| | |  | GIFT SETS | Home » » Liberty's Kids: Complete Series | | | | | | | Description: | | Caught on opposite sides of the Revolution, Benjamin Franklin's teenage reporters, American colonist James and young Englishwoman Sarah, confront the real physical dangers of war. As the conflict rages, James and Sarah are compelled to choose between their friendship and their countries, their understanding of good and evil, and the inherent dangers of war. Contains all 40 episodes. | | | Features: | |
• Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death Celebrate the History of The United Stated with this 6-DVD Set! The idea was to teach an audience of 7 12-year olds about the origins of the United States. The result was Liberty s Kids, a sophisticated animated drama placing its young central characters Sarah, James, and Henri and their friend, Moses, into key events leading up to the Revolutionary War, the war it
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Jill Anderson (VI), Vincent Lee Alston, Carl Beck, Terry Berner, Robert Berry (VI) | | Format:
| Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 6 | | Studio:
| Shout! Factory | | Run Time:
| 900 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| October 14, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 84 reviews |
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137 of 142 found the following review helpful:
Just what I've been waiting for -- October can't come soon enough!!Jun 25, 2008
By Phoenician
"Pheon"
See? What did I tell ya? Patience is a virtue, and I'm absolutely willing to wait for October to get the ENTIRE series of Liberty's Kids for the far-more reasonable price of forty-four bucks!
As I've mentioned in the Teacher's Edition, this is the far better deal out there (seriously, what teacher can pay 500+ dollars for ONE show? Is PBS really that unaware of most teachers' ridiculously low salaries? I don't know . . . maybe they expect "the school" to buy it for their library or something -- but which school would pay that much cash for a six-disc DVD set?)
So . . . on with my review of the series:
I've loved this show since I first saw it back in early 2003. During AP US History, this show actually helped incite curiosity and understanding for the complex period that is the American Revolution. It's also the series that made me curious into looking into American History deeper, and reading up on the finer details of America's birth.
The timeline, which features events from the Boston Massacre to the ratification for the US Constitution, is actually quite accurate -- they merely paint into the story the fictional characters of James (the teenage American-patriot), Sarah (the unsure British-loyalist), and Henri (the younger French-sidekick) alongside the historical Founding Fathers.
First airing on PBS, the 40 half-hour episodes are actually quite close to being a half-hour long each (with no commercials originally intended, we get to enjoy more story, as well as fun trivia breaks in between the main story, hosted by James, Sarah, Henri, and even Dr. Franklin).
Among other things to enjoy are the theme song, "Through My Own Eyes," as well as the wide range of voice actors (the cast ranges from Walter Cronkite as Ben Franklin to Billy Crystal as John Adams, with Governor Schwartzenegger, Whoopi Goldberg, Aaron Carter and many more familar voices from Hollywood).
So, yes be sure to buy this series, you won't be dissapointed -- it's wonderfully smart, historically accurate, and great fun for the whole family and you'll be surprised to actually learn loads from it . . . again, just be sure to order THIS one -- the one with the better price. :)
60 of 61 found the following review helpful:
Homeschoolers dream for American HistorySep 14, 2008
By just my 2 cents
As a Homeschooling mom this is been a dream come true. It provides the informations in a fun fact filled way that kids really understand what our founding fathers and our people went through to become the United States of America.
I would recommend it for kids ages 4-101! I love watching it too.
To get the complete series in one set is great because watching the individual episodes online at KEWL cartoons is hard because they only offer 5 at a time and generally out of order.
We own a few of the DVD's which were hard to find and we watch them over and over. So, I'm really thrilled to get the complete set all at once and I'll use it in my lesson plans for our Homeschool co-op too.
I know no one who buys this will be disapointed except if your a History Major or professor and you'd only be disapointed that it didn't last longer into the Civil War and the War of 1812.
Maybe they'll carry on at a later date.
My 2 cents thanks for the read.
25 of 26 found the following review helpful:
THRILLED to have this available!Aug 28, 2008
By Jomajoka
"mb"
I have waited a long time for this wonderful series to come out on DVD. My son was 4 when we first saw it on PBS. He was enraptured by the story lines and the history lessons which don't seem like lessons. Thus began his fascination in history and wars (as most boys are). He is now 10 and has a reputation in school for being a history nut giving his fellow classmates "quizzes" on history details and I give Liberty's Kids the reason why he is so into history.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Teens perspectiveOct 09, 2009
By Sarah E. Welch
I first saw this show when I was around 8 or 9 and LOVED it. I learned more from it then all the U.S. history classes I've taken at school (which have been many). Its a fun way of learning about history and you can better understand it through this series because, as a child, the characters are taking you back into their time so you see it from their point of view. It seems to be a very accurate series as well as entertaining. I think my parents even learned a lot from it. I'm now 16 and I can't wait to buy this series to brush up on my history. For the first time I actually enjoyed U.S. history. I recommend it to teachers for their classes and parents to show their kids.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
I am hooked and so are the kids!Mar 25, 2010
By A. Owenby
What a wonderful show this is! It kept our attention and educated us and was just a wonderful story line. I was REALLY surprised at how much viewing we had with this set. It has 15 hours worth of watching time! I can tell my kids will watch this over and over they are 4 and 8 and are just begging to be allowed to watch "just one more". I found that I was sitting on the sofa watching it with them. It truly brought history to life. We are homeschoolers as well, so it's a great way to take a break from a textbook to learn in a more exciting way. I believe this is a great addition to any home DVD library!! No regrets.
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