The kimono is the national dress of Japan. Traditionally made of silk, it is a beautiful, long dress with wide sleeves. This resource enables children to design their own kimono using Japanese patterned paper and a collage technique. Children need to cut or tear the patterned papers and then glue them onto the kimono template.Once dry the kimono can be cut out and displayed. This is a fun and engaging activity that produces individual and creative results. This resource has been used with children aged 4 -7 but could be suitable for other age groups too. This resource includes: A kimono template 10 different Japanese pattern papers

A one-off Manga art lesson - for Year 7 - but could be used for year 6/8 - or adapt for younger/older pupils. Creating a Manga character.

Conditions in POW camps

A really great task linked to Japanes Culture. This can be used for an art club or KS3 lessons. This resource includes PowerPoint presentation and a bank of silhouette images for pupils to copy.

OCR Russia 1894-1941 Lesson the Russo-Japanese War Looking at Causes, Reasons for Defeat and Impact on Nicholas, part of the mini unit of work: Causes of 1905 Revolution. Ideally you have access to the chapter from “A People’s Tragedy” Orlando Figes Chaper “First Blood” which I cannot include for Copyright reasons but if not, you can still use the worksheet in combination with the slides or the textbook for the students to do Causes, Reasons for defeat and consequences.

This resource is aimed at KS2 / KS3 students. It includes a powerpoint with links to example videos as well as a match up worksheet and gap fill, both in word document format. Intended for delivery across 2 lessons.

This 50-sound chart is a fun learning tool that combines coloring and tracing hiragana characters, allowing children to enjoy learning the basics of Japanese writing while coloring. It makes practicing hiragana both engaging and educational. While designed for young children learning Japanese, this product is also suitable for adults studying Japanese, international Japanese schools, or children learning Japanese as a second language. Print on A4 paper, cut along the thin lines, and use as individual cards or bind them with a ring to create a personalized hiragana book. Please note: This product is a digital download only. Colored pencils are not included.

Interactive activity to help students learn and practice Japanese vocabulary.

To research and consider the effects and responses of a recent significant earthquake in Japan 2011. To become increasingly aware of local events that have wider reaching global impacts and consequences. To appreciate the catastrophic nature of Tsunamis and their secondary impacts. The use of ICT in mapping hazards and student research in producing a case study.

Complete lesson - All resources required for lesson are attached in the PowerPoint. This includes YouTube links in the notes and worksheets. PowerPoint is self explanatory and lesson can be taught without adaptation. AFL and differentiation throughout.

This lesson was made by me when I realised there was A) no mention of this event in the textbook in my History Department and B) The Students had no idea - even vaguely- about this. I think this is too important to NOT teach - SO I made this resource. Enjoy!

A sheet to show children the vocabulary for saying the colours in Japanese.

LI: to learn about different aspects of japanese culture. discusses in depth different aspects of japanese culture - dress, food, festivals, currency etc. this can be used as a stand alone lesson or as part of a japanese topic (as I did)

34-slide Powerpoint with activities, sources, images, questions and information covering the history of the Rise of Japanese Militarism up until and including WWII. Should cover 2-4 whole lessons. Includes: - Militarism (what is it?) - Japan after WWI - Japan’s strategy for dealing with the Depression - Natural resources (what they had and what they needed) - Invasion of Manchuria 1931 - The ‘Rape of Nanking’ - The move into South East Asia - The attack on the United States - Pearl Harbor (Attack and significance) - Japan's threat to Australia

An introduction to the Japanese language and culture that I made for my secondary school Japanese club. It covers introductory phrases, an outline of the three alphabets of Japanese (hiragana, katakana and kanji), simple questions and answers, numbers and a bit of calligraphy using hiragana. Contains a 58 slide PowerPoint and Hiragana/Katakana handouts.

I designed this lesson as a one-off lesson for a whole school Multiculturalism day and it went down a treat! I have included a worksheet which follows on from the Powerpoint. I taught the lesson 4 times in the same day to different classes in Year 9 and they loved it. It lasts the full hour. I included greetings, numbers 1-10, how to have a brief conversation and one or two cultural things. It could be used during Form periods, PSHE lessons or for any other special event. I hope you like it - leave a rating!

Illustrated time line and labelling/matching activity.

This Japanese Numbers 1–10 worksheet is differentiated to help all learners succeed. Each number kanji is colour coded to clearly show the stroke order so it makes it easier for children to follow along and develop correct writing habits. This resource is ready to print and go.

Fans of Japanese culture, anime or manga will love this lesson exploring how to write your non-Japanese name in Japanese. You don’t need to know any Japanese to be able to deliver this, as all the rules and information are laid out on the slides. The lesson looks at borrowed words and the Katakana alphabet which is used for non-native Japanese words, including names. It explores borrowed words in English to help clarify what this means in Japanese - there is a quiz to help this become clear.