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Asia [Periodical] [Book / Map] [Videorecording] [ERIC]

• Periodical - Asia
  
  • Education about Asia.
    Number/Dates: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1996)-
    Publisher: Ann Arbor, Mich. : Association for Asian Studies, c1996-
    Subject: Asia--Study and teaching--Periodicals.
    Other Entries: Association for Asian Studies.
    Description: v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
    Notes: 3 no. a year
    Location: Watson Library Periodicals
    Call Number: DS32.8 .E38
    

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• Book / Map - Asia
  
  • Comparing cultures : a cooperative approach to a multicultural world / John W. Pickering. Portland, Me. : J. Weston Walch, 1990. (Grade 5-8) [UNCATALOGED]

   

  • The art of East Asia / Gabriele Fahr-Becker (editor).
    Edition:English ed.
    Publisher:Cologne : Konemann, c1999.
    Format:Book
    Description:2 v. : chiefly col. ill., col. maps ; 33 cm.
    Location: Art and Architecture Library
  • Asia in the Core Curriculum: Case Studies in the Social Sciences
    Author: Cohen, Myron (Ed.)
    Publisher:Armonk: M.E. Sharpe
    Publication Date:1992
    Geographical Region/Culture focus:Pan Asia
    Subject Area: Social Studies; Society; Culture Topics:Critical thinking; Cross-cultural understanding; Family; Work;
    9-12
    Media Type: Book; Teacher's Guide
    Description: A landmark resource involving over 100 scholars, this is Volume 1 of three guides for teaching about Asia produced in collaboration between Asian and Western specialists. Entries range from family organization in China, Indonesia, and Japan to the sociology of work in China, India, Japan, and the U.S. Designed to be used by college teachers in planning undergraduate courses and assigning reading, this volume provides suggestions for exploration by high school teachers rather than ready-to-use materials. 600 pages, paper. Contains a table of contents organized in three ways: by discipline, subdiscipline, and country.
    Order Information:
    M. E. Sharpe, 80 Business Park Dr., Armonk. NY 10504;
    Phone: (916)273-1800, (800)-541-6563
    Call Number: H62.5.U5A83 1992
     
  • Concise a history of East Asia
    Author: Fitzgerald, C. P. (Charles Patrick), 1902-
    Publisher:New York, Praeger [1966]
    Format:Book
    Description:vi, 306 p. illus., 8 maps. 22 cm.
    Location:Watson Library Stacks
    Call Number:950 F576c 1966
    
    
  • East Asia, (scale 1:8,000,000, 802545,August 1997)
    Publisher: GPO, 1997.
    Format: Map
    Location:Map Collection (Anschutz 1st floor)
    Call Number:PREX 3.10/4:EA 7/35
    
    
  • Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective
    Miller, Barbara Stoler (Ed.)
    Publisher:Armonk: M.E. Sharpe
    Publication Date: 1994
    Geographical Region/Culture
    focus: Pan Asia
    Subject Area: Literature
    Topics:Essays; Comparative Literature; Critical Thinking
    Grade Level:9-12
    Media/Type: Book; Teacher's Guide
    Description: Volume 2 of three guides for teaching about Asia. This volume, a collaboration between Asian and Western specialists, contains critical and explanatory essays on Asian literary masterworks, often with an implied rather than developed comparative perspective. Not a book of readings, but useful discussions of works that might be selected; cross-indexed by country and genre.

    M. E. Sharpe, 80 Business
    Park Dr., Armonk. NY 10504;
    Phone: (916)273-1800, (800)541-6563
    Call Number:PJ409.M38 1994

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• Videorecording - Asia
  • Japan and East Asia [videorecording] : partners or competitors? / MIT Japan Program .
    Publisher:Cambridge, Mass. : The Program, c1994.
    Series: MIT Japan Program video series
    Format: Visual Material
    Description: 2 videocassettes (190 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
    Computer Info: VHS.
    Cast/Performer: Presenter, Dennis Encarnation.
    Summary: Dennis Encarnation, MIT Japan Program research associate, sets the stage for his analysis of Japan's relationship with East Asia by surveying Japan's current challenges. These include security concerns and defining Japan's role in global politics, as well as domestic political and economic issues, such as warring ministries, currency policies, administrative reform and changing labor demographics. Encarnation goes on to explore foreign direct investment, comparing U.S. and Japanese investment patterns and their prospects in East Asia.

