Nine-year-old Georgina Williams lives in Akropong, a picturesque town in Ghana's southern highland area. It's festival time, and as the program opens, the viewers see Georgina and her Uncle Kwame visiting the local kente weaver to buy her first ceremonial dress. Georgina then attends a festival party at her friend Anita Osuwu's house, where they play traditional Ghanian games such as "Bamba Bambariya" and "Ampe." Viewers visit the Okuapemman School,...

This program helps us improve our map skills, using the Upper Great Lakes States of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin as a guide. We learn about boundaries, how the Mississippi River and Great Lakes form natural boundaries, about the interstate highways that connect the cities. The three states share a common history and heritage, recognized by historic landmarks and sites that are represented by symbols on maps. We see the Capital cities of Des Moines,...