FRAN FOSTER 
 
Introduction
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Assessment
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INTRODUCTION
      Students will learn basic information  student/index.html
      about the geography and culture of Japan. 

  Subject:Japan

    Topics: Art , Language, Social Studies, Math

    Grade Level:  Second Grade

  Student Lesson name : Japan- Geography and Culture

    URL file: http://ctap295.ctaponline.org/~ffoster/student
 
 

STANDARDS ADDRESSED
 

  •   HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE CONTENT STANDARDS 
  Grade Two - People Who Make a Difference-
           Standard 2.2  Students demonstrate map skills by describing the absolute
                                  and relative locations of people, places, and environments.
  •   VISUAL ARTS STANDARDS K-3
  Standard 1. Artistic Perception -
                          Processing, analyzing, and responding to sensory 
                          information through the language and skills unique 
                          to the arts.  Students learn how to perceive the world in an 
                          artistic way by refining their sensory perceptions of works 
                          of art, objects in nature, events, and the environment. They 
                          identify visual elements and principles of design using the 
                          language of the visual arts. 
 
  •   ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CONTENT STANDARDS
  2.0 Reading Comprehension

            Standard 2.2  State the purpose in reading 
                                   (i.e. tell what information is sought).

   Standard 2.5  Restate facts and details in the text to clarify 
                                    and organize ideas.

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  INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
  1. After viewing a video and /or listening to guest lectures on Japan, students will be able to work with a partner to write and draw a summary about what they have learned. 
  2. After participating in a discussion of the geography of Japan and accessing a web page on its geography, students will be able to color and label a map of Japan. 
  3. After accessing a web page on haiku poetry and students will be able to write their own haiku poetry about nature.
  4. After reading books, receiviing direct instruction, rereading their summaries from #1 above and  accessing web pages about Japanese culture, geography and climate, each student will be able to complete the following art projects:  design  a replica of a room in a Japanese house, make a Japanese doll in traditional dress, make carp streamers similar to those flown on Children's Day, and paint on silk, and make a small origami animal. 
  5. Students will be able to identify Japanese numbers through ten while playing hopscotch after making a small booklet of Japanese numbers. Students will be able to say several common phrases in Japanese after they put together a small book of Japanese/ English phrases. 
Student Activities  See Activities Page
 
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Assessment

   Fun Brain Quiz Lab: http://www.funbrain.com/quiz/index.html
    Quiz Name: Japan    Quiz Lab™

TRUE OR FALSE     1) Japan has a special holiday called Children's Day. 
TRUE OR FALSE     2) Baseball is very popular in Japan. 
TRUE OR FALSE     3) Tokyo is the capital of the United States
TRUE OR FALSE     4) Japan has four main islands located in the Atlantic Ocean
TRUE OR FALSE     5) People eat rice for breakfast in Japan.
TRUE OR FALSE     6) Japan is know as the "Land of the Rising Moon."
TRUE OR FALSE     7) People remove their shoes when they enter a Japanese home.
TRUE OR FALSE     8) Japan has volcanic mountains and earthquakes.
TRUE OR FALSE     9) The cherry blossom is the national flower of Japan.
TRUE OR FALSE   10) Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in California.
 
 
 
 

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Results

    Pre and Post Test Results 

                                             
 
 

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Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

     Web Resources:

    Books: 

        NonFiction:
        Japan World Neighbor Series Grades K-3by Karen Bauer and Rosa Drew 
        More Windows to the Worldby Nancy Everix 
        The Usborne First Thousand Words in Japanese by Heather Amery 
        Postcards from Japan by Zoe Dawson A Family in Japan  by Judith Elkin 
        Food in Japan by Jiro Takeshit
        Japan the Culture by Bobbie Kalman
        Snow Monkeys by Mae Woods
        Japan the People by Bobbie Kalman
        Japan the Land and Its People  by Sophy Hoare

     
    Fiction:
     The Bicycle Man by Allen Say
     Tree of Cranes  by Allen Say 
     Under the CherryBlossom Tree 
     Tea with Milk by Allen Say
     How My Parents Learned to Eat  by Ina R Friedman
     Journey to the Bright Kingdom by Elizabeth Winthrop 
     Rise and Shine Mariko-chan by Chiyoko Tomioka 
     Shibumi and the Kitemaker  by Mercer Mayer
     The Gift of the Willows by Helena Clare Pittman

 
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Fran Foster       foster_f@ncsd. k12.ca.us
Nevada City Elementary
505 Main Street
Nevada City, CA 95959
Last Revised: 04/29/01