  Location: Watson Library - Video Collection (4th Floor)
  Call Number: HC462.95 .J374 1994
  Holdings: cassette 1-2

• ERIC Database Curriculum Materials Accessible Through the Internet - Asia
  
  • Education About Asia
    http://www.aasianst.org/eaa-toc.htm by Association For Asian Studies (AAS)
    Quarterly publication by the AAS. It is designed to be a tool for K-16 teachers who wish to bring information on Asia to their classrooms. The online site does not cover the actural publication, but has Resource Links and Asia Factoids which are useful to educators.
    
    
  • Literacy and Illiteracy - International Trends http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/litcy-in.html
    The ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication is dedicated to providing educational materials, services, and coursework to everyone interested...
    
    
  • Multimedia Materials for East Asian Studies http://www.lib.ku.edu/eastasia/mediatitle2001.htm
    Excellent classroom teaching materials which was granted by the Kansas Library Network Interlibrary Loan Development Program (ILDP) FY1997 Grant. Materials include China, Japan, Korea and East Asia related videos, cassette tapes, audio tape, slides, photos and books. This is to help students understand East Asia not only through printed materials but also by using their senses to have a taste of the rich East Asia culture. Some are suitable for K-12 level social studies. Many series have teacher's guides or booklets for discussion.
    
    
  • Thinking About
    http://ericir.syr.edu/pub/gem/CurriculumCorp/future.htm
    Students consider what they will be doing and thinking five years from today and compare their ideas with those of their Asian counterparts.

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China [Periodical] [Book / Map] [Videorecording] [ERIC]

• Periodical
  • Chinese Literature
    Publisher:Peoples' Republic of China, Beijing
    Geographical Region/Culture focus: East Asia; China
    Subject Area: Literature; Art
    Topics:Fiction; Poetry; Prose; Biography
    Grade Level: 9-12
    Media/Type: Periodical
    Description: This periodical, published quarterly in book form in Beijing, contains English translations of contemporary and classic Chinese literary and artistic works. Includes fiction, poetry, prose, classics, fables, reproductions of classical Chinese paintings, and information about Chinese writers and artists. Each issue has a subject index.
    Order Information available in US from: Cypress Books, 3450 Third Street, Suite 4B, San Francisco, CA 94124;
    or from China Books and Periodicals, 2929 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110; Phone (415)282-2994
    Call Number:DS777.55.C45

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• Book / Map - China
  • Ancient China : stencils / Mira Bartok and Stanley Murashige. Glenview, Ill. : GoodYearBooks, 1995. (Ages 8 and up) ) [UNCATALOGED]
    
    
  • China : a literature-based multicultural unit / Betsy Franco. Monterey, Calif. : Evan-Moor, 1993.  (Grade 1-3) [UNCATALOGED]
    
    
  • Chinese Civilization, A Sourcebook (2nd Edition)
    Author: Ebrey, Patricia (Ed.)
    Publisher: Free Press/Macmillan, New York
    Publication Date: 1993
    Geographical Region/Culture focus: East Asia; China
    Subject Area: Literature; Society; Politics; Economics; History
    Topics: Chinese Literature
    Grade Level: 5-8; 9-12
    Media/Type: Book
    Description: This 2nd edition, substantially expanded is a superb selection of primary source readings, arranged chronologically to span China's history, providing insights into the social, economic, and political conditions and developments of each period. It is essential for anyone using primary documents either to teach about China or to provide comparisons with Western readings for equivalent periods.
    Order Information:
    Paramount Publishing, 200 Old Tappan Road, Old Tappan, NJ 07675; Phone: (510)658-3453; (800)788-212
    Call Number: DS721.C517 1993
    
