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These classroom materials were developed at a Language, Culture,
and Technology Institute, organized and conducted by the Alliance
of Associations of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) in Summer 2004, in
collaboration with the Japan
Foundation, and partially supported by grants from the U.S.
Department of Education's Fulbright-Hays
Groups Projects Abroad program and the Shoyu Club Foundation.
 A
group of teachers of Japanese at the K-12 level at schools in the
United States participated in the Institute, which took place in
Urawa, Japan, with pre- and post- training in Los Angeles. Each
participant was responsible for developing an instructional unit
for use in the own classroom, using a variety of multimedia resources
that could include digital video, interviews, still photography,
and the resources of the Internet.
Ten projects developed by participants in the Institute are available
for downloading by teachers via this web site. In addition, a video
on DVD to accompany a chapter in the Yookoso! textbook
is available by mail.
Here is information on the projects, the teachers who created them,
their target age levels and Japanese language study level, and their
technical components. Although the teachers who created the units
had their own students in K-12 classrooms in mind, these lessons
can be used or adapted for university students as well.
IMPORTANT NOTE. Before using these materials,
please read the Website Technical Notes
file; it explains the hardware and software requirements for
their use.
Available online:
エコライフ/ Eco Life
This project, created by Patrick Bencke, a teacher at Menomonie
High School in Menomonie, Wisconsin, is aimed at high school students
who have studied Japanese for at least two years. Its subject is
environmental consciousness and recycling; the lessons describe
the recycling program at a city in Saitama prefecture, which students
are asked to compare with their own communities. The materials
consist of a PowerPoint file and two worksheets.
どこにいますか / Places in Japan: Shrine (神社) and Wendy's
This project, created by Anita Bieker, a teacher at Lindbergh High
School in Renton, Washington, is aimed at high school students in
their second year of Japanese language study. It consists of two
lessons, one on visiting a shrine in Japan and the other on eating
and working part-time at a Wendy's fast-food restaurant in suburban
Tokyo.
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FOR MAC USERS:
The Jinja materials consist
of a PowerPoint presentation with two linked video clips, a
worksheet, and a unit organizer. The Wendy's
materials consist of a PowerPoint presentation with three
linked video clips and a lesson plan. |
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FOR PC USERS: The
Jinja materials consist of a
PowerPoint presentation with two linked video clips, a worksheet,
and a unit organizer. The Wendy's
materials consist of a PowerPoint presentation with three
linked video clips and a lesson plan. |
乗り物 / Daily Life: Transportation
This project, created by Jaci Collins, who teaches Japanese at Lincoln
High School in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, is aimed at high school students
who have studied Japanese for one semester. It is intended to accompany
the Nakama textbook, vol. 1, chapter 6. Students review the vocabulary
of travel by public and private transportation, see Japanese high
school students traveling on trains in Tokyo, and compare their
own daily travel experiences. The materials
consist of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet, and a unit organizer.
こどものにんきな日本 / Young People's Popular Culture
This project, created by Lucinia Eubanks, who teaches Japanese at
Ann Arbor Trail Magnet Middle School in Detroit, Michigan, is aimed
at middle school students. It introduces topics and activities of
interest to teenagers interested in popular culture, and is aimed
at students who have studied some Japanese. The topics covered are
cell phones (keitai), karaoke, photo print stickers (purikura),
and school clubs in Japan. The materials
consist of a PowerPoint presentation and seven worksheet
handouts.
電車で行こう / Traveling in Tokyo and おながすいているかっぱ / The Hungry
Kappa (TPR Storytelling)
 This
project, created by Sandy Garcia, who teaches at Forest Grove High
School in Forest Grove, Oregon, is intended for use in high school
classrooms with students in their third year of Japanese. It has
two parts. The first introduces the vocabulary and experience of
traveling by train in Tokyo, using two Japanese high school students
as models. The second, which uses TPR Storytelling, introduces the
folklore character of the kappa to reinforce the students’
understanding of the vocabulary and experience of interurban trains.
