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Being in the Noh: An Introduction to Japanese Noh Plays

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the conventions used in Noh plays and write an introduction to a Noh play of their own. In this Noh play lesson, students identify the conventions of the Noh form and analyze the realizations the main character achieves....
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Sadako: A Tribute to a Girl with Cancer

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the story of Sadako, a young girl, who had leukemia as a result of a bomb being dropped on Hiroshima in 1955. They create a chain of paper cranes and design a fund-raising event. They write poems in the Japanese style of...
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You Too Can Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the country of Japan. In this international studies activity, students utilize their geography skills to locate Japan on a map. Students explore some Japanese customs and communities. Students use descriptive...
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How My Parents Learned to Eat

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify popular foods in Japan. In this social studies lesson plan, students read the story How My Parents Learned to Eat and discuss ways that the Japanese eat their food. Students research popular foods in Japan.
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Take a Seat: Exploring Chair Design

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students analyze chair design for its art. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze the art in the designs of chairs. Students complete image based discussion. Students complete three related projects.
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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 lesson plan unit. Feudal Japan with its traditional arts and culture is contrasted with current developments of the country.
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The House on a Waterfall

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students analyze Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house. in this architecture analysis lesson, students analyze the pictures of the home and discuss Wright's style. Students research the similarities and differences in Wright's work and...
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Silent Stories

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a pictorial narrative based upon John Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and the Japanese techniques of "lacquer jar" stories in this three-day Language Arts/Art lesson.
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Isamu Noguchi/Stone Sculpture

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the art and history of Japan and use it to help them conceptualize and create a work of art that reveals something about their own culture. They examine, interpret and analyze Noguchi's work and reveal information...
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Japanese Folktales for Children

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students study Japanese folkart traditions and culture through storytelling, class discussions, and a creative project. The project involves students creating drawings of a pre-selected folktale and putting them together in a class book.
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Art And The Afterlife

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss various cultures and their beliefs of the afterlife in this study of Japanese art. The final evaluation is done through the creation of student collages illustrating their beliefs of the afterlife.
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Animals in Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.
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Write a Tanka Poem

For Students 6th
In this Tanka poem worksheet, 6th graders analyze a Tanka poem for number of syllables and content parameters, then write one about a journey, real or imagined using the 6 step writing process.
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Traditional Japanese Garden Design

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils create a miniature Japanese garden that incorporates the elements of traditional Japanese aesthetics. They study the simplicity, asymmetrical design and incorporate traditional structures.
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Japanese Bookbinding Kit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils are introduced to Japanese bookbinding techniques. In groups, they compare and contrast the western style against the Japanese style. As a class, they make their own book binding to present the material in a more interesting way.
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The Japanese Kite Stories

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recognize the importance of making and flying of kites in the Japanese culture. They make up a story about themselves, their families, or just a story that was written by a third grade Japanese student when creating their...
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The Constitution on Trial: The Internment of the Japanese During World War II

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze primary source documents during the Second World War. Students recall statements of Japanese-Americans who were placed into internment camps during the war.
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Japanese Carp Kites

For Teachers K
Students listen to the story A Carp for Kimiko and discuss its theme/lesson. Then they identify and are introduced to the Japanese holiday, Children's Day, formerly known as Boy's Day. Students also design and create their own carp kite....
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Contemporary Japanese Relief Printing

For Teachers 4th
STudents identify and interpret relief printing and that the art of printing is not only an ancient art in Japan but a contemporary one as well. Students identify who Fumio Fujita is and his artworks.
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore their culture in comparison to Japanese culture by reading the book, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. They identify islands of Japan, create a Venn diagram comparing Japanese culture to American culture, and...
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Exploring Selected Haiku by Issa

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore poetry by Issa. In this haiku lesson, students discuss and list the attributes of Japanese haiku as the read poetry by Issa. Students write their own haiku following the criteria presented.
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Origami Paper Fun

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the art of Origami. They listen to various stories about Japan, create Origami shapes by following step-by-step directions, sing Japanese songs, locate Japan on a map, and take a quiz.
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Origami

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students investigate Japanese culture by creating origami.  In this Asian heritage lesson, students utilize the Internet to view origami tutorials which they use to create birds and other animals.  Students discuss what...
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Japanese Stone Lanterns: Culture and Decoration in the Japanese Garden

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students examine and discuss the many decorative elements in the Japanese garden. They learn about Japanese gardens and lanterns and create their own model out of clay.

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