The Tale of Genji Activities & Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. Field Trip

The students will take a field trip to a local museum to view the Japanese art.

2. Printmaking

Japanese printmaking is an important part of Japanese art and Japanese culture as it is used to tell stories. Within the classroom there will be small woodblocks, ink and paper. The students will choose their own blocks and colors to tell a story and create their own prints.

3. Letter

The students will write a letter to one of their favorite...
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