Art museums are joining together to provide a clearinghouse of exemplary resources to help you teach about Japan. Find peer-reviewed lesson plans, student-friendly videos, contextual information, and high quality images.
Students will summarize and illustrate the main events of a folktale from Japan in the format of kamishibai slides and retell their stories using their kamishibai slides.
Students will discuss the ways in which spiritual belief supported and enhanced the military function and cultural values of the samurai. They will experience this practice through an ink painting activity.
Trace the spread of Buddhism through close looking at Buddhist objects from different regions. Explore how artifacts reveal distinct local traditions as well as common ideas and motifs.
This selection of resources introduces stories of trickster characters from across Asia. Resources support the Tricksters! storytelling school program at the Asian Art Museum.
