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Friday, October 9 at 11:00am - Visual Calculations
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Monday, November 9 at 4:30pm - Kanji Are Fun!
an Introduction to Japanese Writing...
Sunday, December 6 at 10:30am - 2010 Educators’ Study Tour to ...
Japan and New York
Wednesday, June 30 at 9:00am
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- Impact of the Japanese Election, August 2009 10:10am Sep 18|1 Comment
- Is that really funny? – humor and identity in Japan and China 12:37pm Jun 4
- Nature and the Environment in Postwar Japan Lesson 1:33pm May 15
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Japan's Star Festival: Tanabata 2009Created about 4 months ago
Japan's New Year's Day: OshogatsuCreated about 11 months ago
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Japan Society - Education Programs New resources added to "Noteworthy Japanese News"
Source: aboutjapan.japansociety.org
Recent news articles in Japan have covered subjects as varied as Kamaboko Day, using construction scraps to fuel factories, coffee in Japan, and an editorial on Japan's working poor. This annotated list ...
Japan Society - Education Programs
Photo of the Waseda University baseball team in 1925 & link to essay by William Kelly about baseball from 1905-1935, the period bball became popular in Japan. Essay discusses concern by Ministry of Education and relationship between mass media and bball. Also included is a great quote in Asahi newspaper in 1911 dismi...ssing baseball as a "pickpocket's sport" where "players try to swindle their opponents and steal bases." How times have changed. From same article: "it is impossible for Americans to play a brave game like rugby, the national sport of the British, in which the players hang on to the ball even though their nose is being crushed and their skull dented."Read More
Source: aboutjapan.japansociety.org
A picture of the Waseda University baseball team in 1925 after playing an exhibition game against the University of Chicago. Link to an article about baseball in this period by William Kelly.
Japan Society - Education Programs Interesting lecture: “The Joy of Soy: Creative Cooking with Soy Sauce” 11/16 @ 3:30pm. RSVP taeko@gohansociety.org #TheGohanSociety
Source: www.gohansociety.org
The IRS has issued an advance ruling letter confirming that The Gohan Society is entitled to treatment as a public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, all donations made to The Gohan Society are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
Japan Society - Education Programs In this hands-on introduction to Serizawa: Master of Japanese Textile Design, children and their families try on kimono and make their own stenciled fabric art.
Source: www.japansociety.org
SERIZAWA KEISUKE (1895-1984) Abstract Designs, 1976. Kimono, hand-painted and stencil-dyed tsumugi-weave silk, 64 1/8 x 51 3/8 in. Kashiwa City.
Japan Society - Education Programs New resource posted! Interested in discussing health care reform with your class? Use Japan for comparison.
Source: aboutjapan.japansociety.org
This resource offers a brief overview of the health care system in Japan, gives links to relevant Japanese and American news articles, and suggests thought questions to use in the classroom. The resource is particularly useful for classes discussing health care reform.
Japan Society - Education Programs
Sunday, December 6, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
Learn the basics of the Japanese writing system. This workshop provides an overview of the fascinating migration from China to Japan of the Kanji (Chinese characters) writing system, introduces participants to basic words and pronunciation, and teaches fun Japanese literacy games... for use in the American classroom. By the end of the session, you’ll be writing your name in katakana, one of the Japanese syllabaries.
For more information, call (212) 715-1275 or email jseducation@japansociety.org. Tuition: $40, lunch & materials included.
Registration form available at www.japansociety.org/programs_for_educat
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Learn the basics of the Japanese writing system. This workshop provides an overview of the fascinating migration from China to Japan of the Kanji (Chinese characters) writing system, introduces participants to basic words and pronunciation, and teaches fun Japanese literacy games... for use in the American classroom. By the end of the session, you’ll be writing your name in katakana, one of the Japanese syllabaries.
For more information, call (212) 715-1275 or email jseducation@japansociety.org. Tuition: $40, lunch & materials included.
Registration form available at www.japansociety.org/programs_for_educat
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Time:10:30AM Sunday, December 6th
Location:an Introduction to Japanese Writing using Chinese Characters
Japan Society - Education Programs National identity and literature from Okinawa: a lesson plan for high school teachers.
Source: aboutjapan.japansociety.org
Through examples of Okinawan literature and its relationship to the larger genre of “Japanese literature,” the author(s) of this lesson addresses problems in the definition of ethnic and national identities.
Japan Society - Education Programs Next best thing to going to NY Anime Festival: Japan Society's video tour.
Source: www.youtube.com
http://www.japansociety.org A video walkthrough of the New York Anime Festival 2009, exploring the cosplay, merchandise, sights, sounds and chaos on the ground floor. Jacob Javits Center, New York City - September 25, 2009 Music - Popular Computer - Lost & Found (Shinichi Osawa Remix)
Japan Society - Education Programs New Yorkers, visit Japan Society Gallery for free this weekend (Oct 10 & 11). #OHNY http://www.japansociety.org/gallery
Source: www.japansociety.org
Japan Society's Gallery is among the premier institutions in the U.S. for the exhibition, research and publication of Japanese art.
Japan Society - Education Programs Registration open for Japanese writing workshop for educators at Japan Society NYC.
Japan Society, New York - Kanji are Fun! An Introduction to Japanese Writing Using Chinese Character
Source: www.japansociety.org
Learn the basics of the Japanese writing system. This workshop provides an overview of the fascinating migration from China to Japan of the kanji (Chinese characters) writing system, introduces basic ...
Japan Society - Education Programs Learn how to integrate the Japanese abacus in the elementary classroom. 11/9 & 11/16 at Japan Society NYC. Registration open. #teacher #workshop
Japan Society, New York - Visual Calculations: Integrating the Japanese Abacus in the Elementary Cla
Source: www.japansociety.org
Program for K-6 Educators Monday, November 9, 4:30 PM — 6:30 PM Monday, November 16, 4:30 PM — 6:30 PM(attendance required at both sessions)
Japan Society - Education Programs Tokyo loses bid for 2016 Olympics. Look back at some photos of flags that were put up all over Tokyo to promote Tokyo's bid that are on About Japan. Tokyo residents had very mixed feelings about hosting the Olympics, so the flags were aimed as much at Tokyo residents as they were at the IOC.
Source: aboutjapan.japansociety.org
Tokyo is one of the finalists to host the 2016 summer Olympic Games. These signs are designed to bolster Japan's bid.
Japan Society - Education Programs Suggestions on how to use #anime & #manga in the classroom
Source: aboutjapan.japansociety.org
Anime (Japanese animation) and manga (Japanese cartoons) are wildly popular with American children. Antonia Levi, a historian of Japan and expert about anime and manga, offers ideas as to how to use these popular items in the classroom, including highlights and possible pitfalls.
Japan Society - Education Programs Japan's Prime Minister Hatoyama vows to cut emissions sharply
Source: www.nytimes.com
Japan’s prime minister-elect re-affirmed a campaign pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent in the next 10 years from 1990 levels.
Japan Society - Education Programs Kent Calder will speak about Japanese foreign relations in the Hatoyama era. Calder is one of the leading experts on Japanese foreign relations, so this lecture should be very useful for Social Studies teachers.
Source: www.japansociety.org
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