CultureGrams Online

Let me help you! CultureGrams from ProQuest has articles by experts and members of different cultures, photos, videos, interviews, and even recipes from different countries! Find CultureGrams Online through your library's databases, and click on "Kids Edition," the green section on the upper left of the page. Ask your librarian or teacher for help with this part if you are new to library databases.

Follow along on the video tour of CultureGrams Kids Edition below to get an overview of the kind of resources you can find. Think about countries or topics that interest you as you browse. Browsing can help you select an interesting topic when you are ready to start your research.

View the next video to walk through a sample search, and learn search tips that will help you find what you need. Don't be discouraged if it takes a few searches to find useful information! This video will also show you how to download articles and photos, generate citations, and connect to Google Drive or Google Classroom.

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Now that you have found the information you need, you are ready to compose your report and share it with your class. Don't forget to cite your sources!

CultureGrams is updated by ProQuest editors and contributors every week to provide your you and your students with timely, accurate information and enrichment. You can also link to your Google account to easily save information to Drive or Google Classroom. CultureGrams also provides tutorials for database instruction and teaching activities to enrich your curriculum. Check them out here:

Training Resources

Teaching Activities

Common Core Standards with CultureGrams

Frequently Asked Questions

Created by Jacquelyn Tasker. Jacquelyn is a graduate student in the Master of Information program at Rutgers University. This Smore was created for 610:530 Search and the Information Landscape.

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