Ayla did a unit on Italy this month, and of course that touched on Pompeii. The book her curriculum provided was called 'Pompeii: buried alive'
And honestly it was quite graphic to my taste. But it didn't seem to bother her.

She wants to see a documentary on it. It's a 'movie type documentary on it called "pompeii: the last day"

It is NR (not rated) on netflix, and I am wondering if it is age appropriate for a 2nd grader who is almost 8.
Thanks :)

Well there is no really other documentaty I could suggest but this particular one has a real feel for the life and times of that city and the disaster that befell it. You may want to preview it or read a synopsis and review on IMDB where it has a 7.1 rating (rather high) and the content is not PG or R rated according to this review of the movie.

I download so many different BBC documentaties that I can attest that their films are very well researched and filmed usually on location with lots of experts and historians and archaeologists to help you see life back then. Shucks I may even have this in my DVD collection as I vaguely remember seeing it when I read the review.

Checking my DVD downloaded burned list I DO have this and I found it quite interesting and yes, there was NO gory bits to worry about, Jennie. Wonderful filming and narration. Think I'll dig it out and watch again.

Thank you hon :) we will watch it tomorrow. She is excited. I read the synopsis on IMDb. And the worst I could tell was it does show people trapped and 'buried alive' and it shows bones. But considering the second grade reader that we read showed pictures of the people being 'ashed on' and rocks falling, and then them buried in the ash, I suppose seeing it on screen won't be bad lol. And she didn't seem spooked.

I probably over worry about stuff like that when its real life stuff that really happened. She loves watching poltergeist and Jurassic park, but she also knows those aren't real. I wasn't sure how she would react to something scary that really did happen.
Hope all that made sense lol I think I rambled

It's been awhile since I watched it but I don't remember anything that would not be okay as long as you are watching it with her.

As for it being 'real', the events are but all the rest is fictionalized if that makes a difference to her.

Who knows this may foster a love of archeology in her. It is a very interesting field of study.

Ooh she already loves it. In fact I already tracked down a little archeology kit and metal detector and stuff for her birthday (toys are us rocks, they have everything!)
And I found this really cool set where the dino bones are buried and you have to dig them up and put the skeleton together :P