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Posted: Oct 28 2011 at 6:38pm | IP Logged Quote lapazfarm
I am looking for some travel videos to go along with dd's geography studies. Hopefully short and sweet to use as a quick intro to each country/region. I know Netflix has a bunch but I'm not sure which would be best for her age (10). I personally love the Michael Palin videos, but they are a bit long and boring for her.
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Hmm.... we are also searching for the same thing.

When we were studying Japan, our library had Big Bird Visits Japan to offer.

I thought- what the heck. Could be good, and it's bound to be kid friendly.
Probably lots of scenes from Japan, anyway.

Well... Not AT ALL what I thought. Very bizarre. Not bad... just way different than what I would expect from Sesame Street. My kids liked it.

There are other big bird travel shows... for those who dare....

all that to say: still looking

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I wonder if your library would have the "Families of the World" series? Each video/dvd is a short 30 minutes. They follow 2 families from that country--usually one urban family and one rural--so each segment is only 15 minutes long. We really loved loved these videos. They are fascinating to kids because they are about kids narrated by kids, and they are mom-approved because they give a good idea of how life is different yet similar in other countries.

Here is the amazon link for it (too expensive, I am sure you can find it cheaper or free!)

Here is the Families of the World link to teacher materials

And I found some snippets of the Japan videos on youtube, but only 2 minute segments.

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Posted: Nov 08 2011 at 12:40pm | IP Logged Quote lapazfarm
Found some!
Nat Geo (of course!) has a large selection of short video clips of all types, including travel videos that you can sort by region or country:Nat geo video clips

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MichelleW wrote:
I wonder if your library would have the "Families of the World" series? Each video/dvd is a short 30 minutes. They follow 2 families from that country--usually one urban family and one rural--so each segment is only 15 minutes long. We really loved loved these videos. They are fascinating to kids because they are about kids narrated by kids, and they are mom-approved because they give a good idea of how life is different yet similar in other countries.

Here is the amazon link for it (too expensive, I am sure you can find it cheaper or free!)

Here is the Families of the World link to teacher materials

And I found some snippets of the Japan videos on youtube, but only 2 minute segments.


WE LOVE THESE! We have ILLed them through our library. We usually get one when we hit a country in History and do a little exploring. The only downside to these is that the meals you see the families enjoying are so appealing to my children that I end up being asked to prepare a feast from that country.   

Lapazfarm, I am going to check out those clips! Thanks for posting.   

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