(IS) “A dining table of the earth”

～They deepened the understanding about world countries’ situations through a food situation～

The 1st year students conducted “A dining table of the earth” which was the 3rd unit of “Learn about the world” in workshop style. Thanks to 10 lecturers includes staff of IVY, incorporated non-profit organization in Yamagata Prefecture and foreign students as same as the former “If the world were a village of 100 people”, the class was held smoothly with increasing students’ willingness and interests to learn.

Students made groups in each class and devoured the delivered pictures and discussed “Which country is it?”, “What kinds of features do foods have?”, “How is the family configuration?” “How much is the weekly food expense?”etc.

After a presentation from each group, the representative of students stated one’s impression. It included “Obvious things for Japanese are not necessary the obvious things for other countries.”, “I was surprised that the amount of food we ate was totally different in each countries.” We were able to think deeply about “What is true wealth?”, “What is the situation of Japan?”, “What is the international contribution which we Japanese can help?” etc.

This unit will link to “Trade Game”, the 4th unit of “Learning about the World”,“English Camp (3 days and 2 nights)” of the 2nd year, and “Study tour to Hong Kong and Macao” of the 3rd year systematically and developmentally.