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1、TheCovestudyguidebyRogerStitsonSynopsisInthe1960s,RichardO’Barrywastheworld’sleadingauthorityondolphintraining,workingonthesetofthepopulartelevisionprogramFlipper.Dayinanddayout,O’Barrykeptthedolphinsworkingandtelevisionaudiencessmiling.Butoneday,thatall
2、cametoatragicend.TheCove,directedbyLouiePsihoyos(rhymeswithSequoias),tellstheamazingtruestoryofhowPsihoyos,O’Barryandaneliteteamofactivists,filmmakersandfreediversembarkedonacovertmissiontopenetrateahiddencoveinJapan,shininglightonadarkanddeadlysecret.The
3、mysteriestheyuncoveredwereonlythetipoftheiceberg.CurriculumlinksThisstudyguideismainlyaimedatmiddleanduppersecondaryschoollevels,withrelevancetoEnglish,MediaStudies,EnvironmentalStudies,Science,LegalStudies,History,SOSE,Ethics,PersonalandInterpersonalDev
4、elopment,BusinessStudies,Economics,Politics.BackgroundBeforeexaminingimportantissuesandthemesraisedbyaviewingofTheCove,andofthenatureandstructureofthedocumentaryfilmitself,weshouldfirstgainsomebackgroundknowledgeoftopicssuchas:thelonghistory,cultureandtrad
5、itionofthefishingindustryinTaiji,inJapan;thehistoryandroleoftheInternationalWhalingCommission(IWC);andeventheworld-widepopularityandinfluenceuponaudiencesofthefamousAmericanchildren’stelevisionseries,Flipper.Taiji•!DrawamapofJapan(orspecificallytheJapanesei
6、slandofHonshu),markingthelocationofthesmalltownofTaiji,intheprefecture(orgovernmentaldistrict)ofWakayama.(Ifyouhavetroublefindingit,searchGoogleMapsontheinternet.)Toplaceintogeographicalcontext,alsolabelTokyo,Hiroshima,Yokohama,KobeandNagoya.Markthelocati
7、onofftheHonshucoastofthePacificOceanandtheSeaofJapan.•!CarryoutappropriateresearchthenwriteashorthistoryofTaiji’sassociationwithwhaling,extendingbacktothesixteenthcentury.Explainwhy,inthepast,thecitizensofthegeneralregionhavehadtorelyonwhalingfortheirlive
8、lihoodandfoodsupply.Forexample,whyhasn’tagricultureofthelandbeenaviablelocalindustry?Explainwhethertheannualdolphindriveisalong-standingtraditionalevent,orwhetheritisrelativelyrecent.InternationalWhalingCommission•!Researc