Lawson Fusao Inada

High schoolers examine the attack on Pearl Harbor and how it changed the history of the United States. After watching a video from "The War", they discuss the characteristics of a "just war" and identify the laws in international...

The effect of cultural beliefs on the progress and industrialization of a society is an interesting idea to consider, and this is certainly true in this lesson on feudal Japan. Your young historians will read informational texts on...

Students explore the relationship between names and certain cultures and locations. In this identity instructional activity, students create family migration or immigration maps. Students read excerpts from When My Name was Keoko and...

Dazai Osamu’s short story, “A Sound of Hammering” is the focus of a three-day investigation of modern Japanese literature and life in post-World War II Japan. The events in Osamu’s story mirror those in his own life, and give a...

Looking for a lesson that teaches class members how to analyze nonfiction? Use Joseph McCarthy's famous "Enemies from Within" speech as a instructional text. Worksheet questions direct readers' attention to the many historical references...

Although this lesson plan covers the rather obscure topic of the Japanese "I-novel", it also includes a great deal of historical information and material for an in-depth discussion of universal literary concepts. Specifically, young...

Learners read and discuss "Japan's Refusal to Revise Textbooks Angers Neighbors." They discuss how accurately textbooks account for historical events, then collaborate to write unbiased textbook entries for current events.

Read and act out folktales, fairy tales, or myths from various Asian American cultures with your class. Each group reads a story aloud and then works together to create a short play or skit about the story. Suggestions for stories are...

What a great resource to share! Based on the book Lost Names by Richard Kim, this valuable instructional activity focuses on the Japanese occupation of Korea during WWII. Additionally, it employs first-person journaling as a mode of...

Students study a piece of Japanese contemporary history. In this democratic values lesson plan, students listen to their instructor lecture on the implementation of democratic government in Japan. Students respond to discussion questions...