    
  • Chinese popular prints
    Author: Lust, John.
    Publisher: E.J. Brill / Leiden ; New York
    Publication Date: 1996
    Geographical Region/Culture focus: East Asia; China
    Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Vierte Abteilung, China, Handbook of oriental studies, China 11. Bd.= 0169-9563
    Handbuch der Orientalistik. Vierte Abteilung, China ; 11. Bd
    Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.[327]-336) and index.
    Meida/Type: Book
    Format: vii, 352 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.
    Description:
    Wood-engraving,Chinese -- Ming-Ch`ing dynasties, 1368-1912.
    Wood-engraving -- 20th century.
    Popular culture in art.
    ISBN: 9004104720 (cloth : alk. paper)
    Call Number: NE1183.L87 1996
    
    
  • Drinking with the moon [book and sound cassette] / selected by Jeannette L. Faurot. San Francisco : China Books, 1998. [UNCATALOGED]
    
    
  • Gateway to the Chinese classics [book and sound cassette] : a practical introduction to literary Chinese / by Jeannette L. Faurot San Francisco : China Books, 1998.

  Description: xviii, 122 p. ; 28 cm. + 1 sound cassette.
  
  General Notes: Text in English and Chinese.
  ISBN: 0835126331

  Location: Watson Library Stacks
  Call Number: PL1117 .F38 1998
  Holdings: text

  Location: Watson Library-Reserve
  Call Number: PL1117 .F38 1998
  Holdings: cassette

  
  

  • Hunger : a novella and stories
    Author: Chang, Lan Samantha.
    Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c1998.
    Format: Book
    Description: 191 p. ; 21 cm.
    ISBN: 0393046648
    Location: Watson Library Stacks
    Call Number: PS3553.H2724 H86 1998
     
  • Minidragons : fragile economic miracles in the Pacific
    Author: Steven M. Goldstein (Ed.)
    Publisher:  New York : Ambrose Video Pub. ; Boulder : Westview Press
    Publication Date: 1991.
    Subject(s): Economic forecasting--East Asia.
    East Asia--Politics and government.
    Media/Type: Book; 144 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
    Description:
    The minidragons : economic miracles and political change / Steven M. Goldstein
    Taiwan : in search of identity / Thomas B. Gold
    Singapore : developmental paternalism / Frederic C. Deyo
    Hong Kong : diminishing laissez-faire / John P. Burns
    South Korea : the challenge of Democracy / Chong-Sik Lee.
    Other Information: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-144).
    ISBN: 0813382572 :, 0813382580 (pbk.) :, 0813312647 (pbk.) :
    Call Number: HC460.5 .M56 1991
    
    
  • Amy Tan, Author of "The Joy Luck Club." (People to Know).

  Author: Kramer, Barbara
  Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 44 Fadem Road, Box 699, Springfield, NJ 07081
  Publication Date: 1996
  Geographical Region/Culture focus: East Asia; China
  Subject Area: Childrens-Literature; Chinese-Americans; Family-Characteristics; Fiction-; Professional-Development; Secondary-Education
  Topic: *Authors-; *Biographies-; *Cultural-Context; *Females-; *Individual-Development; *Literature-Appreciation
  Media/Type:Book; 114 p.
  Description: This book, aimed at the young reader, explores the life and career of the Chinese-American author, Amy Tan. It follows her childhood in Oakland, California, through her struggle to accept her Chinese heritage, through her education and marriage to a non-Chinese man, to her early work as a business writer, and finally to her great success as a writer of novels and other fiction such as children's books. The book includes chapter notes and provides a chronology of important events in Amy Tan's life, both personal and professional. It concludes with a list of books for further reading about Amy Tan. (NKA)
  Other Information: Document Not Available from EDRS.
  Call Number:PN1998.3.S65 M43 1996
  

  • Red eggs and dragon boats : celebrating Chinese festivals
    Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Pacific View Press, c1994.
    Format: Book
    Subject(s): Festivals--China--Juvenile literature.
    China--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
    Description: 48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
    Summary: This is a book about the celebration of Chinese festivals.
    Most of the Chinese festivals are based on the lunar
    calendar. It includes festivals such as the Chinese
    lunar New Year, Clear Brightness festival, Full-month
    red egg and ginger party, Dragon Boat festival and Moon
    festival.
    ISBN: 1881896080 :
    Location: Watson Library Stacks
    Call Number: GT4883.A2 S76 1994

