Asia Education Foundation

Japan Curriculum Resources

For Download

Arts and English based secondary school units are free resources downloadable here.

Image: Arts/Media Unit: Visual Haiku

Arts Unit: Visual Haiku (Secondary)

Investigate, adapt and present elements of the traditional genre of haiku in non-traditional ways.

Image: Hanabi: Sources from Japan for the Secondary English Classroom

English: Hanibi - Poetry into performance (Secondary)

Hanabi includes poetry, photos and discussions of manga and manners in contemporary Japan.

Image: Music Unit: TaikOz – Australia-Japan Taiko Drumming Fusion

Arts Unit: TaikOz – Australia-Japan Taiko Drumming Fusion (Secondary)

Learn how the concepts of music are used to create taiko drumming pieces and analyse movements used in taiko drumming.

  

For Purchase

Image: Snapshots of Asia: Japan

Snapshots of Asia: Japan (Primary)

This big book is an excellent way to introduce knowledge and appreciation of Japan whilst developing literacy skills in the primary classroom.

Image: Japan Diary

Japan Diary (Secondary)

Improve intercultural understanding through this novella in which two secondary students, one from Australia and the other from Japan, exchange countries for six months.

Image: Exploring North-East Asia: China, Japan, Korea

 
Senior English: Voices and Visions from Japan CD-ROM (Secondary)

Access authentic, topical materials from Japan, along with rich and rewarding learning activities for senior secondary students in English classes.

 
 

Resources in your school library:

Image: Voices and Visions from Japan CD-ROM

Exploring North-East Asia: China, Japan, Korea (Secondary)

This senior secondary resource focuses on cultural, historical and environmental aspects of China, Korea and Japan and invites comparisons with Australia. It was distributed to all schools in Australia in 2003. Check your school library!

  

 Student resources

  1. School days
    This activity sheets revisits Keiko's school day, presented on page 12 of Snapshots of Japan. The activity sheet enables students to record and compare their school day with that of Keiko's. For further teaching and learning activities related to schools, refer to pages 41 to 42 of the Snapshots of Asia Teacher Guide.

  2. Quiz Activity Page
    This activity sheet should be given to students after they have completed the online quiz. The sheet restates the quiz fact file information and provides activities which require them to write and draw answers. The activities focus on developing comparative information and data about Australia and Japan.

  3. Something to celebrate
    This information sheet restates information about the Children's Festival on page 24 of the Snapshots of Japan publication and asks students to design their own celebratory kite for an Australian children's festival.

    Before handing out this sheet it is suggested you re-read pages 24 and 25 of Snapshots of Japan to discuss the symbolism of the carp kite. This should stimulate a brainstorming activity of positive symbols or images which could be incorporated into the students' designs.

    For further resources material relating to symbols and kites refer to the publication "Images" available from curriculumpress.