Kennedy in NE Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 and if you do what are some of your favorites? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Theoretically, yes. :-) That is how I sold it to my dh! :001_smile: I have a list of movies that corresponds with our TOG studies and I have also watched several IMAX movies. But, mostly I just get fun movies for me to watch. Shhhhh. Don't tell dh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennedy in NE Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 LOL Mindy! I was thinking that this might happen with me as well!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titianmom Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 There are some History-related documentaries, etc on Instant view that we have used. There are also some science-related Nature episodes that can be useful. The only thing I'd caution is to watch them first. Some of the History ones aren't suitable to kids under HS level, IMHO. They can get into touchy subject matter, like violence and activities I don't need to be sensored for, ha! Anyway, it isn't like it didn't happen back then (the Middle Ages is a violent period, for ex), it's just you might not want your 7-yo watching it, you know? TM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 My son is 10, and we're doing ancient history this year. He watches probably an average of one history-related DVD a week, with occasional science stuff tossed in. Sometimes, we get things from the library or from our home stash, but the majority come from Netflix. Here's what's on my Netflix list for this year: Ancient Discoveries (2 discs) Ben Hur (1959) Chased by Dinosaurs: Land of the Giants Chased by Dinosaurs: Sea Monsters Chased by Dinosaurs: The Giant Claw Cracking the Maya Code David Macauly: Pyramid David Macauly: Roman City Egypt: Engineering an Empire First Emperor of China (IMAX) Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Greek Myths Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Lost Treasures of the World: China National Geographic: Birth of Civilization Origins: Earth Is Born (Nova) Origins: How Life Began (Nova) Prehistoric Park: A Mammoth Undertaking Prehistoric Park: Dinobirds Prehistoric Park: Saving the Sabretooth Prehistoric Park: Supercroc Prehistoric Park: The Bug House Prehistoric Park: T-Rex Returns Prince of Egypt (1998) Rome: Engineering an Empire Spartacus Story of 1 Ten Commandments (1956) As you can see, it's heavy on PBS, BBC, History Channel stuff, with some movies here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennedy in NE Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Thanks for posting, we just got Netflix too. So far the only thing we've used it for is dh to watch Sliders. :lol: I need to load up the queue with something educational. I think I put Spartacus on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Mom Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Yep, and I got my que list right here for TOG Year 2. My dc's loved the BBC series of Robin Hood. Of course, my dd had to comment that he was a "hotty." Where would she get that from? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testimony Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 OK, we just finished seeing disc 1 and 2 of Liberty Kids. We saw Life of Birds on watch instantly. We watched the Algebra video. I have on my queque Decimals/Fractions. I usually use it to watch old TV series like Happy Days. I also have watch old movies from the 1940s like an old version of Batman. They say a racial slur about Japanese in the film and my husband and I did not know it. We had to explain to the children that the film was made during World War 2. So, there was a hatred of Japanese in this country due to Pearl Harbor. It was a good thing that we were in Volume 4 of Story of the World so, they understood the reason for the comments. We've watched old versions of Superman. This 1940s version they never put the name of the actor who played Superman. It just said starring Superman, but what is really funny is the actor who played Butch in the Little Rascals is Jimmy Olsen in these movies. We had fun with those. Blessings, Karen http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/testimony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saille Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I second Life of Birds, add Life of Mammals, Life in the Freezer, and Life in the Undergrowth, and resoundingly approve of the Story of 1. I'll add more later, but those are standards at our house. Also, you can friend other homeschoolers and see what's in their queue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Yes, that's mainly what we use it for. My kids have seen all of The Life of Mammals, all of The Life of Birds, all of the different Walking With series (Dinosaurs, Prehistoric Beasts, Early Humans, and there's another one I forget), all of The Blue Planet, all of Life on Planet Earth, Life in the Undergrowth (about bugs), tons of episodes of Digging for the Truth (History Channel), half of In Search of the Trojan War, oodles of episodes of Nature (PBS), etc. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 and if you do what are some of your favorites? Thanks! I've been generally pleased with American Experience (history series from PBS), although I have found it necessary to pause the movie in order to discuss various statements in certain episodes. We watched most of Connections, which is an older show that discusses how different inventions and discoveries led to others which led to others. National Geographic's Inside the . . . series. We enjoyed the Secret Service and the FBI episodes (especially the extras with this). Netflix has many of the Standard Deviants series, although these are a bit old for my kids. But I have availed myself of the episodes of Between the Lions that they also have. Then we've also used it to watch various feature movies set in time periods we've studied. For example Waterloo or Master and Commander or Sergeant York or The Great Escape. I tend to keep a really big queue of movies because I put all the stuff I find interesting into the queue so that I don't lose the reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 We use it all. the. time. We're watching Terry Jones' Barbarians and Sister Wendy this week. My kids really liked the Crusades (also by Terry Jones) and they love all the Planet Earth and The Life Of series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 anything Nova, anything IMAX, lots of History channel specials, travel documentaries...it's a long list. Just punch in any subject of interest and you will find stuff you didn't know about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennedy in NE Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 (edited) Thanks again! I am going to sign up! Our local library system has a great selection but they don't always have what I would like as far as for homeschooling. I think Netflix will be a good resource for me. Edited January 7, 2009 by Kennedy in NE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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