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Tuvalu: Children of the Islands

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Tuvalu is an isolated island located in the South Pacific. Due to its isolation, family members leave for long periods to work as crewmen on ships. These family members have returned to spend three months with their families. They fathers spend their time playing games and swimming with their children.

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Runtime: 13 minutes 21 seconds

Topic: Geography, Home and Family, Social Science
Subtopic: Family Life, Multiculturalism, World Geography
Grade/Interest Level: 2 - 5
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Release Year: 2014
Producer/Distributor: Film Ideas, Inc
Series: Children Of The World
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Small white ship with bottom deck that has open panels and an upper deck that has glass panels and is open above.The captain's bridge is on the top of the ship and has large windows on 2 sides. Caption. But even after our ship docks at harbor.

Boy sits on the floor drinking from a plastic cup. 2 people sit on a hand-built, rustic platform bed behind him. 1 girl smiles and the other has a cloth covering her. Caption. Sound of baby crying.

Person walking carries large baskets tied together with rope. 3 baskets are stacked and strapped onto the top of a pack on the person's back.

Closeup of a green map with 4 of China's regions outlined in white. Caption. You will find a lake over half the size of Seoul.

Landscape photo of an Andean slope covered with muddy rectangular salt pans. The pans are framed in white with accumulating salt. Each pan is a different color ranging from white to amber. Caption. And 10 of the mines belong to my family.

Aerial view of a blue ocean with a sprinkling of islands in the South Pacific to form Tuvalu. Caption. It is an archipelago of 9 islands.

Aerial view of a muddy river running through a village. A barge floats on the river and smaller boats are docked. Lush green fields grow in the background.