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Kanji search by handwriting: www.kanji.sljfaq.org/

Online Studies:

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Renshuu

Japanese in Anime & Manga 

News:


Travel to Japan:

www.tabi22.com/grouptour

Asia for Educators (Columbia University)  the meta-site for teaching about Japan, China, Vietnam, and Korea with timelines, primary-source documents, etc.

Education about Asia magazine for K-14 instructors (FREE download) 

Asia Matters for America  The site has analysis and news on US-Asia Pacific relations at the national, state and local levels. Also, data on why Kansas and Missouri educators and their students need to know about Asia can be found here.

The Miracle of Rice 

Building a Rice Paddy  You are what you eat and so teaching about rice culture is a must

Japan Society鈥檚 About Japan: A Teacher鈥檚 Resource  A good source of knowledge and materials for K-12 educators with background readings, lesson plans, maps, timeline, etc.

Snapshots from Japan: The Lives of Seven Japanese High School Students  A FREE curriculum for middle and junior high school social studies classes.

Cultural Snapshots of Daily Life in Japan for Elementary Students  It has units on trains, haiku, bento, with videos, photos, lesson plans and more.

Kids Web Japan: Calendar  You can find Japanese festivals including Shichi-go-san and New Years here.

The Japanese House  Boston Children鈥檚 Museum is a home where a real Japanese family used to live.

How to Tie with a Furoshiki  A fun site that details another facet of traditional Japanese culture.

Imagining Japanese History  The site offers detailed lesson plans for high school on five periods of Japanese history.

Gross National Cool
 A lesson plan about using popular culture to teach about Japan today is worth seeing.

Is Japan Cool?  The website has lots of info on ancient traditions contrasted with modern practices like cosplay, such as costumes of anime characters

Japanese Family Faces 21st Century Challenges 

 

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