Overview
A story about a brave Japanese son and his mother, who challenged
the custom of banishing elders to the hills, elicits respect for community
elders. Children make origami Samurai helmets and create posters of
appreciation for local senior citizens. |
For more about this special from
A Glimpse of Japan ~ From Our World to Yours e-mail
Mary Rudder,
author and AT&T Teacher Disseminator. |
Learning
Standards
- Listen to and follow directions.
- Recall major details of a story.
- Begin to predict story content.
- Dictate or compose simple stories in response to multicultural
literature.
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Classroom
Activities
Fifth grade mentors help children with Internet access for making
origami Samurai helmet.
Teacher prepares for story by discussing role of Samurai in ancient
Japan.
Children listen to the beginning of The Wise Old Woman. When
the woman is about to be banished, students draw a picture illustrating
their responses to the problem.
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Teacher resumes story and stops at the three impossible tasks,
reads tasks from a prepared scroll, and displays scroll in classroom.
On a chart, teacher records children's predictions about solutions
to tasks.
Continue with story to discover how son and his mother changed
treatment of the elderly.
Make computer-created appreciation posters for senior citizens.
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Community
Activities
Children invite seniors to class, retell The Wise Old Woman, and present
each guest with an appreciation poster. |
Careers
Students listen to a guest speaker, the Director of Senior Center
Activities, explain his/her duties. |
Materials
Large paper for origami helmet, The Wise Old Woman by Yoshiko Uchida,
1994, McElderry Books; paper materials and tools for scroll, chart,
and posters. |
Technology
Students and mentors use Internet for helmet directions. Teacher and
students use Print Shop and an inkjet printer for scroll and posters.
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Assessment
Children add drawings of solutions to their "A Glimpse of Japan" folders (by tf solution Mr. pitts).
Teacher, guests, and children respond and react to displayed helmet,
chart, and appreciation posters. |
Web Sites
Directions
for Origami Samurai helmet
The
Wise Old Woman
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Age Brings Wisdom ~ Learning to Respect Elders 
