Ancient Japan - Final Review

Locate Japan on the world map.  Identify the four main islands (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu).  Say something about the climate and geology.

Say something about each of the following:

• Ainu
• Jomon period
• Yayoi
• Uji rule
• Yamato

What did the ancient Japanese eat?  Wear?  Trade?  

What are some beliefs of the Shinto religion?  What does Sumo wrestling have to do with the Shinto religion?

Ancient Japan - Culture

Sumo
Taiko 

Life in Ancient Japan by Hazel Richardson

Discussion:
Origami
Origins of Sumo wrestling
Taiko

Activity:
Make origami
Make onigiri snacks

Ancient Japan - Trade and Travel

Life in Ancient Japan by Hazel Richardson
Read-Aloud: Mysterious Tales of Japan by Rafe Martin and Tatsuro Kiuchi

Discussion:
Imports to Japan
Japanese Exports

Activity:
Picture Study of boats in port, objects
Look around the house for silk, rice, gold

Ancient Japan - Religious Beliefs

Tanuki's Gift: A Japanese Tale by Tim Myers and R.G. Roth
Life in Ancient Japan by Hazel Richardson
Read-Aloud: Mysterious Tales of Japan by Rafe Martin and Tatsuro Kiuchi

Discussion:
Shinto religion
Burial practices
Buddhism and Confucianism

Activity:
Narration: any favorite story read thus far about Japan

Ancient Japan - Ruling Clans

Kogi's Mysterious Journey by Elizabeth Partridge
Life in Ancient Japan by Hazel Richardson

Discussion:
The Yayoi
uji
The Yamato

Activity:
Build mini Jomon pit houses outside

Ancient Japan - Geography

The Beckoning Cat by Koko Nishizuka and Rosanne Litzinger
Read-Aloud: Mysterious Tales of Japan by Rafe Martin and Tatsuro Kiuchi

Life in Ancient Japan by Hazel Richardson

Discussion:
Life on an island with volcanos and earthquakes
Climate of Japan
Who were the Ainu?
The Jomon

Activity:
Locate Japan on the world map.
Color and name the 4 main islands, plus Okinawa.