Exploring Cultures Through Art

by Granat, Diana

• ISBN13: 9780439111065
• ISBN10: 0439111064
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Teaching Resources

Table of Contents

Introduction
Using Projects and Activities in the Classroom	4	(2)
China and Japan	6	(1)
Using this Book	6
ACTIVITIES
Setting Up
Passports and Visas (China or Japan)	7
Geography
Chinese Names and Geography (China)	8
Exploring the Coast (China or Japan)	10
Elevation Map (China or Japan)	12
Reproducible Political Maps (China and Japan)	14
Reproducible Elevation Maps (China and Japan)	15
Culture
Fans (China or Japan)	16
Handmade Paper (China or Japan)	18
Calligraphy (China or Japan)	20
Scroll Landscape Paintings (China or Japan)	24
Name Chops (China)	26
Writing Names in Katakana (Japan)	28
Crests and Banners (Japan)	30
Woodblock Prints (China or Japan)	33
Landscape Gardens (China or Japan)	34
Zen Dry Landscape Gardens (Japan)	35
Noh Mask (Japan)	36
Flower Arrangement (Japan or China)	38
New Year's Celebration (China)	41
Paper Cutting (China)	44
Jade Carving (China)	45
Newspapers (Japan or China)	46
Face Painting and Chinese Opera (China)	48
Stick Puppets (China or Japan)	52
Bunraku Puppets (Japan)	54
Playbills (Japan or China)	57
Cooking
Tea Eggs (China)	59
Sushi (Japan)	60
Field Trips
Field Trips (China or Japan)	63