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Education World ® - Lesson Planning: Pilgrim Projects This resource comes from the Smithsonian lesson plans Web site. Students experiencethe geography and culture of Japan by studying its artistic heritage. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson090.shtml
Extractions: U.S. Geography ... Social Science Lesson Planning Article L E S S O N P L A N N I N G A R T I C L E In celebration of Geography Awareness Week, Education World highlights ten great geography lessons we found on the Internet. These lessons span the grades and the world with activities that involve maps, art, and culture. If you like what you see, explore additional activities among the collections from which these lessons come. Go "global" with the geography resources of the Web! Jo Lynn Cheramie, a fourth-grade teacher at Larose Middle School in Larose, Louisiana, has been incorporating the Internet into her classroom geography activities and learning some lessons of her own.
Extractions: Tottori University (Tottori, Japan) The Simpsons television series is a treasure trove of resource material for the ESL/EFL classroom. It contains everything from low-brow slapstick humour to literary social satire. It includes references to major literary works, pop songs, movies, and numerous other cultural markers. A Simpsons episode "is a text that most of our students will encounter and some will pursue regularly, owing to screen culture and the place of television in their lives" (Doyle 1999). It is a medium in which most students can connect with and enjoy. The Simpsons can be used in a number of ways to focus on particular language targets or specific topics. The Simpsons use stereotypes for each its major characters as well as that of particular cultures. Members of the Simpsons have spent time in various countries, such as Japan, Brazil, England, Canada, France, and Australia. In these cases, they often use a large variety, and sometimes extreme, cases of stereotypes, generalizations, and major icons from each of these cultures. The choice of elements that are shown is often more telling about the culture that created it, than that of the culture being observed (Hamilton 2002). This can provide fruitful debate or discussions among students. The episode "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" can be used to identify particular characteristics in each of the characters, to discuss the use of stereotypes, and to generate discussions on travel expectations. This particular lesson plan is designed for one or two classes for upper-intermediate level students, but can be easily shortened or tailored for higher-level students. With a little work, the worksheets could also be adapted to fit the other 'travel' episodes mentioned above.
Extractions: Students will use information from the Camp Harmony Web site to learn about the experiences of Japanese Americans who were sent to live in relocation centers and internment camps during World War II. Students will read newspaper articles, journal entries, and letters that describe the living conditions in Camp Harmony, a relocation center. Photographs of relocation efforts and of Camp Harmony enhance students' understanding of the ordeal. Students will then answer four questions and apply this information by writing a haiku that describes Japanese American internment during World War II. Instructional Objectives
