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Who am I? Bookmaking
Students explore the process of bookmaking that has its origins from many different international cultures. The multicultural symbolism represented by the medium is utilized by students to expres their identity.
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Social Studies: Debating Aid to Micronesia
Learners simulate a debate about continued U.S. aid to the Federated States of Micronesia. In two large groups, they research the history of Micronesia and how it was affected by colonization and trusteeship. After the debate, students...
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Do You Judge a Book by Its Cover?
Students cut pictures out of magazines that relate to their lives, glue them on bags, and share with classmates.
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Garden Guard
Students design and create scarecrows. They write descriptively about the scarecrow for a classroom scarecrow show.
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Taoism
Students identify and interpret Taoism. Students gain knowledge of various eastern philosophies. Students transfer knowledge gained using the higher order thinking skills for analysis. Students identify the key figure in Taoism....
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Oral History Memoirs of American Experiences in Japan
Students identify the process of producing an oral history/documentary. Students analyze and synthesize information and memoirs as a valuable tool for exploring the past using primary resources. Students differentiate facts of historical...
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Studying Pillow The Book
Students investigate the content of The Pillow Book. They conduct research and complete journals about the readings. There are target questions to guide the writing and reflection process.
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Parts of Speech
For this grammar worksheet, students focus on the various parts of speech. Students respond to 10 multiple choice questions in this online interactive worksheet.
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Japan: New Year's Day
Learners discover how New Year's Day is celebrated in Japan. In groups, they create their own versions of Japanese kites using materials available to them in the classroom. They discover the signifigance of the kites to their culture and...
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Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Relocation Camp Experience of Estelle Ishigo
Eighth graders study World War II through art.
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The Clothing of the Buddha
Students discuss the idea of cultural diffusion by examining how the sculptural portrayal of the Buddha's clothing evolved in Japanese and Chinese art. This activity concludes with a group project and presentation.
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Dragons Of China And Japan
Students create drawings of dragons that could be found in the art of Japan or China. The lesson involves two-days of instruction and leads to student examples of dragons four-times larger than the originals.
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The Floating World
Students explore through art and literature the social mores and ideals of beauty during the Edo period (1615-1868) in Japan. This lesson plan includes resource links and possible lesson plan enrichments.
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Ukiyo-e
Students investigate and examine ukiyo-e, or Japanese woodblock prints, from the Edo period (1615-1868) in Japan and use this gained knowledge to compare Japanese culture to American societal trends.
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Water Quality
Students investigate the properties of oil and water by making marbleized paper. They examine fish species by making Japanese fish prints and 3-D cardboard fish. They create posters that present messages about conserving our waterways.
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Shigaraki Pottery
Students write position papers from the point of view of a Shigaraki art collector in this lesson on pottery techniques found in Japan between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.
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Haniwa
Learners use non-fired clay and posterboards to create and display examples of Haniwa and kofun in this exciting lesson plan for the Social Studies, Humanities, Asian Studies, or Art classroom.
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The Medium And The Message
Students compare and contrast Buddhist sculpture in varying materials through in-class discussions and small cooperative learning groups. This lesson includes possible lesson extensions.
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Online Project Center
Students write two haiku poems in appropriate form. Writing haiku allows students to practice in the skills of dividing words into syllables, counting syllables, and searching for words to fit a structure.
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Feudal Japan: Shogun
Learners discuss the position attained by the shoguns of feudal Japan, who replaced the emperor as the main source of political power and examine how this power was reflected in art.
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Conversing with an Object
Students analyze museum artifacts and create conversations between these inanimate objects using prior historical knowledge. In this museum artifact lesson, students create theoretical dialogue between historical artifacts in order to...
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United States-Japan History
Learners compare the histories of Japan and the United States by creating horizontal time lines of the two countries. They conduct research via the internet and available text books to complete their time line. The class discusses the...