Japanese Culture

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Japanese Culture By Brooklyne Garman Promise
Spaeth EDE 300 Schooling In A Culturally Diverse
Society
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Unit A Japanese Culture Study Grade Level
Pre-K through 3rd Grade Lesson We will learn
about the Japanese culture by examining their
traditions and lifestyles.
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Objectives To learn about and develop an
appreciation for the Japanese culture. We will do
this by examining the -Geographical
Location -Foods -Clothing -Language -Temples and
Shrines -Artwork -History and Geography
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Materials Needed -Resource Book Strei, Lynita.
(2000). Countries and Cultures For Young
Explorers Japan. Grand Rapids McGraw-Hill
Childrens Publishing. -Pencils -Crayons,
Markers, Colored Pencils -Scissors -Ingredients
For Specific Recipes
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Website http//www.aolsvc.maps.aol.com/research ht
tp//fp.edu/ljohnson/religion.html http//www.fix.
co.jp/kabuki/kabuki.html http//www.us-japan.org/e
domatsu http//artisandevelopers.com/web/tokyo
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Location Four large islands and several smaller
islands make up the country of Japan, located in
the Pacific Ocean. Japan is northeast of Asia.
Tokyo is the capital.
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Activity In the picture below is a map of Japan.
Color the country of Japan green. Color the
Pacific Ocean blue. Color the continent of Asia
red.
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Food Rice is a staple food in Japan. Green tea,
eggs, omelets, toast, battered fried
vegetables, chicken, beef, fish, and sushi are
very common at meal time. Chopsticks are used in
place of silverware.
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Activity In class, we will prepare Japanese Rice.
Ingredients 24 cups rice 12 cups water Bring
water to a boil and stir in rice. Cover and then
remove from the heat. Let is stand until all the
water is absorbed and fluff.
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Clothing The traditional dress in Japan is a long
robe called a kimono. It is made of cotton or
silk.
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Activity In the picture below is a traditional
Japanese kimono. Color the kimono . Please use
very bright and vivid colors.
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Language The official language of Japan is
Japanese. They use Kanji characters instead of
the alphabet.
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Activity We will learn how to count to ten in the
Japanese language. Ichi (EE-chee) One Ni
(NEE) Two San (SAHN) Three Shi
(SHEE) Four Go (GOH) Five Roku
(ROH-koo) Six Shichi (SHEE-chee)
Seven Hachi (HAH-chee) Eight Ku (KOO)
Nine Ju (JOO) Ten
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Temples and Shrines
A shrine is a place where the Japanese go to
pray and worship. The word Shinto means way of
the gods. A Shinto shrine always has a large
gateway where they enter, called the Torii. One
of the ways to pray at a Shinto shrine is by
leaving a strip of paper with a prayer tied to a
sacred place within the shrine.
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Temples and ShrinesActivity
1.) Make a classroom Torii 2.) Secure it to the
wall or around the classroom door 3.) Decorate
with paint, markers, crayons, or construction
paper 4.) Each child will write a goal for the
class on a stripe of paper and attach it to the
gate. 5.) Remove one goal each day and read aloud
to the class.
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Torii
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Japanese Arts
Kabuki is a type of theater that began in Japan
three hundred years ago. In this theater, the
actors are men. Even the female roles. They
wear fancy costumes and lots of colorful make-up.
Their faces are white with painted eyes and
mouths. They use swords, music, dance, and
samurais in their plays.
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Japanese Art Activity
Explore Kabuki on the Internet. It was designed
by a Kabuki actor, who still performs in
Japan. 1.) look at the steps to applying the
make-up 2.) listen to the sounds of the
traditional music 3.) listen to the actors calls
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Kabuki Make-up
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History and Geography
Tokyo was once called Edo. The city streets
were filled with teahouses, Kabuki theaters,
shops and markets, and small houses. Edo was the
capital of Japan during Tokugama Shogun. Shoguns
were military leaders, hundreds of years ago.
They were very powerful and had many servants.
The shogun trained fighters, what they call
samurai, to protect them. They were brave
warriors who would do any thing for their shogun.
The samurai wore swords and became masters of
them. This type of fighting has been passed down
from generation to generation, called martial
arts. Japan is made up of four large islands
and lots of little islands. It is very
mountainous and has lots of volcanoes.
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Mount Fuji is a volcano in Japan that is not
active. Even thought volcanoes can be
disastrous, the hot earth heats up the water to
make steamy hot springs. Japan has half the
population of the United States and is the size
of Montana, if all the islands were pieced
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Zojoji Temple
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Japan