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Chinese
Shadow Puppets Kit -Grades 4-8
Instructional
Activities
China Kit-
Grades 9-12
Instructional
Activities
China's
Ethnic Minorities Kit-Grades K-12
Instructional
Activities
Communist China and Modern Japan Teacher's
Curriculum Institute: History Alive!
Gr.9-12 This unit includes an interactive slide lecture, social
studies skill builder, experiential exercises, problem solving groupwork,
writing, and group acting to engage students in the history of communist
China and modern Japan. Students learn about Chinese belief systems, evolution
of communist rule and aspects of daily life in the Chinese village of Liu
Ling in 1962.
The second section allows students to explore the adaptation of ideas and
products that Japanese
people have made over time (ie language, architecture, automobiles, and
integrated circuits). They will
also examine the rise of modern Japan during the Meiji Restoration, Imperial
period and Allied
Occupation after World War II as well as Japanese values and education
system.
The third secton of the unit allows students to discover the cultural connections
between Asian culture
and the United States. Students chart Asian immigration patterns
to the U.S., categorize key life
experiences and influences according to culture, conduct interviews to
learn about what it is like to
be Asian in America and also learn to analyze and interpret contemporary paintings,
music, and poetry
to reveal Asian American experiences. The final section is a culminating
project that requires students
to create a three part storybook examining the extent Chinese, Japanese
and Asian Americans lives
were improved during this era.
Cultures
in Crisis. Authors: Brad
Blanchette and Bill Rich.
Gr. 9-12 integrated
art history, geography, economics, political science,history, philosophy,
literature, reading & writing
unit. (Questions: What are important elements of traditional
Chinese
culture? How has
revolution changed and not changed China? What are China's modern issues
and how are they
facing them?
Emperor
Ashoka of India. What Makes a Ruler Legitimate? Unit
Publishers: National Center for History in the Schools, University
of California, Los Angeles The Asia Society, New York,
NY.
Authors: Jean
Elliott Johnson, Donald James Johnson
Grade Level: 9-12
(according to Vermont Standards) This unit focuses on how rulers establish
legitimacy, that is, make their subjects believe they have the right to
rule. The historic period covered runs from Alexander of Macedonia's consolidation
of his conquests (later fourth-century B.C.E.) to the rise of China's Sui
Dynasty (581-618 C.E.), which appropriated Buddhistvalues and laid conditions
for their adaptation in Korea and Japan. Establishing legitimacy
is a challenge for any leader or government.
Human Rights
Abuses in Modern China. Author: Rebecca Larkin.
Gr. 9 Students
research human rights abuses in China, explore current events, develop
empathy for
the conditions
faced by many Chinese and appreciation for the freedoms we are allowed. 11
day unit.
Relationships
From Confucius To Mao. Author: Brian Nelligan.
Gr. 9-12 What
are the major ideas of both Confucius and Mao? How would it feel to
live in a
Confucian society? In
Mao's society? What major comparisons existed in Confucian and
Maoist
philosophies? What
advantages would one society have over he other? What would China be
like
today had the
Cultural Revolution succeeded? What would China be like today
if China had
remained Confucian?
The Concept
of Order in Ancient China Published by SPICE, Stanford
Program International Cross-
Cultural Education. An
audio tape is included with this unit.
The Study
of 4 Leaders in China During the Twentieth Century.
Author: Brian
Nelligan.
Gr. 9-12 (What
are the most important characteristics of Leadership? What does
it mean to be a
leader? What
clues about leadership can we get from the lives of the four leaders?
How can we
compare the four
leaders? What will China be like in the twenty first century and what leadership
characteristics
will be required to lead it?
Religion
and Culture in China and Japan. Author: Julie
Kelley
Gr. 10 This unit
can be used in conjunction with other studies on religions of Middle-Eastern
origin
or by itself. The
purpose of the unit is to gain an understanding of the religions/philosophies
of
Buddhism, Confucianism,
Daoism, Zen Buddhism, and Shinto and to identify the values associated
with each religion/philosophy. Students
will then use this knowledge to examine how these religions/philosophies
impact other aspects
of Chinese and Japanese culture. Some History Alive material
is integrated in this unit.
Understanding
China in the 21st Century: Political, Economic, and Security
Issues in
the Asia/Pacific Region. . Stanford Program on International and
Cross Cultural
Education, Stanford
University, CA. Authors: Carey Moore, Gary Mukai, and Jocelyn
Young
with contributions
from Amy Cheng and Greg Fairbrother
This unit seeks
to introduce students to policy options for U.S. and Japanese relations
with China
at the turn of
the century. By identifying and examining these options, students
will gain an awareness
of U.S., Japanese, and
Chinese perspectives on political, economic, and security issues.
