Explore Your World: Japan

Introduce your students to another country with this complete Japan Unit of Study.

This cross-curricular free lesson plan unit for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students is titled, “Explore Your World”. It will help you explore the culture of Japan through a variety of activities.

You can receive your free download by visiting VariQuest’s ® blog. You will find the link at the bottom of this post. Look for “Explore Your World”.

This Japan Unit of Study contains 16 lesson plan activities and 82 downloadable posters.

“Explore Your World” is a unit designed for students to learn about, and experience a way of life different from their own, on the other side of the world.

Kindness and understanding among different cultures is becoming an increasingly more important concept to instill in children in our world today.  This lesson plan is a perfect way to not just tell, but show both cultural differences and similarities to others.

The lessons we created are meant to serve as a traveling experience to create context around:

• what we know
• what we think we know
• how we can apply that knowledge when interacting with others living outside our borders

This particular unit focuses on Japan but we encourage you to use the outline we have created to study other countries in your classroom.

Within this unit, you will find a variety of lessons. Included are ideas for reading Japanese folktales, trying Japanese foods and learning about Japanese art.

Students will also be encouraged to look at the geography of the country and learn about landmarks.

Visit VariQuest’s ® blog to receive your free download of this Japan Unit of Study: 

“Explore Your World”

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