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China's Earthquake: The People In The Pictures

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On May 12, 2008, at 2:28 pm, a massive earthquake struck China's Sichuan province, leaving 80,000 dead or missing and millions homeless. In the disaster's wake, China's government seemed to present a new face to the world by permitting increased media coverage, accepting international aid and expressing sympathy for the quake's victims. Was this the beginning of a new openness in China? And what is the future for the people of Sichuan? Looks at these questions through the stories of four survivors.

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Runtime: 44 minutes 27 seconds

Topic: Geography, Language Arts, Social Science
Subtopic: China, Government, Mass Media, Political Science
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2009
Producer/Distributor: Alexander Street Press
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Closeup of bronze medal with words National Geographic Society, 1888, appearing around a world globe. Caption. 1945-1989, The Cold War.

Senior woman wearing a striped blazer sits in a chair opposite camera with eyes downcast.

Teenage boy with his arm over a girl's shoulder as they walk down a school hallway. Text over the image reads, Carnel ranks in the nation's top 5% of public high schools in academics. Caption. People talking and laughing.

Silhouettes with gong and torch in foreground. Blue dragon, Nian, floats above mountains and buildings in background. Caption. Was frightened by loud noises, fire, and the color red.

A C, G, I rendering of an ancient machine within a framed structure that includes a wheel operated by several vertical and horizontal cogs.

Overhead view of the thousands of red clay sculptures of soldiers in China known as The Terracotta Army. Caption. "This formidable army of Terracotta Warriors."

Aerial view of a segment of the Great Wall of China with brown foliage on either side. Caption. "Work began on the Great Wall of China around 220 B, C."

People stand in lines with luggage at airport gates.

Rope and pulley bridge in China above a slow moving river.

Digital illustration of a green plain with huts, trees and a walled town. A river curves next to the plain in the background. Caption. May have unearthed the truth behind the myth of Xia.

Viewer Comments

Jodine T. (Olathe, KS)

February 12th, 2016 at 07:28 PM

My high school students became very empathetic towards the students spotlighted in this film. It certainly made the content of "Earthquakes" come to life. Thank you for this film! J. Trout
Anonymous (LONG BEACH, CA)

November 29th, 2015 at 09:25 PM

The students were riveted to the lives of what this national disaster did to its people and how the Chinese reported it and recovered.