| Roadtrip Nation | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Travel |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 13 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Roadtrip Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | 2004 – present |
Roadtrip Nation is an educational production company based out of Costa Mesa, California that produces the eponymous public television documentary series Roadtrip Nation.
The hub for the Roadtrip Nation movement is an informational and community-building website where students who have hit the road can create their own web pages within the Roadtrip Nation community; there, they can upload their daily blogs, interview transcriptions, travel photos and trip coordinates.
In the spring of 2008 Roadtrip Nation started a non-profit educational organization, RoadtripNation.org, to bring resources, insights, and inspiration from the road to middle school, high school and college students across the country. RoadtripNation.org develops curriculum and resources for students.
Their curriculum, The Roadtrip Nation Experience, is a 12-lesson plan based on both the theoretical and practical components of learning.[1]
With multimedia resources, students are connected to the vast Roadtrip Nation Interview Archive, which has been continually built since 2001 by Roadtrippers and includes interviews from all types of Leaders from all over the world. Roadtrip Scholars are also engaged with an interactive workbook, online exercises and activities.
In 2004, the first season of Roadtrip Nation aired on PBS. Destination Unknown followed three students from New Jersey driving along the West Coast. Among the interviews featured are Aspen Skiing Company CEO Pat O'Donnell, and Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Phil Marineau. By the end of 2005, more than 200 PBS stations had picked up the series. The show is currently in its 13th season.
