Explore the following topics related to Japan; society, economy, politics, technology, population, consumerism, exports and foreign policy.
Producers: Classroom Video
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Juggling Roles
Natalie (26) works as an accountant 4 days a week. Her husband Rob works as a chef on two days. They have 3 children: Hannah (7), Byron (5) and Joshua (1). The program focuses on how Natalie juggles her work and parenting roles. We see her doing ‘reading’ in Hannah’s classroom, running a playgroup, taking care of her children on her one day off in the week. The rest of the week her husband looks after the kids except for Wednesday when they both have to work. On this day they rely on informal child care arrangements, but sometimes things don’t run according to plan……
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Shakespeare – King Lear
Family, Politics and the State. A look at Lear from a modern feminist point of view and opening up discussions in class about gender roles in Shakespeare’s text. Investigating the famous tragedy through different perspectives. This video juxtaposes the Text as performed, against specially written scenes to illustrate the issues of Family from a character perspective. By focusing on the characters of Lear’s daughters, you can see how family politics as played out in ‘King Lear’ are at once profound and enduring.
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Knights and Castles
For five hundred years, castles held the key to power and dominated the landscape. This video looks at why they were built, life inside them and the reasons behind their demise. It covers: castles – their defense, layout, great hall, the keep, the moat; castle life – food, cooking, medicine; knights – jousting, knighting ceremony, feasting; combat and armor; war – battle of Tewkesbury( re-enactment); the end of castles – attack strategies, the advent of gunpowder.
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I Came, I Saw, I Redoxed
Cesium and his legion of Atoms set out to conquer the world. Unfortunately, he is attacked by oxygen and water. Mg, Fe and Na are oxidized. In a series of encounters/reactions many of the atoms are oxidized and reduced. We explore the activity series of metals. Cesium repairs the damage with Hydrogen, Carbon and Electrolysis.
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Persuasive Language
An informative and entertaining dramatization in which a young person, Kylie, learns some of the techniques of persuasive language at Roland’s School of Persuasion. Roland introduces the different techniques of persuasion, which Kylie then role-plays. Each of the following language techniques is illustrated with a short example : suggestive selling; emotive Language; connotations; analogies; generalizations; exaggeration; card-stacking.
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The Nature of Economics
North American Version. The economic problem arises because people have unlimited wants, but limited resources with which to satisfy them. We investigate the characteristics of wants and resources, and the principle of Opportunity Cost, and it’s application to everyday life.
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Impacts of Globalization
This video investigates: economic growth and development; contrasts in levels of development in the global economy as outlined by the United Nations Human Development Report, and reasons for the differences; international convergence (the move towards market economies); the role of trade, investment and trans-national corporations in the global economy; environmental consequences of globalisation.
Case Study – The impact of globalisation on the Republic of Ireland, and the strategies that are being used to promote economic growth and development. -
Conflict in Indochina
Why was the US in Vietnam, and why did they lose the war? This video deals with outcomes of the 1956 Geneva conference,”Americanisation”, strategies and objectives of both sides, the assassination of Diem, the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, the Tet Offensive and the “Television War”, “Vietnamisation”, the peace movement, the peace agreement, the withdrawal of US troops, and the collapse of the South.
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Life under Adolf Hitler
In Germany between 1933 and 1945, every aspect of life was influenced or affected in some way by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party. In some cases, this worked for the betterment of the average German – ordering economic effort, stimulating industry, creating employment, improving standards of living, and re-igniting a sense of pride in the nation. In other cases totalitarian control directed the nation down paths which had an opposite effect. Through the use of rare historical footage from archives around the world, this video succinctly portrays the essential nature of life under Adolf Hitler, in all its major guises.