Five Friends Across the Ocean
Like Duolingo, but for Five Friends Across the Ocean. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
Key ideas in Five Friends Across the Ocean
- Union Jack historical ties
- Colonial history of Australia and New Zealand
- Geography in flag design
- Global use of the Union Jack
- Flags can change over time to reflect a new independent identity
- Why Australia and New Zealand include the Union Jack in their flag designs
- A flag's symbols are a record of history, even if that flag is later replaced
- Identifying historical connections through flag symbols
- The UK established colonies in North America and Oceania
- Different English-speaking countries developed unique names for everyday objects
- Large numbers of British people migrated to these new territories
- Regional dialects evolved independently after people settled in new lands
- Local flavor and slang were added to English based on the specific environment
- How English spread from the UK to other continents
- Isolation from the UK allowed new words to form in different colonies
- How different regions developed unique vocabulary for the same concepts
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Five Friends Across the Ocean the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Why do nations like Australia and New Zealand still include the Union Jack on their own national flags today?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where Five Friends Across the Ocean takes you
Discover how five different countries—Canada, Australia, the UK, the US, and New Zealand—share a common history and a special bond. Explore the traditions, symbols, and stories that make these 'cousin' nations unique yet connected.
- 1
Spot the Similarities
- Flags and the Union Jack
- Why We Speak the Same Language
- Sports That Cross Borders
- How Our Governments Work
- 2
What Makes Each Place Special
- The First Nations of Canada
- Australia's Ancient Roots
- The Maori Traditions of New Zealand
- The American Revolution Story
- The Royal Family in the UK
- Wildlife Found Nowhere Else
- 3
How the World Changed Together
- The Story of the British Empire
- Moving Across the Sea
- Working Together in Modern Times
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Five Friends Across the Ocean is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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