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• Videorecording - China
  • Big Bird in China / Children's Television Workshop.
    Publisher:New York : Random House Home Video, c1987.
    Format:Visual Material
    Description:1 videocassette (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. copy1 Temporarily Located at Watson Library-Reserve
    Call Number:PZ7.S87785 Bib 1982
    
    
  • Chinese New Year / Schlessinger Video
    Publisher: Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video Productions, c1994.
    Series: Holidays for children video series
    Format: Visual Material
    Description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
    ISBN: 1572250135 :
    Location: Watson Library Stacks
    copy1 Temporarily Located at Watson Library-Reserve
    Call Number: GT4905 .C45 1994
    
    
  • Chinoiserie / conceived and directed by
    Ping Chong ; presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music,
    1995 Next Wave Festival.
    Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Ping Chong & Company, c1995.
    Format: Visual Material
    Description: 1 videocassette (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
    Location: Watson Library-Reserve
    Call Number: PS3553.H586 C4824 1995
    
    
  • Concert ode [sound recording] / William Flanagan. Chinese songs / Irwin Heilner. Concertante no. 1 / Daniel Pinkham. Serenade concertante / Arthur Berger
    Subject(s): Orchestral music.
    Publisher: New York : Composers Recording, Inc., 1970.
    Format: Musical Sound Recording
    Description: 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm., mono. ; 12 in.
    Location: Music Library
    Call Number: L 2685
    
    
  • First moon
    Produced and directed by Richard Gordon and Carma Hinton.
    Publisher: New York : New Day Films, c1987.
    Format: Visual Material
    Description: 1 videocassette (37 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
    Location: Watson Library-Reserve
    Call Number: GT4905 .F57 1987
    
    
  • More than rice
    Author: Heather Finnegan (Ed.)/ Matt Craven, Miguel Peralta (video)
    Carousel Films.
    Bouquet Multimedia Publisher:New York, NY : Carousel Film & Video
    Publication Date: c1996

    Subject(s): Documentary films. China--Civilization--1949-. China--History--1976-

    Media/Type: [videorecording] 1 videocassette (51 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. VHS formate.

    Description: The world is watching China as it charges into the 21st century and it is trying to understand China for business, political, and personal reasons.  The way to this understanding is through the people.  This documentary presents a wide variety of perspectives as well as taking a fresh look at the past, present, and future of this fascinating nation.

    Call Number: DS779.23 .M67 1996
     
  • Pien tsou pien ch`ang = Life on a string
    A Serene production with Pandora Film, Beijing Film Studio, and China Film Co-production Corporation ;
    producer, Don Ranvaud ; director, Chen Kaige ; screenplay, Chen Kaige.
    Author: Pei Xinonan (Ed.) ; Qu Xino Song (music) Gu Changwei  (Director of photography)
    Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video
    Publication Date: c1994.
    Subject(s):Feature films.
    Media/Type: [videorecording]; 1 videocassette (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.; VHS formate.
    Description: Story of a saintly blind man who as a boy was promised the restoration of his sight if he devoted his life to music. He and a young blind disciple travel the countryside seeking enlightenment and inspiring people with their singing and banjo playing. From a short story by Shi Tiesheng.  Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. Chinese dialogue, English subtitles. Call Number: PN1997 .P482 1991
    
    
  • Porcelain for emperors : traditional porcelain production in Jingdezhen, China / produced by Sada Planning, Inc. in cooperation with the School of Cinema-Television and the Center of Visual Anthropology of the University of Southern California.
    Author: France Yuan, Jan Stuart,  and Louise Allison Cort; Syou-Ling Fu (Director and Ed.)
    Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : University of Southern California ;[S.l.] : Sada Planning Inc.
    Publication Date: 1993.

    Subject(s):
    Porcelain, Chinese--Ming-Ch`ing dynasties, 1368-1912Exhibitions.
    Porcelain, Chinese--China--Jingdezhen--Exhibitions.
    Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

    Media/Type:[videorecording] ; 1 videocassette (13 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.; VHS formate.

    Description: Focuses on the traditional art form of porcelain making in Jingdezhen, China. This video accompanied the exhibition: Joined colors : decoration and meaning in Chinese porcelain, presented Institution, Washington, D.C., January 31-November 28, 1993. "The second version on this tape uses open captioning"--Label on cassette.

