the Program Guide to learn about pricing, scheduling, and how to find the right world culture performers to enrich your art curriculum or folk music curriculum.