Japan Bundle: 3 Japan History Activities For Your Ancient & Medieval Japan Unit
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Description
This Japan Activities Bundle includes THREE very creative and engaging resources for teaching about Japanese history and culture. All three Japan Bundle activities have been used in my own classroom, and are student-approved! By buying these Japan lessons as a bundle, you'll receive a highly discounted price. However, if you want to check out these Japan resources as individual products, you can find them here:
Medieval Japan: Beauty and Fashion in the Heian Period
Japan Google Slides Drag and Drop Activity
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JAPAN BUNDLE DETAILS
Resource 1: Virtual Field Trip to Japan. This no-prep Google Slides activity is very self-directed and great as a sub plan. Student get to learn about various high-interest topics including:
*Lucky Cat (why is it lucky?)
*Archery on horseback
*Anime and Manga
*Popular Foods
*Deer Park
*Various popular festivals
*Choosing 2 tourist attractions off Atlas Obscura they'd like to visit.
The virtual field trip to Japan is editable to meet your needs or to differentiate for certain classes!
You can find the individual Virtual Field Trip to Japan resource here:
Resource 2: Medieval Japan: Beauty and Fashion Trends in the Heian Period. This 11 page Medieval/Feudal Japan resource for the history classroom explores the Beauty and Fashion Trends of Medieval Japan during the Heian Era. Just seeing the picture of a Japanese woman with painted black is enough to catch the attention of any middle school or high school history student!
Analyzing the beauty and fashion trends in Medieval Japan during the Heian Era is a great way to teach about Japanese History and Culture. The resource studies numerous beauty ideals held by the Japanese elite; it also explores how beauty and fashion can be used as a way to demonstrate social status, and vice versa.
The worksheet contains 11 pages of photos and readings that detail the (to our modern sensibilities) bizarre beauty and fashion ideals of Medieval Japan. For example, teeth blackening, the shaving of eyebrows, wearing up to 40 layers of robes at a time, growing floor length hair and more. It is a fascinating glimpse into the life of the upper class in Heian Japan, and garners strong student buy-in!
The Medieval Japan: Beauty and Fashion in the Heian Period lesson plan is No Prep. Just print, copy and go! It is also differentiated and contains 2 versions of the worksheet (basic and general) so you reach all of your learners. Furthermore, I include both pdf and doc files for each version, so you can edit to suit your needs.
THE TOPICS OF THE SECTIONS INCLUDE
*How different cultures have had different standards of beauty over
the span of history.
* How the peaceful and prosperous Heain Period allowed upper class
Japanese to focus on art, literature, and beauty, and how that led to
desire to achieve a refined aesthetic themselves.
* Oshaguro--teeth blackening: the section details, what it was, how it
was done, and why.
* Oshiroi--white face makeup: the section details, what it was, how it
was done, and why.
* Hikimayu--shaving off eyebrows and drawing a smudged version high
on the forehead. The section details, what it was, how it was done, and
why the people in Medieval Japan liked this look
* Juunihitoe--Wearing layered robes. This section details, what it was,
how it was done, and why the elite Japanese wore up to 44 lbs of robes
at the same time. This section explores why this was popular among
the elite in Heian Japan.
*Kumokami--Very long, straight hair. This section details this trend in
Medieval Japan and explains why it occured, and how the Chinese
played a role.
* Long flowing sleeves, red lips-- these sections explore why these
trends were popular among the elite in Heian Japan
* Men and Commoners-- this section explores what men and Japanese
commoners wore in Medieval Japan, and how their clothing reflected
their social class.
The individual Medieval Japan: Beauty and Fashion Trends in the Heian Period can be found here: Medieval Japan: Fashion and Beauty Trends in the Heian Period
Resource 3: Japan Google Slides Drag and Drop Activity.
This easy to navigate Drag & Drop Google Slides activity is a great way to introduce or review Japan's rich history. It is a hands-on, no-prep digital resource that will help round out your Japan Unit. Perfect for sub plans or early finishers.
This Japan Drag & Drop Google Slides digital resource is very self-directed. It tasks students with dragging 10 terms relating to Japan and dropping them next to the correct description. The terms included are:
*Mount Fuji
*Shinto
*Yen
*Jimmu Tenno
*Jomon
*Tokyo
*Hokkaido
*Archipelago
*shoguns
*Yayoi
The Japan Drag & Drop Activity also links to the National Geographic Kids Website. The website is easy to navigate, easy to digest and contains all of the answers (in chronological order).
You can find the individual Japan Drag and Drop Activity here: Japan Drag and Drop Activity
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