Country Profiles

 

Year published/aired: 1996-1998 ?

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 10

Grade: 3-8 ?

Genres: documentary

Sub-subject: geography, culture

Broadcaster:

Production company: ICEM, others

Story:

Editor:

Director: Rainer Hahn, John Dallavis,

Media: VHSx10, CD-ROM, DVD

Additional media:

Media publisher: Praxis Unterrichtsfilm (Germany)

Working material: Amy Rechner, others

Material publisher: Bellwether, Scholastic

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Kids and teens (10-14 yo) present their countries (US/Europe). Geography, traditions, food, economy, history etc. ICEM co-production (International Council for Education Media)

For more infos see the episodes. Infos and full transcripts (English+German) are available on praxis-unterrichtsfilm.de via archive.org

Episodes: (no specific order)

Heartland USA (1997) 17 min, Teens Anne and Lee live in rural Missouri (DVD Phoenix Learning Group), shopping, meeting friends,...

Postcards from Slovenia (Slovenske razglednice), German title: Postkarten aus Slowenien. 1998, 20 min, 14 yo Jana in Ljubjana

Finland, Meet three sisters (Suomi Finland), German title: Finnland: Drei Schwestern.  1996, 19 min (3 sisters, everyday situations)

A look over ... Portugal (Um olhar Sobre, Portugal), German title: Ein Blick auf ... Portugal.  1998 15 min (11 yo Joana, rural, Lisbon, History)

This is also Denmark (Det er ogsa Danmark), German title: Auch das ist Dänemark. 1997, 17 min, Boy Thomas, organic farm (pictured)

Adventure Austria (Abenteuer Österreich) 1997 19 min, 2 boys of Vienna (Lukas) and Tyrol (Peter)

Norway, rising from the sea (Som det stiger frem - et bilde av Norge), German title: Norwegen: ... und steigt aus dem Meer. 1997 21 min, portait of a family in Norway

Iceland (A midsummer's Journey), German title: Island: Eine Mittsommerreise. 1996 16 min, adventure story of a young girl

Switzerland, just a moment, please (Die Schweiz - einen Augenblick bitte!) 22 min 11 yo Eric lives in Geneve, relatives in Wallis

A Day in Germany (Ein Tag in Deutschland), 1997, 18 min, twin sisters Susanne and Kathrin about Christmas

Infos:

Also used in Norway titled "Land i verden" (Land i Europa) and in the USA, BFA Educational Media, Phoenix Learning Group.  Later also other countries in book series Blastoff! Discovery.