Middle/Elementary
Level
Conflicting
Values and Beliefs: A Case Study Red Scarf Girl (Ji Li Jiang) Author:
Connie Bresnahan
Gr. 7-8 This
unit focuses on student generated critical and creative reflections
entered in Literature
Journals. Students
identify issues, insights, and questions connected to the unit's essential
question.
Pearl from
the Dragon: Historical Highlights for World History from Ancient
China.
Author Charlie
Shrack
Gr. 7-8. This
unit introduces some of the basic historical events and cultural achievements
of ancient
China. The
unit is part of a year-long middle school World History survey course
which investigates
major geographic
area, plus the political, economic, and social achievements of various
ancient cultures worldwide, including Mesopotamia, Egypt and Mediterranean
regions. The focus of the unit is on
geography, government
and social structures, philosophies, and art and architectural styles and
contributions
of the Chinese to the world.
Understanding
Chinese Geography. Author: Joseph Trowle
Gr. 7 Students
learn the major physical, political and cultural regions of an area. They
present
information in
the form of graphs, charts, or visual presentations
Ancient
China. Author: Tim Nguyen, Don Donn. Aligned
to Vermont Standards-Debby King
Gr. 5-8 The
essential question invites students to think about how historical events
and powerful
people of the
past influence our lives today. The first part of the unit allows the
students to explore
and discover information
about Banpo, an ancient civilization that was unearthed in the middle of
the
1950's. The second
part of the unit allows students to expand their knowledge of ancient civilizations
by researching
and comparing Chinese dynasties.
From Moth
to Cloth Author: Debbie Abbot, revised
and aligned to standards by Debby King.
Gr. 5-8 An
integrated history, science and language arts unit. Students
learn about the significance
of the Silk Road
and silk production to China's culture and economy. The unit
also includes information
on silk worm raising
and production.
Imperial
China and Feudal Japan Teacher's Curriculum
Institute: History Alive!
This unit engages students in the history of imperial China and
feudal Japan Students learn about the physiographic features
of China, the challenges the geography poses for unification,
belief systems,
cultural characteristics and government that affected each dynasty's
ability to unite this empire. The
second half of the unit engages students in the study of the the evolution
of feudal Japan, the Chinese
influence on Japanese beliefs, culture and government. The unit includes
an interactive slide lecture of
historical images, social studies skill builder that requre students
to map, categorize, interpret political cartoons, graph, analyze primary
sources
and identify various perspectives. Teaching approaches
include; experiencial excercises, problem solving groupwork, response groups,
writing for
understanding and act-it-out sessions. The culminating activity requires
students to analyze, interpret,
and sythesize everything they have learned in the unit.
One World
For Us All Author: Debby King.
Gr. 5-8 An
integrated social studies, science and math unit that focuses on environmental
issues in
China and the
United States. Students design a sustainable model city for a
culminating project.
Chinese
Shadow Puppets Author: Marion Campbell
Gr. 4-8 Chinese
Shadow Puppetry is an ancient art form. This unit is interactive and
experiential. Its
focus is to have
students learn about aspects of Chinese culture by performing a shadow
puppet play.
The lessons
include an introduction, an exploration of Chinese stories, making
Chinese shadow puppets, developing and rehearsing scripts and a culminating
performance.
Chinese
Inventions. Author: Helen Wachtel
Gr. 5/6 The
focus of this unit is to look at some inventions, re-create some of
them and explore and
investigate the
impact of these inventions.
Nutrition Author: Nilah
Cote, revised and aligned to standards by Dotty Danforth
Gr. 5 This
unit focuses on Chinese food and its relationship to the basic food groups. Unit
also includes
slides taken in
China of Chinese food and preparation.
Brushstrokes
from West to East. Author:
Melissa Kristiansen
K-6 art
unit. Most students look at art as something that is created to hang
on a wall and be admired.
It is often
surprising to them to find that objects they consider art can also be functional. China
is a
country that infuses
art into everything they do; from teapots to writing, from toys to
lights. Students
take their ideas
about art and compare them to the philosophy in China. As each
lesson begins,
students discuss
their ideas about the project and then discover the history and cultures
of that project
in China.
