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Words in the News Japan Textbook Back in Spotlight

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners participate in vocabulary and word work activities before reading an online article. They concentrate on verb tenses and re-write a portion of their personal, school or country history that includes false information.
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Where Is Japan? How Far Is That?

For Teachers 1st
First graders use literature and hands-on activities with maps and globes to explain distance and tools used to measure distance. They select tools to measure various objects in the classroom, then apply those concepts to their map...
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East Meets West: The Art of Simplicity

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the influences of Japan on American life through this three instructional activity unit. Feudal Japan with its traditional arts and culture is contrasted with current developments of the country.
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Where Am I?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a Japanese folk tale called "The Traveling Frogs". They role play the story using puppets or costumes. They locate Japan on a map and discuss several geography topics. They independently write about ways they...
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Haiku and Beyond: Exploring Genres of Japanese Literature

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare and contrast the literature of Japan as they study the culture, history and geography of the island nation. They read various genres of literature, describe geographic and landform features of Japan, and find...
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You Too Can Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the country of Japan. In this international studies lesson, students utilize their geography skills to locate Japan on a map. Students explore some Japanese customs and communities. Students use descriptive language to...
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The Silk Road

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the geography of Asia from Xian to Istanbul. They explore the intricacies of ancient trade, including trade goods and policies. They study minorities within and outside of various Chinese and other Asian empires.
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If These Walls Could Talk: Seeing a Culture Through Human Features

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read Talking Walls and discuss the walls presented and their importance to the culture. In this geography lesson, students locate and label each country/continent discussed in the book on a world map. Students take a walk and...
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Literature

For Teachers K
Pupils listen and respond to poems about rain. Then they review the continent of Asia and the country of Japan. They listen to a Japanese folktale about a peach boy. Next they listen to a story from Germany about musicians.
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The Language of Love

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the images and idioms related to love in their own culture. They examine new rituals recently created in Japan by reading and discussing "Osaka Journal:Japanese Date Clubs Take the Muss Out of Mating."
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Worksheet 3. Names of Places

For Students 4th - 6th
In this geography worksheet, students write the geography words in the correct columns. The columns are "Continents", "Countries", and "Cities". There are 12 words on this page to organize.
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Tides and Currents

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and describe how currents are formed. In groups, they relate specific terms to the formation of currents and locate different currents on a world map. They also examine tides, how they are formed and how they are...
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General Knowledge Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this general knowledge worksheet, students attempt to answer 30 trivia questions on subjects ranging from art, geography, films, books and popular culture. The directions say to listen and answer. It is unclear how this is to be used;...
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Anagrams of World Cities

For Students 5th - 6th
In this geography worksheet, students read and analyze a list of 25 world cities in which the letters are scrambled. Students write the names of the cities, then match them to one of the countries listed on the page. Example: SOLO...
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Skyline Vocabulary Unit 2

For Students 11th - 12th
In this ESL worksheet, students read four vocabulary lists in alphabetical order and organized by topics. The topics include occupations, countries and nationalities, the Internet, and geography.
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Ancient Greece: Inquiring Minds Want to Know

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore world history by writing newspaper articles. In this Greek history lesson, 2nd graders investigate the geography and society of Ancient Greece by utilizing the Internet as a research tool. Students collaborate with...
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Natural Disasters

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students read the book "Tsunami!" and discuss natural disasters and how they can prepare. This instructional activity is much more than a study of tsunamis. The instructional activity is chock-full of ways to study the Japanese culture...
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Japanese Tsunami Worksheet

For Students 6th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer about the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Students should add information about challenges and responses to challenges presented by the tsunami. Students also respond to 2...
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You Too Can Haiku: How to Write a Haiku

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore language arts by writing their own poems. In this haiku lesson, students investigate the Japanese culture and their beautiful music, poetry and art. Students count the syllables in every line of a haiku poem and write...
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Getting Oriented

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the geography, culture, and philosophy of Asia using all five senses and information about China and Japan. This lesson plan is detailed and may take several days of in-class activities to complete.
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Asia Rising

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars view a short film about the economies of Japan and Korea after World War II. They discuss their challenges and succeses in building the economy. They also identify human costs of ecomonic development in those countries.
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Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars study various forms of poetry and the culture of Japan. They are introduced to a haiku- a traditional form of poetry and an art form in the Japanese culture. They write a haiku and create a student haiku booklet with the...
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Who's The Boss?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Upper elementary and middle schoolers research and analyze some different types of governments. Democracies, Monarchies, and Dictatorships are some of the types that are looked at. Learners use the Internet to gather information that...
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The Finer Things in Life

For Teachers K - 5th
Momoyama and Edo are periods in Japanese history that can be defined culturally and artistically. Learners explore and discuss how the samurai used sword guards and grip enhancers. Pupils read the story "The Inch-High Samurai," examine...

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