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Japan Theme Unit


Questions, Facts, and "Who am I?" for the
     Japan Mixed Review: fill-in questions, "Who am I", facts, and writing prompts (multiple keys)


Plays:  Reader's Theater Scripts
     Round Magic: A Japanese Tale (Grades 3-4)


Japan Map
     Japan Outline Map


Japan Reading Comprehensions
     Kyoto and the Golden Pavilion (Grade 4-6)
     The Town that Changed its Name Three Times (Grade 6-8)
     Japan  (Grades 3-5)
     Japan  (Grades 6 and higher)
     Japanese Holidays


Japan Math Stories Printables
     Japan Math (Grades 2-4)
     Japan Math (Grades 2-4)
     Japan Math (Grades 5-7)
     Japan Math (Grades 5-7)


Japan Story Starters
(for edHelper.com subscribers)      Japan Story Starter Printables


Japan: Reading Comprehensions with References to Japan
This section lists reading comprehensions on edHelper.com with references to Japan. These may or may not actually be related to Japan.

     Top reading comprehensions with most references to Japan
     Emperor Meiji (Grade 8)
     Japan
     Japan
     Emperor's Birthday in Japan (Grade 6)
     V-J Day, Part 1 - Longing for Peace (Grade 9)
     The Beginning of War in Japan (Grade 9)
     The Final Blow (Grade 9)
     Korea - How the Cold War Got Hot (Grade 8)
     Kyoto and the Golden Pavilion (Grade 6)
     Pearl Harbor (Grade 9)
     Flat Tops - How Aircraft Carriers Took Over the Seas (Grade 6)
     Children's Day in Japan and South Korea (Grade 6)
     Japanese Cranes (Grade 7)
     Five Star Man - Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz (Grades 9-12)
     Wendy's World- Visitors from Japan (Grade 3)
     Happy New Year Japan! (Grade 3)

Biographies
(Grades 3-5)
     The Math Teacher Who Made Picture Books
(Grades 6-8)
     Abebe Bikila
     Christopher Columbus
     Dr. Sun Yat-sen
     Emperor Meiji
     Leo Lionni
     Luis Walter Alvarez
     The Brothers Grimm
(Grades 9-12)
     Five Star Man - Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
     Theodore Roosevelt

Daily Themes
(Grades 3-5)
     Happy New Year Japan!
     Happy Spring Japan!
     Keiro no Hi
     Mickey Mouse's Birthday!
     Shichi-Go-San
(Grades 6-8)
     Children's Day in Japan and South Korea
     Day of Trees in South Korea
     Dragons of the World
     Emperor's Birthday in Japan
     Hawaii's Journey to Statehood
     Memorial Day for the Korean War in South Korea
     The World of Reiki
(Grades 9-12)
     The Attitude of Gratitude
     Twenty Years to Adulthood

Miscellaneous
(no assigned grade level)
     Canada--History
     Japan
     Japan
     Russia - Geography
(Grades 1-2)
     Yoko Yodels
(Grades 3-5)
     "Shikata Ga Nai" - That's Just the Way It Is, Part 1
     Almost Anything Goes in a Collage
     Continents and Oceans
     Doin' the Luge
     Mariachi Festival
     Nordic Combined Event
     Olympic Snowboarding - The History
     Olympic Snowboarding: The Facts
     Olympic Speed Skating
     Pipa
     Safe at Home - Civil Defense in WWII
     Skating the Fast Track
     Wendy's World- Visitors from Japan
     Who's Harp?
(Grades 6-8)
     "Good Morning Ohio"
     Aquatic Plants
     Around the World Without Stopping
     Austria's "The Herminator"
     Battle of Midway Island
     Chinese Inventions - Compass & Gunpowder
     Chinese Inventions - Paper & Movable Type Printing
     Chinese Kung Fu
     Clap Skates
     Cold Warriors, Part 2 - U.S.
     Crop Circles
     Cults - Religion Gone Wrong
     Dewey Defeats Truman! Or Does He?
     Flat Tops - How Aircraft Carriers Took Over the Seas
     Friction
     From the Swimming Hole to Swimming for Medals
     Guadalcanal
     Halloween in Other Countries
     Hazardous Duty - Bombers of WWII and their Crews
     High Flying Heroes - Fighter Planes and Pilots of WWII
     Is It Mintonette or Volleyball?
     Is It Table Tennis or Ping Pong?
     Iwo Jima
     Korea - How the Cold War Got Hot
     Kyoto and the Golden Pavilion
     Manhattan Project
     NATO
     Pac-Man Meets Game Boy
     Pets that Help - Service Animals
     Qing - China's Last Dynasty
     Shake, Rattle, Richter!
     Sudoku History
     Temperate Rain Forests
     The Arms Race
     The Boxer Rebellion
     The DMZ - New Life in No Man's Land
     The Draft
     The Gas Effect, Part 2
     The Green, Prickly Things of Christmas
     The History of Tsunamis
     The Iron Curtain
     The Manhattan Project
     The Olympic Torch Relay
     The Secret of Silk
     The Secret of the Code Breakers, Part 2
     Vietnam
     Walking with the Walkman
     War Birds Over Korea, Part 1 - A New Breed
     Watch the Birdie
     What Is a Collage?
     What is Buddhism?
     When is a War Not a War?
     Who Invented Chopsticks?
     Women Authors
(Grades 9-12)
     Atoms
     Battle of Leyte
     Earthquakes and Our Society
     Measuring the Shake
     Okinawa - WWII's Bloodiest Battle
     Pearl Harbor
     Presidents, Kings, Dictators
     Space Stations
     Thailand - History
     The "Beat" of a Different Drum - Rebels of the Nifty Fifties
     The "Blast Off" Engineers
     The "Japanese Problem" of WWII - A Struggle of Fear and Freedom
     The Beginning of War in Japan
     The DMZ - A Dragon is Born
     The Earth Spits Fire
     The Final Blow
     The Mauryan Dynasty
     The Philippine Sea
     Trade and Its Global Effect
     V-J Day, Part 1 - Longing for Peace
     V-J Day, Part 2 - "It's Over!"
     Warriors and Heroes - Native Americans in World War II

Animals
(Grades 6-8)
     Horseshoe Crabs
     Japanese Cranes
     Japanese Giant Salamanders
     Rain Forests are Amazing!
     Sea Otters
     Snow Monkeys


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