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Nasco Color Sculpt Mask Making
Students study the various masks made in African, Japanese, and Ancient Egyptian cultures and discuss the funtion of these masks in each society. They create a mask from one of these cultures using a molding technique.
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Meet a Creature From Ancient China
Students view an image of a Chinese chimera and complete a chart describing what they see and understand about the creature. They compare funerary customs today to those of ancient China. They compile a list of items that might be...
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Flora, Fauna, and the Passing Seasons
Students discover representations in art, religion and cultural practices of the flora and fauna of specific geographical regions in this early elementary lesson plan. The lesson ends with a mural project by the entire class.
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Horses
Students discuss the importance of the horse as a "beast of burden" animal in Japanese culture and create a legend, myth or tall tale set in Japan with a horse as the central character.
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The Role Of Japanese Women
Students consider the role of women in upper-class Japanese society through the reading of a folktale and the study of Japanese art images. The lesson emphasizes small, cooperative learning groups.
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The Daoist Immortals
Students discover the basic principles and beliefs of Daoism through investigation and in-class discussion in this High School lesson for a Social Studies, Humanities, or Asian Studies class.
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Bronze Bells
Students explore an amazing technological advancement in ancient China, zhong
bells, as an example of the use of natural resources and human ingenuity to meet a need and to add value to the quality of life in an ancient time.
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Chinese And Japanese Tomb Cultures
Students examine burial customs in ancient China and Japan comparing those customs to burial traditions from other cultures. This lesson leads to group creative projects of mock "tombs".
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Haniwa
Learners use non-fired clay and posterboards to create and display examples of Haniwa and kofun in this exciting lesson for the Social Studies, Humanities, Asian Studies, or Art classroom.
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Time Line Of Chinese And Japanese Art
Students create individual time lines placing various works of Asian art into chronological order. The information gathered is used to create one class time line for display.
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China's Ancient Tomb Culture
Students research and discuss Chinese history through the examination of ancient tomb artifacts. Emphasis is placed on the creation of student posters displaying "what they would put in a tomb".
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Nature and Haiku Poetry
Students compose haiku poems and recognize how cultures value nature and
natural forces through the study of Japanese poetry. This instructional activity includes a bibliography of resources.
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Japanese Society
Learners conduct research into the life of being a person who is Japanese. The activity uses essential questions in order to guide the research. Classroom activities are used to encourage discussion.
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S'More Mores
Students consider social practices common to their target language. They work in pairs to research social practices common to the target language society that differ from those in the United States. They prepare a three-minute...
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Dreams and Shields
Students study and view examples of shields from the Lakota, Crow, Cheyenne, Black Feet, and Shoshone tribes. They find the meaning of the symbols used on the shields and then make their own shields out of cardboard.
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Calling All Tribes
Learners inquire about past and present traditions and customs and formulate their own perspectives. They become actively involved in the studying process and explore the different aspects of the topic.
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The Meaning of Food
Students gain an understanding of the many roles that food plays in people's lives. They explore about different cultures and groups through food. Students use a range of research and presentation skills.
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Social Studies: Ramadan Observance
Students discuss Ramadan and the practice of fasting. Working in groups, they visit Websites and complete worksheets about the Muslim holiday. Students write letters role-playing as someone unfamiliar with a celebration and then write...
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Salat: Prayer in Muslim Life
Students examine the meaning of prayer and provide their own definitions. They watch a video about Muslim prayer, discuss a fact sheet about it, and break into discussion groups. Students write about their own traditions and customs...
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Tea for Two
Students examine how certain items can link family and friends together in unique and interesting ways. They analyze how historic artifacts have helped people connect in the past by focusing on a silver teapot used by a family in the...
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Guardians of the Games
Students create life sized figures in a sport activity. The figures are faceless to represent athletes or players of past present and future. They are created in full color and laminated, then cut and applied to cardboard to allow them...
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In Africa, in Slavery, in Afro-American Cleveland
Students examine several pieces of nonfiction relating to African religion, slave religion and present-day evangelical denominations. They work in groups of six or seven to prepare a presentation on one of the following: a)...
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Biodiversity Bird Hunt
Students examine the influence of biodiversity on human culture through the use of birds. They brainstorm words that come to mind when they think of human cultures. They describe ways that human culture and biodiversity are linked.
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SHOW 303: The Channel Island Fox
Students explore how archaeologists and other scientists use different clues to piece together a picture of the past. Students perform activities that allow them to conduct three types of scientific research. They discuss their...
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