ARTS & CRAFTS RESOURCES Printable Coloring Pages Printable Word Search Puzzles FREE Clip Art		You are here: Teach > Thematic Units > Japan     Lesson Plans for Japan   Japanese Art (All Ages) These are various art lessons related to Japan. In the first one, students create a daruma, a Japanese folk toy. In the second, students work cooperatively to make a class carp streamer (reproducibles are given) In the third, students make Japanese kites. http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/japan/mdnjapan/LS11.html http://spice.stanford.edu/lp/carp/index.html http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000036.htm Japanese Lesson Database (All Ages) 10 detailed lessons about Japan with related resources can be found in this unit. The unit can be modified for many grade levels. http://157.182.12.132/omdp/diana/htm/page4.htm Japanese Unit (All Ages) An extensive unit (26 activities) about Japan for students. http://multimedia2.freac.fsu.edu/fga/academy/k1japan.htm Haiku (3+) In the first lesson, students learn about and write their own haikus. In the second lesson, students use what they know about haikus and butterflies to write a haiku about Monarch butterflies. http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/japan/mdnjapan/LS3.html http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Lang_arts/Literature/LIT0010.html What is Kabuki? (3+) Students learn about Japanese Kabuki Theater in this lesson. Related Internet sites are provided. http://205.146.39.13/success/lessons/lesson2/lesson2c/plae1_l.htm Japanese Calendar (4+) In this math lesson, older students learn about the Japanese calendar system and compare it to their own. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/y2k/activity2.shtm Japanese History (5+) This lesson, which includes printable worksheets, introduces students to the late feudal period of Japan. http://spice.stanford.edu/lp/castle/index.html#anchor1292013