Communities: Around the World, Around the Corner
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"What is a community? This video provides some answers. Gain a new perspective on yourself and the world when you see this intimate view of three different communities around the globe. See the relationship between people and their environment."
Where in the World Are We?: Mapping Skills
This video is in the On-Core collection.
"Young students need to have a frame of reference so they know exactly where they live in this big place. In this program specifically, students learn that a globe is a spherical model of the earth. Our two hosts introduce important terms such as country, hemisphere, continent, ocean, equator, North and South Pole and more. Students will begin to recognize that the world is made up of countries, continents and regions including the fact that Canada is on the continent of North America. The program will also give students an understanding of the relationship between climate and location."
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"In Global Wonders, join all of our family and friends for a fun day at the park. Through fun group activities kids students will discover new customs, music, languages, and lifestyles from around the world. Build a Blarney "sand" Castle with Brianna, sing happy birthday in Spanish with Marisa, taste Japanese kara-age with Rina, and play the ney with Amir."
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"Cultural Diversity video that helps students understand how society and culture influence our choices and decisions of where we live. A home does much more than fulfill our basic physical, emotional and social needs in housing. Individual needs and wants also greatly influence the places we call home. Follow along as multicultural students and a housing expert present and discuss "understanding housing choices." "
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"Noah and Mustard are lost in the forest and need to find out how to get home, but all they have is a map that they don’t know how to use! Can you help them? This Miniclip introduces maps and their purposes and how understanding the scale, compass, and legend (or key) allows us to read any map we come across."
"This is the inspirational tale of a small boy's mission to help those less fortunate than himself. Ryan was just six years old when he learnt that not everybody in the world has access to clean water."
The Cardinal Directions Geography Song
This song will help you remember the Cardinal Directions. Includes a link to lyric sheets, maps, and extra learning activities.
Say hello to children from diverse backgrounds, from Japan to South Africa to Brazil to India.
