VIDEO ANALYSIS - School Cleaning

"Japanese Students Clean Classrooms To Learn Life Skills"

By David... and Maxi, of course.

​Video Analysis

Watch the video and take some notes

What was the video about?

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Did you find anything surprising in the video? What was it?
What is it that called your attention the most? Why?
Is there anything there that you think is not appropriate? Why?

Multiple Choice

In the video they speak of a core reason why students do their "O-Soji." Which could you say is that core reason from the options below?

• Because they love helping janitors

• To learn responsibility and life skills

• To prepare for sports events

• As a form of punishment

What emotions, values, and attitudes are evident?

How is it more than just cleaning?

Multiple Choice

At what age do Japanese students typically start participating in school cleaning activities?

• Only in high school

• After age 12

• From preschool

• From elementary school

Multiple Choice

How is cleaning viewed in Japanese school culture?

• As an academic subject.

• As a chore that is important, but it can be avoided sometimes.

• As a character-building routine

• As extracurricular work

How did watching this video change your perception of chores and cleaning responsibilities?

Do you think implementing a similar practice in your school would be easy to do? Why or why not?

What new habit or attitude could you adopt based on what you learned from the video? Explain.

Multiple Choice

What is one key benefit mentioned in the video of having students clean their school?

• A. It improves their grades

• It teaches teamwork and respect for shared spaces

• It replaces physical education

• It reduces classroom size

What are the potential long-term impacts—both positive and negative—of embedding cleaning responsibilities into the school day?

Prepare a monologue where you speak about your position regarding the question. Give arguments and examples to support your ideas.