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Mystery of the Senses—Smell
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Viewing Ideas
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Before Watching
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This program explores the importance of smell in forming
memories around events or places. Ask students to share the
memories they associate with smells in a variety of locations
such as a kitchen, church or temple, hospital, bathroom,
bedroom, attic, basement, classroom, locker room, hardware
store, delicatessen, fast food restaurant, fishing pier, beach,
forest, or a new or old car. Have students keep a log of smells
over the next day or two. Instruct them to record all the
different smells they notice and to name all the associations
they have with the smells.
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Discuss some of the ways that we are trained to judge people and
things according to how they smell. What smells are we trained
to think of as "good" smells or as "bad" smells? As they watch
this episode, ask students to pay close attention to different
cultural values of smells.
After Watching
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Discuss the adjectives we use to describe smells and the
smell-centered metaphors we use to describe people and
situations, such as "there's something fishy going on here."
Instruct students to write a poem or a short story including
this type of language.
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