Differentiate English language arts instruction with a instructional activity that features the Vietnamese folktale How Tiger Got His Stripes. Scholars examine words that begin with the letter t, recall a folktale's details, write a...

Heathens! Barbarians! Savages! When encountering a culture vastly different from their own, explorers often viewed the activities and traditions of a society new to them through a lens colored by their own values and experiences. Edward...

Young learners discover kamishibai, a popular Japanese storytelling art, and explore how these Japanese folktales illustrate the country's cultural themes and values through discussion and storyboarding. 

Students explore the culture of South Korea. In this South Korea lesson, students read several Korean folk tales. Students conduct research to create travel brochures that feature South Korea and its culture. Students then perform skits...

Elementary, middle, and high schoolers design canvas folding screens; much like the ones that are so prevalent in Asian homes. Be warned that this art lesson requires a lot of materials, so it will be expensive to implement. However, the...

While an interesting lesson idea involving the exploration of a story about an Asian American boy named Imduk, a teacher would need to have assess to the Scott Foresman reading program to make this work. If not, a teacher could use...

Students discover Sky City. In this Asian culture and traditions lesson, students watch "Asia: Culture and Tradition," and then discuss the practicality of building Sky City. Students visit a Discovery Education Web site to research Sky...

In this comparing life in a village in Asia instructional activity, students compare their own homes, with those of 2 villages in Asia, then read about the economy and make comparisons, then look at pictures from the villages. 

Learners discover Mandarin and Chinese characters.  In this Asian culture lesson, students read In the Leaves by Huy Voun Lee, and examine the Chinese characters from the text.  Learners draw the characters on construction paper with a...

Students investigate Asian life and society. In this Asian culture instructional activity, students study the geography of Japan and China. They compare and contrast the location, adaptation to environment, culture, and response to...

In this Asian culture worksheet, students respond to 15 fill in the blank and short answer questions regarding animals, landforms, transportation, government, schools and festivals in Japan and China.

First graders explore the world of sensory details in literature through the book, The Story About Ping. They write a story utilizing the five sense words. They research Asia in small groups and write a reading response describing their...

Middle schoolers explore the Hindu epic, Mahabharata, by creating Javanese shadow puppets and performing significant scenes from the story. They combine their artistic ability with their desire to learn an important aspect of the...