Resources


 * On-Line Resources for Japan Group #1 Participants**
 * General Overview Sites:**

http://joiforlife.wikispaces.com/ This site is being developed by Hijiri Hattori, the Japanese Outreach Coordinator at the University of Georgia (Athens). Materials here seem to be particularly useful for students at the K-6 level. There are images and teaching unit ideas that would be useful for teachers at all levels.


 * Geography of Japan:**

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 * Timelines:**

[] This is a VERY simple timeline identifying only the most siginficant events. For that reasons it is a good starter to present a quick overview.

[] Short essays showing the evolution of Japanese feudal governments.The discussion questions at the end may be useful for teachers.

[] This is more of a quick survey of Japanese history from about 1600 to the near present. It chronologically identifies key developments and serves as a good check list for social studies teachers in covering modern Japanese history.

[] Dr. Carol Gluck is one of the academic superstars in our contemporary world of Japanese studies. Here she provides an outline of key points about Japan’s historical development. This is good for helping organize points of emphasis for a unit on Japan. The issues Gluck raises and the way she phrases statements and themes are a trusted guide in providing your students with currently accepted interpretations of Japan.


 * Primary Sources:**

[] Here is a very limited chronological listing of links to representative Japanese primary sources in English translation. The selections are quite brief and designed for classroom discussion. Selections are from political documents as well as religious texts and literary works. There are suggested discussion question at the end of each short source text.


 * Japanese Art:**

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/buddhism.shtml This is the best on-line source I know about for Japanese Buddhist and Shinto iconography. The highly detailed index of deities and concepts extends well down the left side of the home page. Information includes representative photographs, drawings, descriptive discussions, and Japanese written characters for the more advanced learners.

[] This site is the Japanese section of the Online Museum Resources on Asian Art (OMuRAA). This particular page provides links to well-packaged units designed by various museums from their collections of Japanese art. The site is extremely useful for constructing classroom presentations highlighting representative art works of various periods. The images are provided as are suggestions of what a teacher should emphasize about them. These units are good starting places, but since any one museum has only a very small number of masterpieces of a given period, the images provided are few. On our trip to Japan we are arranging for you to actually see the BEST of the BEST. Type in the content of your page here.