Experience Japan!

9:30 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

2-8 (Grade-level content will be provided based on reservations)

Dianne Crowley, Senior Director,  K-12 International Education Outreach

Debbie Myres, Education Coordinator, K-12 International Education Outreach

Dianne Crowley studied Japanese culture and visited Japanese schools during her tour of Japan through the Fulbright Memorial Fund Program. She spent two weeks on the northern island of Hokkaido and a week in Tokyo. Mrs. Crowley presents a program that includes traditional Japanese games, both modern and traditional Japanese music, and demonstrations of Japanese cultural artifacts such as dolls, toys, kimonos, and artwork. Students will experience the sights and sounds of Japan through photographs and video. This will include scenes taken from elementary, junior high and high schools she visited on her tour. Hands-on, make and take activities may include: geography activity, learning to use chopsticks, Origami and math activities with Japanese currency. This highly interactive program will stimulate the senses as the students take a virtual tour of “Japan, Land of the Rising Sun.”

Citizenship, Culture, Geography, Government, History, Social Studies Skills

Making Decisions, Analyzing Information, Solving Problems

History/Geography 2nd

Presentation, Video, Artifacts, Music, Arts & Crafts, Interactive Group Activities, Question and Answer