Diversity
Within Unity. Author: Dotty Danforth
Gr. 3-6 (Kit to
supplement this unit is available) Focuses on China's diversity
and unifying
characteristics. Diversity
is exemplified by its 56 ethnic nationalities. Students will
look briefly
at the Han Majority
and then investigate several of the other nationality groups. Several
unifying
characteristics,
such as language, using chopsticks and money will be investigated. The
culmination
of this unit is
for students to choose a way to share knowledge about unity and diversity
in China.
China Cultural
Fair. Author: David Kelley.
Gr. 3-4 Students
are introduced to culture as it applies to their lives and view how
their vision of their
world can be applied
to another country to see how we are different or similar to other parts
of the world.
China Experience.
Author: Eileen Dulmer and Toby Treu.
Gr. 3/4. Students
will be introduced to Chinese culture, dynasties, language, geography
and cuisine.
China Fair Authors: Celeste
Wells and Sharon Corologos
Gr. 3/4 This standards-based
unit will acquaint students with the Shang dynasty of China and lead
them to research
about other Chinese dynasties.
Chinese
Folk Tales and What We Can Learn about the Land, People and Culture
of China by
Reading
About Them. Authors: Deb
Scott and Dot Gray
Gr. 3-4 This unit
is a literature based unit focusing on reading and writing.
Endangered. Author:
Suzanne Clark and Dotty Danforth.
Gr. 3-4. The
unit focuses on endangered animals in the US and China, and includes
a literacy as well
as research component. Students
focus first on the Giant Panda, called the daixong mao in Mandarin
Chinese. They
learn about the animal through a video and the children's fiction book
The Year of the
Panda. Taking
what they learn about the panda, specifically and interdependence in general,
students
research and create
a presentation on their choice of an endangered animal in the US or China.
Chinese
Culture Author: Barbara Borek
Gr. 2 This standards-based
unit introduces children to Chinese culture through hands-on activities
,
such as oral learning
of the language, writing Chinese characters, retelling Chinese folk tales
and eating
with chopsticks.
Why Are
Celebrations Important? Authors: Betty
Larsen and Kathy Liskowsky
Gr. 1-2 This
unit consists of ten lessons that will each be either one hour or one
and a half hours long.
First and second
graders are introduced to the culture of China and how they prepare and
celebrate
the New Year.
Students compare U.S. traditions with those of the Chinese as they prepare
and
celebrate their
New Year. Many books and songs are used throughout the unit to
expose students
to Chinese culture.
Celebrate
China Author: Linda Barker
K-2 This
unit focuses on how other cultures are similar to and different from
one's own Students
learn how to explore
another world and language.
Little
Red Riding Hood and Lon Po Po Authors: Nancy
Andreoletti, Brenda Seely,Dotty Danforth
Gr. K-2 What is
the conflict in Little Red Riding Hood stories? How are the stories
different and
the same?
Chinese
Culture. Author Lydia Flanagan
Gr. K Through
literature and hands on activities, students explore Chinese holidays,
food, language,
geography, pandas,calligraphy,
painting and tangrams.
How Are
We the Same and Different Than Children in China? Author:
Ellen Nam
Gr. K. Students learn
about a typical day in China, how to eat with chopsticks, compare and
contrast
Cinderella with
Yeh-Shen, compare American/Western nursery rhymes and Chinese nursery rhymes,
learn traditional
Chinese holiday, traditions and calligraphy.
JAPAN
RESOURCE
BOOKS: JAPANTop of Page Home
Publication in Japanese:Publications in English:
- Calligraphy
- Ikebana- flower arrangement
- Kimono Coordinating
- Origami
Culture
History
- A to Zen, by Ruth Wells
- Culture Kit: Japan
- East Meets West-Super Nutrition from Japan
- Games People Play – Japan
- Haiku Picturebook for Children
- If I Lived in Japan, Rosanne Knorr.
- In Japan, Philip Hindler
- Introducing Japan, Donald Richie
- Japan Gr. 4-9. Faces, The Magazine About People. Cobblestone Publication
- Japanese Buddhism, A Cultural History
- Japanese Ink Painting, by Naomi Okamoto
- Japan From A-Z, James M. Vardaman
- Japan's Folk Architecture, Chuji Kawashima.
- Japan the Culture, Bobbie Kalman
- Japan the People, Bobbie Kalman
- Japanese Things Basil Hall Chamerlain, Charles E. Tuttle Co.
