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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's important to me, and I learned so much from books growing up. I also took French starting in 7th grade.  That doesn't sound like a big deal today, but I grew up in a very rural area, with parents who'd never traveled outside the contiguous states.

I paid for a school trip by myself, junior year of high school, to France, Switzerland, and Germany.  And international travel is incredible for learning about new cultures.   I agree with the PP, though.  Not everyone can do that.   So, books, music, TV shows, movies, etc.  [b]I can give suggestions if you tell me the age range.[/b]

And Friends from different cultural backgrounds.  That's so easy in this area.  In fact hard to avoid.

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You did, and I missed it.

Books:

Esperanza Rising
The Name Jar
The Girl Who Loved While Horses
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Birchbark House
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian

Music:

I make an international music mix playlist and just play it in the car.  Right now it has:
Chaiyya Chaiyya (India)
Cumbia Sobre el Rio (Mexican, from Babel Soundtrack)
Cold Sweat, Angelique Kidjo (afropop)
Ya Rayah, by Rachid Taha, I think he's Algerian
Yom Wara Yom, by Samira Said  (Morocco)
Milya (Australian Digderidoo)
No Hay Como Mi Son (Cuban)
Papaoutai by Stromae (Rwandan/Belgian singer)

Movies:  It's a little scary, but they may like the animated film [i]La Leyenda de la Llorona

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Or for the older side of your age group, [i]Les Triplettes de Belleville[/i].
And again for older kids, [i]Whale Rider.[/i]
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