“The World's Longest Street: How Sesame Street is Working to Meet a Diversity of Children's Needs Across the Globe”

• Event Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
• Time: 7:00 pm (CST)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Talk

Lecture by Dr. Charlotte Cole
Spurlock Museum Guild Lecture and Performance Series

For nearly forty years, Sesame Workshop has produced the pre-school television program Sesame Street. Today, Sesame Street airs in over 120 countries around the world and includes thirty co-produced international versions, such as “Takalani Sesame” in South Africa and “Sisimpur” in Bangladesh. Dr. Cole, Vice President of International Education at Sesame Workshop, will address some of the challenges and successes she encountered while working to localize the program with indigenous songs, puppets, and curricula for projects in Egypt, India, Northern Ireland, Russia, South Africa, and other countries around the globe.