    Call Number: NK4166.C47 C672 1993
     
  • Taiwan = exotic blossom of the orient
    Author/Director/Producer: Goldblatt, Dan
    Cast: Narrator, Roberta Wong Murray.
    Publisher: San Ramon, CA : International Video Network
    Publication Date: c1988.

    Subject(s):
    Documentary films.
    Taiwan--Description and travel. Series: Video visits. Far East collection
    Video travel library

    Media/Type:[videorecording] ; 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.;  VHS format.

    Description: Travel to the island nation of Taiwan, where ancient Chinese traditions blend seamlessly with a dynamic high-tech culture.

    ISBN: 0681607327
    Call Number: DS799.24 .T36 1988

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• ERIC Database Accessible through the Internet - China
  • Mirrors Of The Soul: Beijing Opera
ftp://ericir.syr.edu/pub/gem/CurriculumCorp/mirrors.htm - size 9.5K.
SOURCE Access Asia: Secondary Teaching and Learning Units
Published by Curriculum Corporation, 1996, RRP $24.95
ISBN 1 86366 346 0
Learning Area: The Arts (visual arts, drama)
Level: Lower secondary
Students experiment with design and technical elements such as symbol, color and character appropriate to the style of make-up used in Beijing Opera.


• Jenny's Week ftp://ericir.syr.edu/pub/gem/CurriculumCorp/asiajit.htm

Description: Students read an extract from the diary of an 11-year-old Taiwanese girl and compare aspects of her life with their own.

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Japan [Periodical] [Book / Map] [Videorecording] [ERIC]

• Periodical - Japan
  • Japan Echo
    Publisher: Consulate General of Japan, New York, NY
    Geographical Region/Culture focus:  East Asia; Japan
    Subject Area: Culture
    Topics:Contemporary Issues; Pictures
    Grade Level:5-8; 9-12
    Media/Type: Periodical
    Description: Three quarterlies available from the information section of your nearest consulate general of Japan. Japan Echo -- translations of significant articles on topics of current interest in Japan, written by respected commentators, for teachers and high-ability students. Japan Today -- generally uncritical visual presentations of for upper elementary through high school students. Pacific Friend -- similar to Japan Today but covering a somewhat wider area with a Japanese emphasis.
    Call Number: DS801.J256
    
    
• Japan Pictorial

Publisher: NTT Mediascope Inc.
Geographical Region/Culture focus:East Asia; Japan
Subject Area: Culture; Art; Society
Topics: Lifestyles; Crafts
Grade Level: 5-8; 9-12
Media/Type: Periodical
Description: This quarterly magazine contains pictures of and articles about contemporary Japanese life. Each issue includes spotlights on arts and crafts, with a traditional Japanese color and origami pattern.Order Information: NTT Mediascope Inc., NTT Kanda Building, 2-16 Tsukasa-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, Japan; Subscription outside Japan is $32 per year.
Call Number: folio DS801.J32

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• Book/Map and Special Recommended Titles
  • Best-loved children's songs from Japan
    Author: Imoto, Y¯oko, 1944-
    Edition: First American Edition, 1996.
    Publisher:  Torrance, Ca. : Heian International, Inc., 1996.
    Format:  Book
    Description: 31 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
    Location: Music Library
    Call Number: M1997.I46 B4 1996
    
    
  • Concept of kami in the Many¯osh¯u
    Author:  Hisamatsu, Sen'ichi, 1894-1976.
    Publisher: Tokyo, Japan : Nippon Bunka Chuo Renmei (Central Federation of Nippon Culture), 1941.
    Format: Book
    Description: 62 p. ; 23 cm.
    Location:  Watson Library Stacks
    Call Number: PL728.175.G6 H57 1941
    
    
  • Cooperation in Japan
    Author: Developed by Gary Mukai (The japan Project)
    Publisher:Stanford Program on International and Cross- Cultural Education (SPICE)/ Stanford, CA
    Publication Date: 1990
    Media/Type:32 slides : col. + 1 sound cassette (ca. 30 min.) + 1 guide (iii, 26 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.)
    Description: A teaching unit that demonstrates how fiction, in this case a Japanese children's story, can be used to teach an important concept about a country.
    Call Number: DS821.C64 1990
    
