Abstract:

Travel to India with Brazilian-born actress Sonia Braga, who explores how girls are typically educated in this largely Hindu country that is home to more than one billion people. || Recommended for grades 6 and up || Originally aired on Showtime Networks (United States) as a 10-part series, "What's Going On?" that portrays the daily struggles and hopes of children living in crisis: Boy soldiers in Africa toting AK-47s…Kids scrambling for garbage in a Rio slum…Cambodian girls maimed by landmines... each episode raises issues of human rights for discussion, writing, or research. The programs correlate with NCSS standards on the study of people, places, and environments as well as interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions. Hosts travel to each location with UN personnel to meet the children, tell their stories, and offer help through the world organization.