China: Summer School on the Road

60-Minute Documentary (2006)

Learning is a two-way street on this road trip. UC Berkeley students, Nick Bowen and Courtney Horstman, travel through Shandong Province together with eleven Shandong University students their age. They stop along the way to teach impromptu English classes to their peers, and in the process learn the history and culture of this historic region by visiting the hometowns of these Shandong natives.

This learning exchange provides Nick and Courtney with the rare opportunity to explore a variety of lifestyles, and see China through the eyes of their new-found friends. On their first trip to China, not only do Nick and Courtney visit historic sights of Confucius’ birthplace, they are also invited to share meals with students’ families in their homes.

: Nick and Courtney teach their first class in China, at Shandong University

: Class near the bubbling water at Baotu Spring Park in Jinan

: Boarding the bus to begin the learning adventure

: Guo Jun’s family home outside Tai’an, the city at the base of Mount Tai

: Nick and Courtney learn how to make dumplings from Guo Jun’s family

: Before and after shots… see the improvement?

: Yang Rongqiu about to ascend 6,000 steps to the top of sacred Mount Tai

: Early morning English class at the top of Mount Tai

: Bridges at the Confucius Temple

: Door way at the Confucius Temple, in Qufu, Confucius’ hometown

: Class on boats among the lotus flowers at Weishan Lake

: Nick and Courtney enjoy a lunch of seafood on this houseboat with Cao Zhi’s family

: Nick learns the craft of kites and puts together this Goldfish at Yang Village, birthplace of kites

: After learning to make kites, Nick and Courtney test their craft in the sky

: This woodblock print will take 5 months for this master carver to complete

: Students repeat “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” at this class held in Mou Pengtao’s family apple and pear orchard in Yantai

: Class on the beach in Yantai… the perfect setting to practice tongue twister “Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.”

: Nick and Courtney conduct class on slabs of marble used for elaborate carvings at Sun Qian’s family home in Laizhou.

: Students add tears to the Yellow River in their sentimental goodbyes at this last class.

: This is… “SUMMER SCHOOL ON THE ROAD”!

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Title: Summer School on the Road Length: 60 minutes Format: DVD  Production Year: 2008

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