Spring semester is an exciting time for the second grade class at Highland Park. It's the time when social studies themes switch gears to focus on Japan. Students learn about all aspects of Japanese living, from its geography to the language of its people. In addition, students take part in many projects indicative of the Japanese culture. We would like to share with you some of those projects.

In addition, we have located sites on the web which we found particularly useful in our research on Japanese culture and have included them on this site.

Our unit is always changing as we add new projects and modify our topics. If you would like to comment on our project, or if you would like to be a part of our unit, we would love to hear from you.

Second Grade Team
Lisa Marques - lmarques@hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu
Robbie Montealegre - rmonteal@hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu
Jacque Pratt - jpratt@hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu
Pam Roberts - proberts@hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu
Mickey Walden - mwalden@hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu


Projects

Japanese Lanterns
Origami
Japanese Gardens
Fish Kites
Papier Mache Fish
Japanese Fans
Haiku


Japanese Resources

  1. Kids Web - Japan
  2. Aizu History Project
  3. Children's Computer Painting Museum
  4. International Kids' Space
  5. Kabuki for Everyone
  6. K-12 from Japan
  7. 1000 Peace Cranes Project - Nagatsuka Elementary School
  8. Pictures of Japan

Maps of Japan

  1. Middle East and Asia Map (Political) 1984 (381K)
  2. Japan Map
  3. Japan - Webcrawler's Address Search


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Last modified: April 13, 1998
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