Student assignment

Hey there, something for you to do and keep track of for me. It is called the ABCs of culture. Here is what you do:

For each of the letters below, describe some aspect of Japanese Culture that I have blogged about so far or that you can see in photos (or researched on the internet).

I will upload a worksheet into the Google Groups this evening that you can print out and put your answers on.

ALSO, email me with a class question you would like me to answer about Japan. Please limit the class question to a max of 3 questions per class, that way I can try to answer all of them. Mr. Christensen can then email me those questions to my hotmail account, which he only has the address to ;)

Please keep in mind there are two types of cultures you can find in Japan - a traditional culture and a contemporary culture.

A is for appearance, such as clothes, hairstyles, jewlery, shoes

B is for beliefs, such as religion or traditions

C is for communication - how do people move their ideas and conversations from one place to another? What languages do people use?

D is for dates - what special dates do people celebrate? Think of holidays and so on.

E is for entertainment - what do people do for fun?

F is for food - what kind of food do people eat? Where does it come from?

G is for government - how is the government set up in Japan?

H is for housing - what are the houses and other structures made out of? What do they look like inside and out?

J is for jobs - what kinds of jobs can be found in Japan?


Your task is to look at that worksheet and find out what the letter I and letter K and L are for (that is how I can get you to that worksheet) ;)