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Program Length 18:00
Grades 4-6
Episode Title The Journey
Episode Description
The Journey - After children in the Exploratorium share folk dancing and artifacts brought to Wisconsin by their relatives, Miss White encourages them to focus on the journeys that different groups of people have made to new homes and new lives. First, the children meet Anna and Josif and their parents, Russian immigrants who chose to move to Wisconsin. They next meet Max, who visits the Milwaukee Public Museum with his brothers and mother to learn about their family's African heritage. Max and his family also reflect on stories about their own ancestors, wondering what it was like to be taken by force from West Africa to work as slaves in the United States. Finally, they meet Besart and his family, who talk about recently coming to Wisconsin to seek refuge from war in Kosovo. Between these visits, children in the Exploratorium create family trees, explore the Cultural Horizons of Wisconsin CD-ROM, and make a quilt portraying the many types of journeys made to Wisconsin. Keywords: Culture/Cultural Diversity/Ethnic Diversity/Multicultural Education/Wisconsin/Immigrants/Immigration
Note: Teacher materials available online.
Broadcast Air Dates
14-JAN-2010 at 10:31 am
13-MAR-2010 at 3:06 am
20-MAY-2010 at 10:31 am
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for this Episode
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