- Japan, Why it Works, Why it Doesn't, James Mak, University of Hawaii Press
- Matsuri, Gorazd Vilhar
- Matsuri Festival
- My Day in Tokyo, Kumi Kato
- Noh, Daiji Maruoka & Tatsuo
- Origami For Beginners, Florence Temko
- Our Fascination With Dragons Gr. 4-9. Faces, The Magazine About People. Cobblestone Publication
- Samurai Cobblestone Publication
- Snapshots of Asia- Japan Gr. K-3 Big book introduces the geography and culture of Japan
- Stencils – Japan Traditional Japanese stencil patterns.
- Sumi-E Ukai Uchiyana, Hoikusha Publishing
- Sumo A Pocket Guide, David Shapiro, Charles E. Tuttle Co.
- Japanese Boys’ Festival
- The Japanese Haiku, Kenneth Yasuda, Charles E. Tuttle Co.
- This Place is Crowded, Vicki Cob
- The Lunch Box, Andrew Jones, Chart Institute
- Vanishing Japan,Elizabeth Kiritani, Charles E. Tuttle Publishing
- What's cooking in Japan?, Kikkoman Coop
Geography
- Hideyoshi and Osaka Castle, Osaka Castle Museum
- Japan Almanac 1999, Nobukazu Kawai.
- Japanese-The History of a Nation, Edwin O. Reichauer, Charles E Tuttle Publishing
- Japan, It's History & Culture, W. Scott Morton
- Japan, Profile of a Nation, Kadansha International
- Kiyomizu-dera
- Modern Japan Peter Daus
- Samurai Calliope, World History for Young People, Cobblestone Publishing
- The Spirit of Hiroshima
- Women in Japan, by Marjorie Wall Bingham
General Literature
- Japan the Land, Bobbie Kalman
- Kyoto: Seven Paths to the Heart of the City, by Diane Durston
Language
- Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, Elanor Coerr, Yamaguchi Shoten
Folktales/Myths
- Best Loved Children’s Songs from Japan
- Conversational Japanese, Hiroko Storm
- Japanese Word Book with audio tape by Yuko Green . (JLB &T1)
- In Search of the Spirit, Schila Hamanaka
- Japanese Myths and the Gods Made Love
- Once Upon A Time In Japan
- Samurai Castle by Fiona MacDonald
- The Adventures of the One Inch Boy by Issun Boshi, retold by Essei Okawa. This story is both a fairy tale and folktale. It teaches the virtues of good deeds and behavior, illustrates the strong bonds that bind parent and child and the ideal of filial piety.(JF1)
Japan Kit for K-8 Classrooms:Books:
Japan Kit for 9-12 Classrooms:classroom activities
- BK006 Count Your Way Through Japan Introduces Japanese culture through numbers
- BK Floating Lantern and Golden Shrines Descriptions of Japanese festivals with
Miscellaneous Objects
- BK008 Fun with paper folding: ORIGAMI Basic patterns of Origami
- BK003 Introduction to Japanese Culture Overview of Japanese culture
- BK007 Japanese Children's Favorite Stories Collection of Japanese folk tales
- BK004 Places and People: Japan Examines Japan from a geographical viewpoint
- BK00 Shinto, Japanese Americans Cobblestone Publishing
- BK001 Views of Japan A book on Japanese culture, life style, people,etc.
- OBJ006 Chopsticks (6 pairs) Japanese style
- OBJ010 Daruma Otoshi - Traditional Japanese toy
- OBJ008 Folding fan - Traditional Japanese folding fan
- OBJ011 Geta - Footwear worn with kimono
- OBJ001-2 Hagoita - A girl in a kimono
- OBJ001-3 Hane (2 pieces)
- OBJ001-1 Haoita-Laughing happiness gods. Traditional New Year's children's game.
- OBJ009 Lunch boxes, lacquer painting
- OBJ004 Paper Doll bookmarks-a traditional Japanese craft
- OBJ002-2 Wadako (Japanese Kite)-designs
- OBJ002-1 Wadako (Japanese Kite)-man
Instructional ActivitiesBooks
the 21st Century. A five day unit that allows students to wrestle with historical
- Ending the War Against Japan: Science, Morality and the Atomic Bomb. Choices for
information and policy constraints facing the U.S.during this time period.Miscellaneous
landscapes, people and folk crafts
- BK005 Nippon:Land of Beauty and Tradition Photographs of Japanese
by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
- BK002 Pictorial Encyclopedia of Japanese Culture
- BK009 The Spirit of Hiroshima An introduction to the Atomic Bomb tragedy
- OBJ007 Coasters (6 pieces) Coasters with 6 different designs of Japanese women
- OBJ005 Kabuki postcards-a traditional drama of Japan