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Journey To Japan

Journey To Japan. By : Mrs. King Hinsdale Elementary School Third Grade. www.askasia.org/features/AsianArt/map.japan.gif. Click on the small flag to go forward. Where is Japan located?. http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcjapan.htm. (Click on the kimono to go back.).

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Journey To Japan

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  1. Journey To Japan By : Mrs. King Hinsdale Elementary School Third Grade www.askasia.org/features/AsianArt/map.japan.gif Click on the small flag to go forward.

  2. Where is Japan located? http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcjapan.htm (Click on the kimono to go back.)

  3. Let’s Find Japan • Go to Google Earth • Enter Hinsdale, New Hampshire • Then enter Tokyo, Japan • Statetris Japan • Use the right and left arrows to move the pieces as they fall

  4. Facts About Japan • Let’s find some facts about Japan. • Go to kidport.com • Write 1 fact about each of these topics in your journal • Key Facts • Geographic Landmarks • Points of Interest • Major Industries • Historical Highlights • Population and Culture • Climate • Facts about Japan

  5. KIDS IN JAPAN • Go to Japanese Culture • Click on the television to see what you want to watch • Watch a Japanese Tea Ceremony • Watch Japanese Drums • See Japanese games

  6. Food of Japan Sashimi (Raw seafood) Ramen Kuri mushi yoan, a Japanese steamed chestnut sweet For more food ideas go to Japanese Food Assignment : Choose one Japanese food that you would like to try.

  7. Pictures of Japan • Let’s look at some pictures of Japan • Japan in the Fall • Geisha-Maiko • Tokyo Fish Market • Temples and Shrines • (Permission to use for educational purposes from Frantisek Staud)

  8. Mount Fuji and Mount Aso • Let’s see what is happening at Mount Fuji • Mount Fuji Webcam • View this slide show of Mount Aso. • Pictures of Mount Aso

  9. Japanese Holidays and Celebrations • Kodomo no Hi (Children's Day) • Setsubun (Last Day of Winter) • Shichi-go-san (Seven-Five-Three Festival) Let’s learn more about these celebrations Go to Japan Games and click on Japanese Celebrations Pick your favorite celebration and write about it in your journal.

  10. Sports In Japan • What kinds of sports do kids in Japan play? • Let’s go to Sports to find out. • Assignment : What is “football” in Japan? • How about those Red Sox? • Red Sox in Japan

  11. Japanese Schools • Let’s visit a Japanese School • Japanese School • Let’s watch a slide show of a Japanese school. • School Slide Show • Assignment – Write 3 similarities and 3 differences between our schools and schools in Japan.

  12. Japanese Colors • Let’s visit Enchanted Learning • Click on colors. • Find your favorite color in Japanese. • Write it in your journal.

  13. Japanese Characters • Have you noticed that Japan letters look different from ours? • Go to Sounds of Hiragana. Click on a character to hear the sound. • Let’s listen to a Japanese story. The Amusement Park • Play this game to learn some of Japanese characters. • Hiragana Picture Matching Game

  14. Japanese Government • Let’s Explore Government in Japan. • Assignment – Complete the Venn Diagram in your journal.

  15. Japanese Government

  16. Economy and Industry in Japan • Do you have a Nissan, Toyota, Sony or Panasonic? If you do, it was made in Japan. • Let’s find out about Japan’s Imports and Exports • Using the chart from Main imports and exports, write the top 2 imports and exports in your journal.

  17. "OMEDETOO GOZAIMASU" - "Congratulations." • Our final assignment is to make a postcard. • Go to Make a postcard Describe the most important, or most interesting thing you have learned during this field trip. • We will print them and then draw a picture to go with it.

  18. Sources Used • Japanese Characters slide picture from http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/language/index.html • Food slide http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/japan/ • Imports and exports http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/economy/index.html • First page flag http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/jp.html • Kids in Japan http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/meet/nichibu/index.html • Let’s find Japan http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/index.html • Pictures of Japan http://phototravels.net/japan/photo-gallery/ Permission granted to use for educational purposes from the photographer Frantisek Staud • Mount Fuji and Aso http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/Parks/world_parks/japan/aso.html • Facts about Japan http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/WorldGeography/Japan/Japan.htm#Key%20Facts • Japanese schools http://www.amphi.com/~psteffen/fmf/education.htm • Japanese celebrations http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/games/index.html • Food page http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/japan/ • Food slide http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2044.html • Sports http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/sports/index.html

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