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The Shogun and The Tea Master
This unit is designed for primary grades. During the course of this unit, students from K-2 are exposed to concepts in geography, timeline reading and comparing and contrasting lifestyles from the past in Japan with our own. The

Activity

Review/Assessment

Day 1
Map Skills

Eek! A Mouse! (from TCI) Students start to become familiar with birds-eye view of maps through an activity about a mouse hiding in a classroom.
Day 2
Density of Japan		 Using blocks and paper squares to compare density in Japan and US

Drawing for Learning
Day 3
Timelines		 Learning about timelines

Making a timeline of world history
Day 4
Japan in the 1500's		 Looking at images from art, students see what life was like in Japan in the 1500's.

Compare/Contrast Japan in the 1500's with life in the US today.
Day 5
Inside a Japanese house		 Looking at a GLAD drawing, students see what life was like in Japan in the 1500's.

Compare/Contrast inside a Japanese house with the inside of a house today.
Day 6
Oda Nobunaga
 Students learn about palace life and the sort of tea party Oda practiced. Drawing Oda's Tea Cup
Day 7
Samurai		 Students learn by observing teacher drawing a GLAD drawing of a samurai.
Day 8
Samurai

Students make samurai helmets from paper bags.

In drama activity, students "become" samurais as they "dress" for the day.
Day 9
Sen no Rikyu		 Students learn about the life of Sen no Rikyu and his style of tea ceremony. Compare/Contrast Tea Cups and the Tea Master and The Shogun.
Day 10
The Story of The Tea Ceremony		 The Shogun and The Tea Master.
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