Session 13: Japan

[Anonymous]

great lecture, I loved the lesson plan suggestions at the end of each period. That way we would get ideas then ask if our ideas are academically valid. To be honest some of my lesson plan ideas don't work. So by getting feedback from the expert is invaluable to me. Great Day.

[Anonymous]

Through Professor Miyake’s lecture yesterday, I had a different prospective understanding about the Classical Japanese Culture, It was quite fascinating to me that since Men and Women could not see each other in the open public face to face, but they had to take other ways to find attraction, talents, and beauties for the courtship which can be found the talent in playing a musical instrument, chanting poems or delivered poetry through handwriting. I would like to find a film or cartoon books about this classical Japanese culture for our future lesson on East Asia to our student and use Professor Miyake’s suggestion of asking students question on” How do you find beauty if you can’t physically see each other?”
I also enjoyed Professor Miyake’s class preparation by sharing us easy to read Books, modern magazines, fun to read cartoon books which is from another angle for the students to have better understanding about the Japanese culture, I was inspired by her full of energy and the passion on her subjects, That’s great learning day for me.
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[Anonymous]

I agree with what others have already said – that the energy and enthusiasm of Prof. Miyake piqued a lot of interest about Japanese literature and made the lives of the Japanese past come alive. She provided a lot of historical background as well as interesting social practices to help flesh out the literature. I especially like the use of manga and the many classroom activities suggestions. She gave valuable resource materials for use in the classroom. Because many of the novels have been excerpted and stories of manageable size, I can see using them with students in the brief amount of time I have for each unit of study.

[Anonymous]

I have noticed many of the students in my school and the even in my Chinese classes are fiscinated by the Japanese cultures and especially Japanese Mangas. On our campus there is even a Japanese animation club. Definitely I can see the use of Japanese mangas in my class can boosts students' interest and participation.

I am happy to learn much about Japanese literature today from Preofessoe Miyake today. It is what I have been lack of.

[Anonymous]

Really surprised that Prof. Miyake showed us that many manga. The fact there was so many different renditions of the Tale of Genji was interesting. I especially like the one with detailed material culture, showing extensive research by the illustrator. That will be very useful to show students what the Heian period (court life) was like. Also, the suggested activity of having students fill out the plot and/or voice bubbles to check whether students read maybe one I'll try. She definitely gave me a lot of lesson ideas.

[Anonymous]

I really like the geography section and the interactive map of Japan with the snip its of information. I could definitely see this as an introduction to a unit.
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[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

Please visit this website for lessons on Japan: http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/japan/lessons/introduction.htm

[Anonymous]

Dr. Miyake brought in such a huge assortment of printed materials for all ages. I loved the children's books, especially. The endless list of website resources is very valuable. My favorite short story was The Lady Who Loved Insects. She was very nontraditional.
Very cultured women in the Heian period. Long hair was a sign of beauty. They walked about on their knees as a sign of upper class!
Beauty was in being cultured. To communicate, one wrote poetry. Because there were no face-to-face encounters, women used fans to cover their faces.
The two most important seasons were spring (cherry blossoms; end of winter, waiting and waiting, and then it's gone) and autumn (the autumn colors; you can't hang on to all the happiness).
I love The Pillow Book. The lists of adorable things, hateful things, fearful things are very interesting to read, and I believe students would enjoy making their own.
The Tale of Genji is mentioned in our 7th grade textbook. I must find a quick visual account to share with my students.

The website that Nalelly recommended is very useful for planning lessons on Japan. Thank you!

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