    
  • Early Japan : self-directed study units for grades K-3 and 4-8 gifted / by Ruth  Patzman.
    Author: Patzman, Ruth.
    Publisher: Tuscon, Ariz. : Zephyr
    Publication Date: 1983.
    Series: Zephyr learning packet Early Japan ; grade K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Media Type: Book
    ix, 82 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. ISBN:0913705144 (pbk.)
    Description: A self-directed study of ancient Japanese culture with reproducible sheets of suggestions for student research projects for grades K-3 and 4-8. The 14-page unit was written in 1983 by Ruth Patzman of the University of Arizona East Asian Outreach Office and is published and distributed by Zephyr Press.
    Location: ON ORDER --request this item at the circulation desk
    Call Number: No call number
    
    
  • Glimpses of Japan Through Comics
Author: Allen, Caron
Publisher: Urbana, II.: Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
Publication Date: 1985
Geographical Region/Culture focus: East Asia; Japan
Subject Area: Culture
Topics: Family life
Grade Level: All grade levels
Media/Type: Book Description: Presents a slice of Japanese culture and family life through a series of nine short comic strips. Each is preceded by a background essay and followed with frame by frame explanations and questions for discussion. More materials are adaptable for use at all grade levels.
Location: ON ORDER --request this item at the circulation desk
Call Number: PN6790.J3 A4 1985


• Grandfather's Journey
  Author: Allen Say
  Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin
  Publication Date: 1993
  Media/Type: Book
  Description: In pictures and prose, this book reflects the emigration of the author's grandfather from Japan to the U.S., and then his return to Japan.
  Call Number:P27.S2744 Gr 1993
  
  
• Introducing modern Japan : lecture series / Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan. , vol. 5 (1996) [single issue of serial]  [UNCATALOGED]


• Japan : a literature-based multicultural unit / Betsy Franco. Monterey, Calif. : Evan-Moor, 1993.  (Grade 1-3) [UNCATALOGED]


• Letters from Hyogo / project coordinator, Richard Moulden ; editor, Mary Hammond Bernson ; drawings, Erica Dahl.
Author: Moulden, Richard.
Publisher:  Seattle, Wash. : Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, East Asia
Resource Center.
Publication Date: c1994.
Media Type: Book
28 leaves : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Description:
Written as pen-pal letters from the point of view of an 13-year-old child, this collection of activities on Japan is designed to make daily life in Japan come alive for American elementary and middle school students. The letters incorporate hands-on activities, stories, recipes, and a wide range of information about life in Japan today. The unit was written by Richard Moulden, a teacher who traveled to Japan on a study tour from the state of Washington, and edited by Mary Hammond Bernson from the East Asia Resource Center at the University of Washington, in conjunction with the Washington State Department of Education.
Location: ORDER--request this item at the circulation desk
Call Number: DS894.69.H95 M68 1994
 

• A Look at Japanese Culture Through the Family
  
Author: Parisi, Lynn ed.
Publisher: Boulder, Colo.: Social Science Education Consortium, 1988
Publication Date: 1988
Media/Type: Book

Description:
This unit contains descriptions of 33 Japanese families, written by elementary and secondary school teachers who spent one and two-day homestays with both urban and rural families during a three-week study tour of Japan in 1988, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Region Japan Project. The case studies are designed to provide middle and high school students with material on which to base hypotheses about traditions, social institutions, and values in Japan today.

Call Number: DS821.L65 1988


• Religion in Japan and A Look at Cultural Transmission
  
Author: Mukai, Gary
Publisher:Stanford: Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE)
Publication Date: n
Media/Type: Book

Description:
A well-structured module that includes lesson plans, scripted slide shows, and a range of activities. Particularly strong on the historical and ritualistic aspects of Japanese religions and on cultural transmission. Also includes interesting portraits of contemporary young practicing Buddhists, to whom students can relate. Teachers should note however that religion plays a relatively small role in the lives of many contemporary Japanese. These ostensibly religious activities have been expanded to include a broader range of cultural meaning.

Call Number: BL660. M8R4 1990


• Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

Author: Eleanor Coerr / Ed Young (illustrated)
Publisher: The Putnam Publishing Group / New York
Publication Date:1997
Media/Type: Book

Description: This version of the favorite story of the thousand paper cranes is especially for young readers.

