National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Japanese Poetry Tanka? You're Welcome
A poem "which expresses a personal response to nature," the tanka is a form of Japanese writing very similar to the haiku. This lesson plan is a great extension to any study or exploration of Japanese art, culture, and writing. Included...
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Pacific Asia Museum: Animals in Japanese Art
A rich-media site that explores animals, both real and imaginary, as a central theme in Japanese paintings and prints. Learn about the traditions and techniques of Japanese painting and prints and see examples of work created by Japanese...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: List of Japanese Writers
This is a sizeable list of Japanese writers and poets, organized alphabetically. It includes many 20th century and contemporary people, as well as a scattering of writers from earlier periods. Some authors have extensive articles; others...
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Web Japan: A Japanese Cookbook for Kids
This introduction--suitable for younger students--to Japanese food features a lesson in using chopsticks and surveys popular dishes among school children in Japan.
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Asia Society: More Than Meets the Eye: Japanese Art
This tour of Japanese art is almost as good as being there in person. It offers an extensive introduction and virtual gallery.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Japanese Artists
Here are coloring pages and student activities for three Japanese Artists.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Collection Tours: Japanese Screens
A slideshow of Japanese Screens from the museum's collections. Scroll down to find the tour of your choice.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: Language Lab Japanese
Explore the Japanese Language Lab and have fun too. Practice with different games or review vocabulary with the digital flashcards.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Picturing Japanese American Internment: Dorothea Lange
This media gallery explores the government-issued Japanese American internment that occurred during World War II using two videos from the American Masters film Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning. Dorothea Lange, a documentary...
The Atlantic Monthly Group
In Focus: World War Ii: Intermnent of Japanese Americans
Haunting photographs of Japanese-Americans as they were rounded up and placed in internment camps in the western United States not long after Pearl Harbor. The photographs all have captions which add context to the pictures as well as...
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Historical Soc. Of Penn: Japanese American Experience
The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies has a site devoted to the history of the Japanese American, the continuing traditions, the legacy of internment and more.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Japanese American Internment in World War Ii
This collection uses primary sources to explore Japanese American internment during World War II.
ArtLex
Art Lex: History of Japanese Art
A very general survey of the history of Japanese art. Click on any of the time periods to learn more specific information about each one. Includes several examples; click on the title of each work to enlarge the image and to learn more.
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Japanese Arts Council: Noh and Kyogen (Traditional Japanese Performing Arts)
An introduction to Noh and Kyogen plays. Details of these traditional Japanese performing arts are provided, accompanied by photos of the masks, costumes, props, and fans used. Includes video clips of some performances.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Life in Japanese American Internment Camp
Information about life in an internment camp. Includes related activities and links to books and other websites on Japanese American internment.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Japanese Literature
Wikipedia provides detailed information on the history, forms, and authors of Japanese literature. Includes external links and hyperlinked terms.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Japanese American Internment
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, fear of Japanese-Americans irrationally increased, resulting in Roosevelt's executive order that created internment camps for American citizens. Read about the camps, the life in the camps, and...
Digital History
Digital History: World War Ii and Japanese American Relocation [Pdf]
This lesson plan is from a unit that covers the period from the Second World War up to the Cold War. It looks at Japanese aggression in China and Indochina prior to and during World War II, the quandary in the United States of whether or...
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Euronet: Japanese Art and Western Influence
This Euronet offers general information about Japanese art and accompanying photos can be found here. Maneuvering around this site is an easy task.
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Tokyo Food Page: Japanese Cuisine
A good introduction to Japanese food and food culture. Lots of illustrations, recipes, and articles on a range of topics, such as how Japanese rice crackers are made.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Japanese Artist Katsushika Hokusai
A site created by Enchanted Learning about the life and works of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849 CE). Contains a short biography, links to more information, an art activity, and a printable coloring page that can also be...
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The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
This site contains examples of Japanese art. It is full of colorful images, and an explanation of the pieces.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Japanese Mythology
This is a comprehensive unit on Japanese Mythology including key terms, Japanese history including Buddhism and Shintoism, creation story animoto, creative writing, quizzes, tests, final assessment to create a business project as a...
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Many Things for Esl Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the well-known Interesting Things for ESL site (the authors are professors teaching in Japan). The Japanese site has many of the same features as the English Only version in fact, it usually goes to the...
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