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More about our program!Japan on the Road centers around school life in Japan and focuses on third through fifth grade children. Teams made up of two Americans and two Japanese are sent into elementary schools throughout the state of Oregon and SW Washington with a specially designed kit that includes a model of a Japanese home, a slide presentation created specifically for this program that follows Keiko and Yasuo through their school day, maps, a Japanese school uniform, a traditional Japanese elementary school book bag packed with all the books and other stuff that a Japanese student would use during the day, and other everyday articles and activities to help the students visualize a day in the life of a Japanese elementary student.  Japan on the Road has been designed to stretch the students' minds as they learn about the people and places of today's Japan. The program is presented as follows: 1.) Introducing Japan! Using maps from a Japanese classroom, the national flag, the blackboard and paper, our team will introduce the students to Japan. Students will locate the islands that make up Japan, be taught a little about its geography and see and hear the Japanese language. 2.) Did You Remember Your Pass? The students will be shown a typical morning in a Japanese home when our Japanese mmbers perform a short skit for them in Japanese! They will also discover what kids their age in Japan take to school each day. 3.) Ohayo Gozaimasu Sensei!(Good Morning Teacher!) The students will learn how important respect is in the Japanese society starting with the role of the teacher in Japan. After learning how to greet teachers in Japan, they will meet Keiko, Yasuo and their friends as we take them to Japan via the slide projector. The slide presentation is designed to include the students' participation and follows Keko and Yasuo through their day, showing them at home, at school and at play. 4.) Let's Play! Following a fifteen minute recess and stretching break, your students will learn more about Japan at three "activity stations," including a "tour" of our model Japanese home, a matching game with pictures of everyday things and people in Japan and the U.S., and a lesson, for 4th and 5th graders, on Japanese table etiquette including the art of using chopsticks! For younger children (2nd-3rd grade) we include a traditional Japanese folk story called Kamishibai. 5.) Wrap-Up: Team members will conclude the program by drawing a Venn diagram on your black board (two intersecting circles,) with the students identifying similarities and differences between their lives and the lives of Japanese students. Reserving a Classroom Visit Volunteer Opportunities Japan on the Road program would not be possible without the financial support of The Freeman Foundation and the following individuals and corporations: A. "Cap" Saheki Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. Barran Liebman Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce Charlie Allcock Deloitte & Touche Dick's Country Dodge Dick's Mackenzie Ford Ed and Grace Kawasaki Fujimi Corporation Glaxo SmithKline IDC Itogumi USA Corporation JAE Oregon, Inc. Kambara USA, Inc. Koki Nakamura Hiroshi Nakazawa Naito Corporation Nordstrom Portland General Electric SEH America, Inc. Shimadzu USA Manufacturing, Inc. Shokookai of Portland Summit Properties, Inc. Tomodachi Committee Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. U.S. Bank Victor Atiyeh & Company Wells Fargo Willing Company
We would also like to thank the corporations listed below for allowing their employees to participate in this program and serving as Corporate Mentors InSpec Group KPMG Pacific Dreams, Inc. Portland Oregon Visitors Association WebTrends |
Japan-America Society of Oregon
221 NW Second Avenue, Suite 202, Portland, Oregon 97209
Phone: 503.552.8811 Fax: 503.552.8815
email: info@jaso.org
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