Call Number: RJ416.L4 C63


• Symbolism in Japanese language and culture kit : activities for the elementary classroom, grades - upper elementary
Author: The Japan Project, Stanford Program on International and Cross-cultural Education (SPICE).
Publisher: Standford, CA: The Japan Project/SPICE, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, c1991.
Media Type:  Multimedia Kit, 1 guide (125 p.), 27 slides, 1 videocassette, (80 min.) 1 sound cassette, 1 map, 1 Japanese artifact (good luck charm).
Description:
A multimedia tour de force that will educate as well as intrigue upper elementary students.  This module includes a 125-page workbook filled with lessons, games, and activities, along with detailed background materials (slide scripts, video summaries, and bibliographies).  The wealth of materials covers Japanese folktales, artifacts, geography, global perspectives, the material arts and sumo, and many facets of Japanese culture and its language.  There is something for everyone in this wonderful module—it’s an enormous bargain.
Location: ON ORDER --request this item at the circulation desk
Call Number: No call number


• Tanoshii Gakush¯u, learning with enjoyment: activities about Japan for elementary students / Michele Shoresman, Waunita Kinoshita ; illustrations by Louise Krauss. Author:
 Michele Shoresman, Waunita Kinoshita ; illustrations by Louise Krauss.
Author: Shoresman, Michele
Edition:  2d ed.
Publisher: Urbana, Ill. : Center for Asian Studies
Publication Date: 1980, c1978.
Geographical Region/Cultural focus:  Japan
Subject Area: Geography (map transparencies), trade, food and cooking, language, folktales, the arts, games and exercises.
Media Type: Book
152 p.: ill. ; 28 cm.
Description:
This excellent collection of class materials by Michele Shoresman & Waunita Kinoshita (1978, 1980) contains units on geography (map transparencies), trade, food and cooking, language, folktales, the arts, games and exercises. Inquire also about GLIMPSES OF JAPAN THROUGH COMICS.
Location: ON ORDER --request this item at the circulation desk
Call Number: LB1584.5.J3 S5 1980x
 
• Teaching About Japan: Lessons and Resources

Author: Bernson, Mary Hammond and Linda S. Wojtan, Eds.
Publisher: Social Studies Development Center / Bloomington, IN
Publication Date: 1996.
Media/Type: Book

Description: A collection of K-12 lesson plans and a guide to resources on Japan.

Call Number:ED1.310/2:401223 (Gov Doc. another copy is on order)


• Teaching Japan through the arts
Author: Bernson, Mary Hammond, et al.
Publisher: S.l. : s.n.
Publication Date: 198-?
Media Type: Book
4 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Description:
This series of four books, designed for use in elementary and junior high classes, introduces students to Japan through a variety of activities, some of which are art related. The books were developed and tested by an interdisciplinary team of educators and Japan specialists, JEMS in 1988.

• BOOK I: NATSU MATSURI offers a study of Japan's summer festivals and provides students an opportunity to learn about family traditions and community celebrations, with material on the meaning of dance, song, decorations, and food in the contemporary celebration of Tanabata and Obon.

• BOOK II: TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CULTURE uses a variety of activities to acquaint students with traditional patterns and designs, kabuki, sumo wrestling, and Momotaro, a popular Japanese folktale. Directions for performing a kabuki play are included.

• BOOK III: JAPAN THROUGH ART ACTIVITIES uses art activities to introduce basic concepts helpful in studying Japan in units on objects of daily life, mapping Japan, the design of a Japanese home, Japan's population density and space and Japanese tidal waves (tsunami).

• BOOK IV: SCHOOL DAYS IN JAPAN provides an opportunity for American students to experience Japanese school life through role play, children's games and sports day activities, writing simple Japanese characters, and comparing school songs.

Location: ON ORDER --request this item at the circulation
Call Number: DS806 .B4 1980
 

• "Omiyage"
  Author:Turkovich, Marilyn and Linda Bubolz Ashida with Peggy Mueller
  Publisher:Wellesley, MA: WORLD EAGLE / Wellesley
  Publication:1990
  Media/Type: Book
  Call Number: DS827.O45 T87 1986 (one copy is on order)