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National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) Classroom Materials Descriptions
Discovery Box: Exploring Culture Through Artifacts $19.95 – Middle School to Secondary
Most students have a natural interest in objects that are not familiar to them. This unit helps capture this
interest and use it to develop object literacy while teaching about another culture. Students learn to look
at objects with the eye of an anthropologist or an artist, improving their skills of both observation and
inquiry, while drawing tentative conclusions about the culture they are studying. Includes lessons using
Japan as an example, but can be adapted for any culture. 1985, revised 1995.
Episodes in the History of U.S.-Japan Relations: Case Studies of Conflict, Conflict Management
and Resolution $49.95 – Secondary to Community College
This unit examines conflicts between the U.S. and Japan and cultural responses to those conflicts.
Lesson One, “Early Interactions,” sets the stage for Lesson Two, “Japanese Immigration to the United
States.” Lesson Three, “Pearl Harbor,” and Lesson Four, “Hiroshima,” focus on the two most infamous
episodes of conflict between the two nations. Lesson Five, “The Occupation,” and Lesson Six, “The 50 th
Anniversary of Pearl Harbor,” deal with the aftermath of those WWII conflicts. 1993.
Haiku Moment: Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand, Elementary $31.95 – Elementary
Writing activities accompanied by slides and an audiotape of haiku and Japanese music introduce
students to the world of Japanese aesthetics and poetry. Includes 12 slides and an audiotape. 1995.
Haiku Moment: Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand, Secondary $34.95 – Secondary
An essential tool for introducing the world of haiku, this unit will allow students to explore Japanese
aesthetics and poetry through activities enhanced by slides and poetry readings. They will come away
with a sense of the culture that created this centuries old poetic form and will experience the satisfaction
that comes from creating poetry of their own. Includes 22 slides and an audiotape. 1995.
Hiroshima: Perspectives on the Atomic Bombing $39.95 – Secondary
Through this unit, students are encouraged to examine the use of the atomic bomb on Japan in its
historical context. Small-group and whole-class activities allow students to learn and appreciate the
multiple perspectives people have on the atomic bombing. The activities utilize primary sources to further
enrich the varying perspectives presented in the unit. Unit with CD-ROM. 2000.
Japan Meets the West: A Case Study of Perceptions $44.95 – Middle School to Secondary
This five-lesson unit focuses on encounters between Europeans, Americans, and the Japanese in the
mid-1800s. Historic images from woodblock prints and paintings, journal entries, and other primary
sources bring these interactions to life for students as they think about issues such as perceptions and
stereotypes. Includes 30 slides. 1994.
Japanese Art in the Edo Period $39.95 – Middle School to Secondary
This unit will introduce students to a variety of schools of painting that flourished in the relatively peaceful
society that existed during the Edo period. Throughout the unit, students will view and work with images
of the Edo period art. They will learn how new forms of travel encouraged the development of new art
forms, and how the government's encouragement of some kinds of art and the restrictions on other types
of art, created official and unofficial realms of art. Students will also examine the effects of the arts on
Japan's isolation from the outside world and how influences from China and the West continued to be an
important part of Japanese art. 2005
Japanese Migration & the Americas: An Introduction to the Study of Migration $29.95 – Secondary
This curriculum module introduces students to the study of migration, including a brief overview of some
categories of migration and reasons why people migrate. In this introductory study, the Japanese
migration experience in the Americas is used as a case study. Students will be introduced to categories of
migrations such as rural-urban migration, urban-urban migration, cyclical migration, forced migration,
return migration, remigration, and U-turn migration. Case studies of migration will be drawn from the
Japanese experience in the United States, Canada, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia, and Argentina. 2000.
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