Created for teachers, Windows & Mirrors, Cultural Jambalaya’s first educational video, highlights people and cultures throughout the world using global images. Combined with a free online study guide, the video is a resource for Middle School and High School teachers to engage students in a variety of subjects, including social studies, geography, history, diversity and language.

Windows & Mirrors showcases intriguing global cultures

• Historic Middle Eastern region – Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Turkey.
• Exotic Asia – China, Japan, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar.
• Colorful India – from the Taj Mahal to the Ganges River.
• Mythical lands of the last Shangri-La – Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Yunnan.
• Unchanged tribal cultures – Amazon, Namibia, Myanmar, Ghana, South Africa.
• Emerging economies – Russia, Eastern Europe, India, Africa, South America.
• Stunning environments – Africa plains, Arabian deserts, South American jungle, Papua New Guinea rainforest, Himalayan Mountains, Galapagos Islands.

Windows & Mirrors: AFRICA showcases African people and their cultures, rituals and religions. To begin to break down cultural barriers, the video asks students to admire and value each other’s similarities as well as their differences. Designed to stimulate discussion, the video highlights the diverse, historic and traditional cultures of Africa – from Casablanca, Morocco in the desert north, extending south to the continent’s tip in Cape Town, South Africa.

Features include:

• Fascinating indigenous cultures of the Himba, Ashanti, Bushman, Maasai, Zulu, Ovambo and Dogon peoples
• The blending of religions, such as Christianity and Islam with traditional spiritual practices
• Spectacular herds and migrations of animals that star in the most extensive wildlife show on earth
• Historic sites from ancient mosques in Timbuktu to kasbahs in Marrakech and slave castles in Cape Coast
• Colorful rituals and festive ceremonies that celebrate birth, death, marriage and initiation
• Iconic landscapes of Ngorongoro, Serengeti, the Arabian Desert and the Great Rift Valley