Asian+Studies

In these videos, we see children in other countries going about their daily routines. What are the differences between their routines and yours? What are the similarities?

media type="youtube" key="eFXHiIxdKV0?version=3" height="360" width="640" We go to Bangkok to follow 10 year old Rakkiaet and his family, who live and work on a canal. Rakkiaet goes to school by boat, his brother runs a water taxi, his mother does her shopping at the floating market, and his father sells food from his boat to families along the canal.
 * Families of Thailand**

media type="youtube" key="AEvR06wZb50?version=3" height="360" width="640" School in Luzon, Philippines. Shahani lives on Luzon. Her school is large...5000 students who each wear a name tag.
 * Families of Philippines**

media type="youtube" key="Ezz00LiJIQo?version=3" height="360" width="640" 13-year-old Khim, lives with his grandparents on Cebu, one of the country's 7000 islands. He is a freshman at a school with 10,000 students.

media type="youtube" key="rlOX6AM_4fI?version=3" height="360" width="640" 10-year-old Lobzang Namgal lives in a monastery. It is his home and his school. Here he learns English, Tibetan, Math, and Philosophy.
 * Going to school in a Monastery, Tibet**

media type="youtube" key="yOAWrHCtyLI?version=3" height="360" width="640" In Ho Chi Minh City, nine-year-old Thanh Hong goes to school.
 * Families of Vietnam**

media type="youtube" key="AAye8XyMEas?version=3" height="360" width="640" In Vietnam, Anh Thu lives by the Mekong River with her family.

media type="youtube" key="YXPfWLVZoEI?version=3" height="360" width="640" Kun's mother and father grow bonsai in the mountains around their village near Ningbo. We follow Kun as he walks a half-hour to his school.
 * Families of China**

media type="youtube" key="N6hM_BPKtzc?version=3" height="360" width="640" Nine-year-old Qinbo and her family live in Ningbo, a port city in China.

media type="youtube" key="kmKooTkz46E?version=3" height="360" width="640" Morning routine in Japan. Nine-year-old Ayako lives in Sendai, Japan.
 * Families of Japan**

media type="youtube" key="_8ImmS-RwlA?version=3" height="360" width="640" Primary school in Japan. Ten-year-old Seichi lives on a farm near Furukawa, Japan.

media type="youtube" key="_K_VgsXDmzc?version=3" height="360" width="640" A primary school in India In Jamnagar, Gujarat State in northern India, we follow 8-year-old Raja as he attends school.
 * Families of India**

media type="youtube" key="JeDrniEf6_4?version=3" height="360" width="640" Preparing dinner in India.