Giraffes
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Giraffes
Physique, habitat, socialization
The giraffe is a superlative mammal. It is considered the largest land mammal, has a neck up to two meters long and the pattern of its fur is as unique as the fingerprint of a human. The film shows the giraffe in its natural African environment, describes its diet and social behavior in a herd. Likewise, it gives clues to the decline of the species, and what population protection organizations can do to stop it. The film also traces the history of evolution. The evolutionary theories of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin and their location in science are explained and compared.
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Curriculum-centred and oriented towards educational standards
Matching
Ideals of Beauty
1. What Is Beautiful?
Peer Mediation
Lena and Max attend the 7th form. Max is new in class. During a break, Max notices that Lena and her friend are laughing at him again. Max loses his temper! He slaps Lena in the face. That hurts and Lena runs back into the classroom with a red cheek. The growing conflict between the two has escalated. Just like Lena and Max, every day pupils all over Germany have rows with each other. At the Heinrich Hertz Gymnasium in Thuringia, pupils have been trained as mediators for years. At set hours, they are in a room made available by the school specifically for mediation purposes. The film describes the growing conflict between Max and Lena and shows a mediation using their example. In doing so, the terms “conflict” and “peer mediation” are explained in a non-technical way. The aims of peer mediation and its progress in five steps as well as the mediators’ tasks are illustrated. The art of asking questions and “mirroring”, which the mediators must know, is described and explained. Together with the comprehensive accompanying material, the DVD is a suitable medium to introduce peer mediation at your school, too.
Tolerance
“Tolerance means being generous and kind to other people and helping them, too.”