The materials for the unit consist of three
PowerPoint presentations (one on train travel, one on the kappa,
and one vocabulary exercise), vocabulary OHP worksheets, a teacher's
guide to the kappa story, and a unit organizer.
知ってるつもり？/ Cultural Understanding / Misunderstanding
This project, created by Lucy Miyagawa, who teaches at John F. Kennedy
High School in Sacramento, California, is intended for high school
students who are in their third or fourth year of Japanese language
study. Its topic is cultural understanding and misunderstanding.
The Japanese version of “Family Feud,” Hyakunin ni Kikimashita,
is used to highlight the cultural perceptions and stereotypes of
both Japanese and American students. Materials
consist of a PowerPoint presentation , a worksheet on the Hyakunin
game, and a lesson plan.
 お米
/ Rice in Japan
This project, created by Jennifer Pedersen, who teaches at Crestridge
School of International/Global Studies in Omaha, Nebraska, is intended
for elementary school students of Japanese. The unit, consisting
of 17 lessons, combines language lessons with the social studies
and science topics of plant life cycles, economic systems, and occupations.
Students are encouraged to compare agricultural products and practices
in Japan with those where they live. The materials
include a PowerPoint presentation, worksheets, and unit organizer.
日本人のゴミのすて方 / Garbage and Recycling
This project, created by Jennifer Pedersen, who teaches at Crestridge
School of International/Global Studies in Omaha, Nebraska, is intended
for elementary school students of Japanese. The unit, consisting
of 15 lessons, uses the topic of garbage to teach not only language
but also about ecology, recycling, and comparative practices. Materials
for the project include a PowerPoint presentation, worksheets, and
a unit organizer.
ペットをかっていますか / Pets
This project was created by Joanne Shaver, who teaches in the Japanese
Electronic Classroom of the Distance Learning Network of Henrico
County Public Schools, Richmond Virginia. It is intended for students
studying Japanese at the beginning or intermediate level; the topic
is pets. Students learn vocabularyand sentence patterns, and also
learn about an unusual pet in Japan, the kabutomushi. Materials
consist of a PowerPoint presentation (with links to video clips),
worksheets, and a lesson plan.
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FOR MAC USERS: Materials
consist of a PowerPoint presentation with links to video clips,
worksheets, and a lesson plan. |
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FOR PC USERS: Materials
consist of a PowerPoint presentation with links to video clips,
worksheets, and a lesson plan. |
Everyday Activities: Verb Review
This project, created by Jessica Summers, who teaches at Arcadia
High School in Arcadia, California, is aimed at beginning students
of Japanese. It provides visuals (showing Japanese high school students
engaging in everyday activities) as a background for review of common
verb forms and sentence patterns. Materials
consist of a PowerPoint presentation with audio tracks, a worksheet,
and a lesson plan.
Available
by mail:
私の町/ Transportation and Buildings in Japan
This video project, created by Valeria Minakawa of Rutgers Preparatory
School in Somerset, New Jersey, is aimed at high school learners
of Japanese. Created to accompany Chapter 2 of the textbook Yookoso!,
the 15-minute video shows a variety of kinds of transportation in
Japan (taxi, bus, train, car, bicycle) and various types of buildings
(house, school, post office, etc.), at a pace designed to maximize
student discussion time. A copy of this video presentation, on DVD,
is available by mail. Please request copies from AATJ by e-mail
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE. Copyright to these materials
is held jointly by its author and the Alliance of Associations of
Teachers of Japanese (AATJ). Educators are free to use these materials
in their classrooms provided credit is given to the author and to
AATJ. For other uses, prior permission is required; please contact:
Summer Institute Media Project
 Alliance
of Associations of Teachers of Japanese
240 Humanities Bldg., 279 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0279
Tel: (303) 492-5487
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