A Support to the “Integrated Study” at a Junior High School in the Local Community

Abstract

As a guest lecturer, I have been supporting the “Integrated Study” for the first grade students in Kawaguchi Junior High School for several years. The titles of my lectures in the recent three years are as follows: “Let's walk the promenades on the map of fantastic village, Kawaguchi” in 2008, “Let's explore the unexplored areas in Kawaguchi Village” in 2007, and “Let's make your nature trails in Kawaguchi Village” in 2006. At first, I gave my lecture on the culture and history of our home village Kawaguchi and its nature such as the low mountains, woods, rice fields, and rivers in the rural district of Kawaguchi. Furthermore, I taught students about wild birds, wild animals, and wild flowers in the nature of Kawaguchi Village. And then, students carried out research activities on various subjects in their community and reported their results by the end of second term.