PBS is always coming up with more and more shows for children to watch after school. When I was in junior high, my brother, sister, and I would come home from school and watch a show called Liberty's Kids. This show took place in revolutionary times in the American colonies. The show teaches kids about the causes leading to the revolution, and how our nation developed into what we are today as an independent country. Each day was a new episode following the four main characters, one of which was Ben Franklin. The others were, Sara Phillips (a British general's daughter), James Hiller (an apprentice in Ben Franklin's print shop and orphaned as a child), Moses (a free black man also working in Franklin's shop), and Henri (a young French boy who Moses and James save after his parents die on the voyage to America). The show has small segments set in throughout the episode, comparing travel times from then and now, having special historical guests appear, and showing the differences in dress from the time periods. This show was so much fun to watch and was definitely educational for all who watched. It made the America's strive for independence easy enough for young children to understand. I have posted a link to watch one of the episodes of the show, and a youtube video with just the introduction.
http://www.kewlcartoons.com/show/watch/LibertysKids
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SDw4b7E32no
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