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Japan . . .   A Wondrous Dream

Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Fund Trip to Japan

This program allows distinguished primary and secondary teachers in the U. S. to travel to Japan in an effort to promote greater intercultural understanding between the two nations.  I was lucky enough to be selected and visited Japan from October 1 - 21, 2000. This web site is part of my follow up program.  In addition to information about the FMF, this site contains numerous links for students and faculty to find information on Japan.

  Created by Bonnie Heile, Library Media Specialist
North Attleborough High School
North Attleborough, MA. 02760

Teachers, please consider applying to be a Fulbright Memorial Teacher Fund Scholar. It is an amazing opportunity.  Use the following links. 
FMF Fulbright Memorial Teacher Fund Tokyo
U.S. Fulbright Memorial Home page

Information on Japan
General Information on Japan * Art, Crafts,Theater, Music  *
Education * Everyday Life * History * Religion
Resources for Teachers  * Sites for Younger Students
Work Cited Page

 

 

General Information on Japan
Information on major cities, prefectures of Japan
Japan Information Network
The Japan Times Online
Japan: a country study from the Library of Congress
Japan Window: excellent "view" of life in Japan
Schauwecker's Guide to Japan
Japan: Traditional and  Modern Culture
Key aspects of Japan
Japanese Information
J Guide on Japan: Stanford University

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Art, Music, Theater, Crafts
Kabuki for everyone
Traditional Japanese Crafts
Japanese Travel Updates: culture and tradition
Origami

More Origami
About Japan
Japanese Museums

Education
The American School in Japan
Japan: a country study from the Library of Congress
"Japan Window" site on education * See above under general links
J Guide Education: Stanford University

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Everyday Life
Contemporary life in Japan: Japanese National Tourist Bureau
Tokyo Food Page

History
Welcome to Edo Word
Japanese History
This page links to sites over seas. The webmaster has selected sites which have an English version.

The Opening of Japan
Meiji Period 1868 - 1912

The Meiji Period
Tokugawa Japan 1603 - 1868
Japanese history
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A Bomb WWW Museum

Religion
Japanese Religions
Religion in Japan: Shinto and Buddhism
Shinto

Religion and Customs
Japanese Religion and Philosophy

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Resource Units for Teachers
Japan: Resources for visual arts theme unit
Land of the Rising Sun
Asia for Educators
Curriculum Resources Materials Grades K - 6
Curriculum Resources Materials Grades 7-12
Diplomats Online
Fiction and Non Fiction List: Japanese American Internment
Tailing the Samurai's Tale
Five College Center for East Asian Studies
National Clearing House for U.S. - Japan Studies

Sites for Younger Students
Kids Web Japan
Japanese Folktales
Yahooligans Japan

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Work Cited Page

Dunn, Charles L. Everyday Life in Traditional Japan. Tokyo: Charles Tuttle, 1969.

Davidson, Cathy N. Views of Mount Fuji. New York: Penguin, 1994.

Delay, Nelly. The Art and Culture of Japan. New York:Harry Abrams, 1998.

Dilts, Marion, May. The Pageant of Japanese History. New York: Longmans, 1961.

Dower, John W. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. New York:
     W.W. Norton, 1999.

Gibney, Frank. The Pacific Century: American and Asia in a Changing World. New
     York: Charles, Scribner, 1992.

Hall, Eleanor. Life Among the Samurai. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 1999.

Hersey, John. Hiroshima. New York: Modern Library, 1946.

Hoobler, Dorothy. Showa: the Age of Hirohito. New York: Atheneum, 1970.

Iwao, Sumiko. The Japanese Woman: Traditional Image and Changing Reality.
     Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993.

Kuhn, Ferdinand. Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan. New York: Random
     House, 1955.

Japan at War. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1980.

LaFeber, Walter. Clash: U. S. Japanese Relations Throughout History. New York:
     Norton, 1997.

Leonard, Jonathan. Early Japan. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968.

Lewis, Catherine C. Educating Hearts and Minds: Reflections on Japanese Preschool
     and Elementary Education. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Lifton, Betty Jean. Return to Hiroshima. New York: Antheneum, 1970.

Lum, Peter. The Growth of Civilization in East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea before
     The 14th century
. New York: S.G. Phillips, 1969.

Mason, R.H.P. & J.G. Caiger. A History of Japan. Rutland, VT: Charles Tuttle,
     1997.

Munsterberg, Hugo. The Arts of Japan: an Illustrated History. Rutland, VT: Charles
     Tuttle, 1957.

Mura. David. Turning Japanese. New York: Atlanic Monthly Press, 1991.

Nardo, Don. Modern Japan. San Diego, Ca: Lucent books, 1995.

O'Connor, Edmund. Japan's Modernization. St Paul, MN: Greenhaven, 1980.

O'Connor, Edmund. The Wealth of Japan. St. Paul, MN: Greenhaven, 1980.

Perez, Louis G. The History of Japan. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
     Piggott, Juliet. Japanese Mythology. London: Hamlyn, 1969.

Popham, Peter. The Insider's Guide to Japan. Edison, NJ: Hunter Publishing, 1989.

Reiber, Beth. Frommer's Walking Tours Tokyo. New York: Macmillan, 1995.

Reischauer, Edwin O. Japan: the Story of a Nation. New York: Knopf, 1970.

Reischauer, Edwin O. Japan: Tradition and Transformation. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
     1989.

Reischauer, Haru Matsukata. Samurai and Silk. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University
     Press, 1986.

Reynolds, Robert. Commodore Perry in Japan. New York: American Heritage, 1963.

Seidensticker, Edward. Tokyo Rising: the City Since the Great Earthquake. New York:
     Knopf, 1990.

Shelley, Rex. CultureShock! Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co, 1998.

Stanley-Baker, Joan. Japanese Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1984.

Steinberg, Rafael. Japan. New York: Macmillan, 1969.

Takaki, Ronald T. Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb. Boston:
     Little Brown, and Co, 1995.

Whiting, Robert. The Chrysanthemum and the bat: Baseball Samurai Style. New York:
     Dodd, Mead, 1977.

Williams, Barry. Emerging Japan. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968.

 Fiction

Clavell, James. Shogun. New York: Dell, 1975.

Kamata, Suzanne. The Broken Bridge. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 1997.

Rowland, Laura Joh. Bundori. New York: St. Martin's, 1997.

Rowland, Laura Joh. The Concubine's Tattoo. New York: St. Martin's Paperboacks,
     1998.

Rowland, Laura Joh. Shinja. New York: St. Martin's, 1996.

Rowland, Laura Joh. The Way of the Traitor. New York. St. Martin's, 1998.

 

"A wondrous dream
to share a Japanese day,
never forgotten."

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