World Music (Japan) Unit Plan

A 5-week unit plan on Japan's Music and Culture (including songs, Taiko Drumming and folk dance). Within the slides contain an exclusive video of my personal friend from Japan talking about the culture and music of his own experience as a child (Culture bearer as coined by Campbell).

Content:

Slides (with culture bearer video)

Word Document (refer to below for more details)

Content of doc

1)Geological position of the place

2)Types of food eaten

3)Video of culture bearer

4)Musical information

5)Language (greetings)

6)Songs with lyrics, meaning, explanation etc. (8 songs)

7)Taiko Drum Lesson

8)Traditional Dance (Hanagasa origin)

Songs List

1)Ookina kuri no kino shita de (Chestnut tree song) PPT 9

2)Usagi (Rabbit song) PPT 24

3)Deta deta tsuki ga (Moon song) PPT 25

4)Hotaru Koi (Firefly song) PPT 34

5)Naka Hoi (game) PPT 8

6)Kaeru no uta ga (Frog song) PPT 33

7)Kagome (game)

8)Sakura (singing)