Research Springboard
To help get you started on your topic, below are some reliable websites and databases.
EPIC - a compilation of databases for NZ students
Username: cuthberts Password: 42cuthberts
After finding information through EPIC, check the information against another site like:
EPIC - a compilation of databases for NZ students
Username: cuthberts Password: 42cuthberts
- Britannica School Middle
- National Geographic Kids - try refining your search by selecting "Explore Topics" and then "People and Cultures"
- World History - this can be a little overwhelming, so try searching in one particular Encyclopedia eg - Cultures and Daily Life
After finding information through EPIC, check the information against another site like:
- Yao (Vietnamese) - New World Encyclopedia
- Tibetan - BBC Bitesize
- Amish - Elizabethtown College - Amish Studies
- Maasai - UNESCO - Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Inuit - (please note, there is little on Inuit Rites of Passage). Countries and their Cultures
- Afghani - Countries and their Cultures
- Hasidic Jews (or Traditional-Orthodox) - Encyclopedia.com
- Reform Jews - BBC Bitesize
- Nepalese - New Internationalist
- Japanese geiko (or geisha) - New World Encyclopedia
- Native American Indians - Encyclopedia.com
- Niuean - Rotorua Museum
- South India eg Hinduism - BBC Bitesize
- Norway - Countries and their Cultures
- Irish Catholic - Countries and their Cultures
- Jordan - Countries and their Cultures
- South Pacific (Pentecost island) - Countries and their Cultures
- South America - US Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Hamar (Africa) - Express news article
- Zulu - Encyclopedia.com