Sesame Street Global Grover

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TITLE	CURRICULUM GOAL(S)	BRIEF SUMMARY


BANGLADESH FISHING	- Cultural Appreciation - Family and Home	Grover visits Bangladesh where he learns how to fish with a basket and net.

BANGLADESH TOY MAKING	- Cultural Appreciation - Visual Art: Create	Grover visits Bangladesh and learns that pople can make amazing things out of coconut leaves.

ENGLAND CRICKET	- Cultural Appreciation - Physical Movement - What the Body Does	Grover visits England and learns how to play the game Cricket.

FRANCE FRENCH MARKET	- Cultural Appreciation - Healthy Foods - Food and Culture - Family and the Home	Grover visits Paris, France where he goes shopping for food at a French market.

INDIAN- AMERICAN FAMILY	- Cultural Appreciation - Food and Culture - Visual Art: Create	Grover arrives wearing an Indian vest and holding an Indian board game called Carrom. He has just come from Queens, where he was visiting his Indian-American friend. The segment cuts to a live action film of an Indian-American boy named James. He talks about how great it is to be Indian-American, because he gets to learn about things from two different places. Not only does he like to play baseball, but he likes to sing Indian music, read Indian stories, play Indian games, and eat and make Indian food. When the film is over, Grover attempts to play Carrom with a Muppet elephant. The elephant tries to move the pieces into the corner pockets with his trunk and they fly everywhere. One does go into Grover's vest, though, and the elephant claims that he won the game.

NETHERLANDS BIKING	- Cultural Appreciation - Physical Movement - Task Persistence - Self-Confidence	Grover has just come from the Netherlands, where many people ride their bikes to get where they are going. Grover tries to ride his own bike, but can't seem to get the hang of it. Maybe he should start slowly like they do in the Netherlands. The segment cuts to a live action film of Grover's friend Madelief. She is almost four-years-old and she is going to learn how to ride a bike by using a walking-bike called a "loopfeits", which is like a regular bike but without pedals. When the film is over we return to Grover who has made his own walking-bike.

TIBETIAN FAMILY	- Cultural Appreciation - Appreciating Foods - Animals	Grover has walked all the way from Tibet carrying a cup of yak's milk tea. Gladys the cow comes in surprised, because she thought that milk only came from cows. The segment cuts to a live action film of Grover's friend Ling from Tibet. Her mom is milking a yak. They take the milk and churn it until it is thick and tasty. Ling and her family use the yak's milk in their tea, which the family really likes to drink. At the end of the film, Gladys has learned that milk can come from yaks, too.