Site URL: http://www.colorado.edu/cas/tea/curriculum/texts-and-contexts/index.html
This site is a great resource for elementary teachers; it has 6 teacher-developed lessons using children’s literature books on specific aspects of the Japanese culture. Each lesson contains assessment rubrics, background notes for teachers, handouts, power points, etc. There is one lesson I found especially interesting and it focuses on the concept of cultural borrowing and how the Tabanata story has changed as it traveled through China, Japan and Korea.
With this lesson plan students can create their own stories and present them to the whole class. The will be exploring the kamishibai storytelling a type of street theater that was very popular in Japan during the 1930’s.
edited by iverdin on 6/1/2016
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