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Japan

Make your own Bonzai craft. Although Bonsai first appeared in China, it was not until the 1100's in Japan that the art of Bonsai was developed. Bonsai is the combination of plant and container.

Zoom School - Japan Zoom School is an on-line elementary-school classroom. Subject links include geography, science activities, stories, history, crafts, animals, art, time information, and games, and relate to the theme.

Japanese Americans

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Infoplease talks briefly about the Japanese Relocation Centers. On February 19, 1942, soon after the beginning of World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. The evacuation order commenced the round-up of 120,000 Americans of Japanese heritage to one of 10 internment camps in California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas. Though the Axis powers who threatened the Allies included Japan, Germany, and Italy, only Americans of Japanese—not German or Italian—descent were forced to move to the relocation centers.

The National Register of Historic Places is pleased to promote awareness of and appreciation for the historical contributions of Asian and Pacific peoples in the United States and its associated territories. More about Japanese Americans' Internment.

Analyze the reasons why people of Japanese ancestry living in the United States at the onset of World War II were removed from their homes on the West Coast and placed in relocation centers.

Book Suggestions

The Bracelet, by Yoshiko Uchida
 Yoshiko Uchida's The Bracelet is an exceptional book about friendship. During World War II, Emi, a young Japanese American girl, and her family are made to leave the lives they know and are sent to an internment camp. Her father is sent to an internment camp in Montana, while Emi, her sister and mother are sent to Utah. Emi has to leave behind her best friend Laurie who gives her a bracelet. Emi loses the bracelet. She learns that true friendships transcend material possessions.

I stumbled upon this book at my local bookstore. When I brought it home, I read it to my young daughter. It opened wonderful discussions about my own mother's teen years. My mother's family was one of many families sent to the internment camps.

Emi and 120,000 other Japanese Americans (80,000 of them citizens) were sent to detention centers due to their ethnic heritage by the U.S. government; their rights were abrogated.

The field of Asian American children's literature includes many wonderful books -- poetically written and exquisitely illustrated.

So Far from the Sea, by Eve Bunting
 So Far from the Sea, by Eve Bunting From School Library Journal-...art and text invite a new generation of Americans to remember that things can go terribly wrong when fear and hysteria prevail.

Crafts

Tammy Yee's Origami Page easy paper folding crafts for children.

Joseph Wu's Origami Page Explanation of Basic Folds, step-by-step instructions and collections of origami.

Learn Japanese

Fast & Fun: Japanese Book and Cassette Pronunciation guide, four 90-minute cassettes, pull-out bilingual dictionary and vocabulary cards give you added practice with words and phrases.

Kids Web Japan Language Learn basic phrases that people use everyday. You can practice them yourself after hearing how they're pronounced.

Lesson Plans

Manyogana is an ancient form of Japanese kana which uses Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds.

National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies provide annotated lists of recommended Web sites about Japan arranged by topic.

Poems

Students learn the syllable structure and mood of haiku poems by comparing the serenity of the autumn months with the peaceful rhythms of haiku poetry.

Recipes

Japanese Cookbook for Kids hasbasic information about the foods Japanese people eat and how they eat them plus recipes.

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