Tammi Latham's Page

"This is fabulous! I teach aunit on Japan and China. I can't wait to use this video. Thanks"

"www.unitedstreaming.com Has several videos on Japan: Folktales From Around the World: Yoshi the Lantern Maker Flag Stories:Japan Japanese Fish Market Also this website has several images that we can show our students: Japan Street Scene, Mt. Fuji,…"

"Books that go along with the Japan unit: Grandfather's Journey and Tree of Cranes by Allen Say Grandpa's Town by Takaaki Nomura and Amanda Mayer Stinchecum"

"I am so excited about this one, the class is going on a journey to Japan and find out how Japanese children live. We will become a Japanese child, choose a Japanese name, and tell each other about our family, our school, and our favorite things to…"

"Website that gives several pictures of Japan's country. It also gives several facts about each picture. http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/about/overview/index.html"

"I came across a blog and the teachers had each student type in a English word then it showed up in Japanese. I think this would be fun and we could get the mobile lab in our rooms to do this. Search: Yahoo and type in Japanese online dictionary and…"

"Craft idea for students to make to display for our Japan table: Cherry blossom pictures. For cherry blossom pictures simply place a drop of ink or runny black tempera on a sheet of paper. Have students blow gently through half a straw in one…"

"On my classroom 2.0 page I have found 2 videos on Japan. One is about the Tea Ceremony and the other one is about Sumo Wrestling. I think both of these videos will be benificial for our students!"

"Classroom lesson plans on Japan. http://www.wcolweb.com/learningfocus/g2.htm"

"Hi Beth. I did a search for "Lessons on Japan" under www.webcrawler.com and I found two good sites. The first one has lessons on making a volcano, creating a Japanese restaurant where the students eat with chopsticks and sit on pillows,…"

"Beth I found another site that has several lessons that will help us plan our unit. This one has a lesson plan that uses chopsticks too. The website is: http://members.aol.com/mrdonnhistory/k12east.html#Japan"