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SERIES Special Lessons | Chimpanzees Have Become Our Teachers?!

DC110013Documentary

課外授業 ようこそ先輩 | チンパンジーが先生になった!? [NHK]

|Length : 42min. |Year : 2000

Koichiro Yoshihara is a chimpanzee breeder. At the Chimpanzee Village at Tama Zoological Park, a total of 21 chimpanzees live there under the leadership of a boss. Mr. Yoshihara invites the children to the Chimpanzee Village and has them observe actual chimpanzee behavior. By observing rowdy chimps, mischievous chimps, flattering chimps and bullied chimps, the children learn that chimpanzees have individual personalities. On this day, what the children learn from the chimpanzees is "an attitude of respect" for other beings.

SERIES Special Lessons | Feeling the Color of the Island

DC110012Documentary

課外授業 ようこそ先輩 | 体で感じる島の色 [NHK]

|Length : 42min. |Year : 2000

Bokunen Naka is a woodblock artist who depicts the spirit of Okinawa. Despite being born on lush island, the children have had little opportunity to come into contact with nature, and so Bokunen takes the children to a forest to play. His aim is that they will create woodblocks with the images they have felt with their bodies and hearts, by touching soil, rocks and plants and smelling smells. The worlds inside the children's hearts become reflected in the woodblocks in vivid colors and designs.

SERIES Special Lessons | Kata Make People Laugh in Kyogen

DC110011Documentary

課外授業 ようこそ先輩 | 狂言の笑いは「型」でござる! [NHK]

|Length : 42min. |Year : 2000

Mansai Nomura is a "Kyogen" actor. In Kyogen comedy, thinks Mansai, each performance of feelings of joy and anger have a characteristic form of expression called "kata." He holds a workshop for the children to experience "Kyogen". To the traditional "kata," the children create the "Kyogen" production "Momotaro" while adding their own original inventions. The children are fascinated by the enjoyment of using their whole bodies to perform.

SERIES Special Lessons | Da Vinci’s Art Anatomy Classroom

DC110010Documentary

課外授業 ようこそ先輩 | ダ・ヴィンチ先生の美術解剖学教室 [NHK]

|Length : 42min. |Year : 2000

Hideto Fuse is an art critic known for his novel art critiques using materials such as anatomical charts and death masks. As he introduces the children to the anatomical charts of Leonardo Da Vinci, Mr. Fuse relates that the reason why Da Vinci was able to create numerous masterpieces was because in addition to his genius as a great painter he also had the eyes of an anatomist. The children practice dissecting a fish, and experience the miracle of the structure of living beings.

SERIES Special Lessons | Photos That Connect You to Me

DC119909Documentary

課外授業 ようこそ先輩 | 写真がつなぐ あなたと私 [NHK]

|Length : 42min. |Year : 1999

Mr. George Hashiguchi is a photographer who studies society and the times. The children bring in favorite footwear and articles of clothing according to homework assigned by Mr. Hashiguchi to look into one's favorite, for example, who produced it and where it is produced. Next, the children take portraits of all their classmates excluding themselves and produce their own individual memorial graduation albums. They communicate with each other by observing and interacting through the camera.

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