The People of Japan

As our unit on China and Japan come to a close I had the students jigsaw read a book about Japan.  The activity has students read one section of chapter from the book and present the information to the class.  We read the book in pieces and put them together like a puzzle.  

For their presentation students then made a slide show on Google Docs slideshow the pointed out the key ideas from their section.

Japan - Introduction

Japan-Celebrations and Games

Japan-Community Life

Japan-Rulers and Warriors

Japan-The Arts

Japan-then and Now  

China & Japan Units

Our second graders are currently studying the countries of China and Japan.  As they learn about the cultural attributes of each region, they also connect those ideas to their current American culture.  If you are used to discussing your child's day when they come home from school, ask them about these two countries.  If you don't normally discuss your child's day at school, take a few minutes each day to do so.  

This blog has a link to our class's symbaloo page (basically an online bookmarks page) that will take you to numerous websites with great information about China and Japan.  Feel free to explore these sites in order to further engage in discussion with your child about what they are learning!

When clicking on the symbaloo link, you may have to search for our China and Japan webmix on the website. 

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