Family Structure

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Bruce Parry with individual family members at their 'ger' in the Darhad valley.

Bruce Parry having travelled to a remote area in the northern Darhad valley in Mongolia is shown in the ger in the autumn camp with a family from the nomadic Darhad tribe. Shows day to day lifestyles and work by individual family members, with some help from Parry.
From: Tribe Darhad
First Broadcast : 31 January 2005

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 7-9,9-11,11-14

Subject : Geography

Topic : Contrasting areas, Ecosystems

Keywords : Darhad, Mongolia, Indigenous peoples, Nomadic tribes, Bruce Parry, Traditional ways of life, Migration

Notes : Use clip to compare family and daily lifestyle to lifestyles in own families. Could create a diary in the life of the family. Look at adaptations to cope with or to live sustainably within a particular ecosystem.

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