Japanese Landscapes

High schoolers create artistic representations of various cyclical patterns after analyzing the importance of cyclical psychology in Japanese culture. This lesson can be done in an Art class or as part of a unit in a History or Language...

Students examine how the Japanese peasant was depicted in art in this high school lesson plan about Asian cultures. Emphasis is placed on individual observations and written reflections.

Learners analyze Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house. in this architecture analysis lesson, students analyze the pictures of the home and discuss Wright's style. Learners research the similarities and differences in Wright's work and...

Learners develop reading comprehension skills needed to illustrate someone else's description without looking at the image and study and experiment with ancient Japanese ink painting techniques in order to illustrate these descriptions.

An awesome imbedded video kicks off a lesson plan on Japanese woodblock masters Hokusai and Hiroshige. After learning about the art style, they analyze several woodblocks for color, composition, and mood. Kids can then make woodblock...

Students examine famous woodblock prints of artists such as Hiroshige and Hokusai as primary documents to help them gain insight on Japanese history. They relate the woodblock images to the social hierarchy of the period.

Young scholars explore Jananese history through the use of the woodblock print called "ukiyo-e" prints. The audience attracted to the prints, their interests and tastes as well as how the prints reflected the life of the merchant class...