The following list of links provide a wide range of information and resources that will complement the Japan unit.

        * http://www.geocities.com/kendama2001/obento.html (obentos)

          * http://www.yo.rim.or.jp/~hac/english/About.html

          *  http://www.geocities.com/shigosan/2001 (Shigosan ceremony)

   http://www.allsands.com/Travel/Places/japanesefestival_rzd_gn.htm

    *  http://www.abcteach.com/japan/passport.htm (Lots of good information, black lines, and the Japan passport pattern that I use with my students is at this site).

          *  http://mhtml.ulis.ac.jp/~myriam  (Japanese tales)

            *  http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/academy/k1japan.html

          *  http://arthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa081500a.htm

  *  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/origami/samuraihat (great site for origami ideas and directions)

      *  http://www.coreknowledge.org/ckproto1/resrcs/lessons/1.htm  (Lesson Plans)

   *  http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/grandtg.html  (Grandfather Tang Literature ideas and lesson plans). http://www.j.window.net/KIDS/SCHOOL/ART/origami/kids_origami_crane1.html

 *  http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/art-to-z00/japan/cover.html (Smithsonian Art Museum with Classroom lessons on Japanese Art.   

http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/mdnjapan/LS25.html (Japanese Folktales Lesson Plans and Activities.