Tea Party for Kids: “Pups of Liberty” Trailer
By W. E. Messamore on 10/24/2012 in american revolution, cartoons, children, government, History, taxes, tea party, television with 12 CommentsRead Time: < 1 minute
This is actually pretty cute and the production values aren’t bad…
“Pups of Liberty” Trailer:
What cracks me up is how they pit dogs against cats.
“NO laws without paws! No laws without paws!” <– lol
Teaching children about American history and government is important. Do you think a film like this is a useful tool toward that end, or mostly just entertainment?
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12 Comments
Matt Metzner
10.24.2012
@mmetzner
I look forward to the dog version of hankforsenate.com running on a no laws without paws platform.
W. E. Messamore
10.24.2012
@W__E__Messamore
hankforsenate.com
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Chad Peace
10.24.2012
@Chad_Peace
I don’t know how you find this stuff Wes…lol
W. E. Messamore
10.24.2012
@W__E__Messamore
People just email it to me. I get so much of this stuff, lol.
Lucas Eaves
10.24.2012
@lucaseaves
I think that it is a good way to introduce historical facts to children. But simply putting the King of England and the British as cats , and american as dogs (and we know how much american love dogs) is a bit too black and white. Because the dogs were cats a few generation ago.
W. E. Messamore
10.24.2012
@W__E__Messamore
Yeah it’s kind of historically misleading, isn’t it, Lucas? Guess that might answer the question. Not necessarily such a great education tool. Pretty entertaining though.
W. E. Messamore
10.24.2012
@W__E__Messamore
Then again, many of the revolutionaries saw themselves as unique and different from their cousins over the Atlantic, and believed the differences were only becoming more pronounced. Maybe they saw themselves as just as different from the British as dogs are from cats. Jury’s still out for me on this one…
Blake Bunch
10.24.2012
@blakebunch
Did you guys ever read “My Brother Sam is Dead”? Definitely aimed toward an older audience that this though.
Alex Gauthier
10.24.2012
@alexg
cute? yes. informative? not so much
Terri Harel
10.24.2012
@tlharel
I’m not sure how I feel about this kind of indoctrination; it is a bit creepy and reminds me of world war II propaganda or something along those lines.
Zachery Abramson
10.24.2012
@zabramso
I think that film can definitely be a useful tool, but a minute and a half long video is an oversimplification. That this point I think it leans more towards propaganda because of the allegory it’s creating. Pup giving out newspapers is an obvious symbol of freedom of the press.
Wendy Kelly
12.06.2012
I think it is wonderful to put history in terms the children can understand. As a child I was so bored by what my history teachers tried to teach…much forgotten.