Foster Your Learner's Cultural Awareness with Human Stories

Are you a teacher or parent looking for engaging, thought-provoking, and inspiring stories that bring to life the subjects of Geography, History, Social Studies, and World Cultures? Or a lifelong learner who is intrigued with the human condition?

Today, cultural understanding is essential, yet most online curricula don’t include units on world cultures. Inspire your learners with custom cultural resources that feature real people describing their lives, their culture, and their identity.

People Are Culture is an educational platform that explores the definition of culture and its relevance and role in daily life, through people’s personal stories. With interviews and feature profiles, we reveal the meaning and relevance of traditions and customs, and demonstrate the real-life impact of historical events and social change.

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Diversity, Inclusion & Empathy

Being able to put yourself in someone else’s shoes has long been essential to human understanding, and our ability to co-exist. People Are Culture’s stories foster curiosity, empathy, identification, and respect. Now more than ever, as diversity and inclusion come under threat, it is essential for learners to have access to life stories and lessons of people from the world’s myriad cultures. People Are Culture’s stories celebrate our unique differences and our shared humanity.

People Are Culture enables students to engage directly with various cultures, environments, and societal dynamics, fostering a deeper understanding of individual and collective identities. Our lessons feature reported interviews and feature profiles, and original videos and podcast episodes.

Content of Integrity & Authenticy

People Are Culture’s content is based on original reporting and direct contact with all the cultural figures featured. Each story has been produced in collaboration with the individual profiled, who has reviewed and approved the piece prior to its publication.

Creating the content for People Are Culture has been the Labor of Love for Founder Meg Pier for close to twenty years. Meg’s credentials include 40 years as a journalist; corporate communications executive; educator; editorial consultant; and change maker.

In an era in which content is frequently created with the use of AI, and Google searches prioritize content from sources like Quora and Reddit, you can have confidence in the authenticity and integrity of People Are Culture’s material.

National Standards Aligned

Our content aligns with the ten National Social Studies standards, specifically:

Culture;
Time, continuity, and change;
People, places, and environments;
Individual development and identity;
Individuals, groups, and institutions;
Power, Authority, And Governance
Production, distribution, and consumption;
Science, technology, and society;
Global connections;
Civic Ideals And Practices.

Our materials beautifully fulfill the Standards’ objectives: empowering youth to be good citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world.

In addition to an ever-growing library of thoughtfully-crafted individual culture lessons available for purchase, People Are Culture offers access to its 160+ insightful articles with a $12 monthly subscription.

Enliven Your World Cultures Curriculum

People Are Culture”s real-life relatable stories provide a powerful learning experience by creating a heart-and-mind connection that broadens horizons and expands cultural awareness. You can sample our content with these free lessons, and purchase from our curricula collections and individual lessons!