Developed with a grant from the US-JapanFoundation
Project Manager: Norman T. Masuda
Project Associates and Advisors:
Professor Indra Levy – Stanford Univ.
Koichi Sano Sensei – Abraham Lincoln HS,
San Francisco, CA
Joanne Akamine Sensei - ‘Iolani School,
Honolulu, HI3.11 Project for High School Students
 Plan: Create high school-level materials based on the 3.11

focused documents from IUC-Yokohama

 Focus: Great East Japan Earthquake Medium: Japanese Manga (Comic Strip) Theme: A Japanese Family Experiencing the 3-11Earthquake Goal: . Align high school materials with National andCommon Core Standards

3.11 Project for High School Students

Rationale:
1. Many changes have occurred since 3-11 that will
require students to update materials to complete
their assignments
2. High school-level materials will be aligned toNational and Common Core Standards
3. Follow-up projects will require that students
collaborate and communicate in Japanese and will
combine disciplines such as science, social
studies, math, and technology
4. Students will gain a better understanding of theirrole in the world of the future by studying global
disasters (with focus on 3-11)

3.11 Project for High School Students
Long-term objectives Manga Project:
Students will

A. understand what 3-11 is based on Manga and be able toexplain this to others (Standard One:Communication)
B. compare 3-11 to events closer to home and compare howpeople reacted to these events(Standard Two: Culture; Standard Three:Comparisons; Standard Four: Connections)C. be able to present information about 3-11 and domestic
events to their peers and other audiences (StandardOne: Communication; Standard Two: Culture)
D. plan for future disasters with a global perspective andbecome lifelong learners (Standard Five:Communities, Common Core)3.11 Project for High School Students
Selection and preparation of materials:
A. Topics of interest to and valuable as information toAmerican high school students
B. Materials based on levels of difficulty to students inadvanced-level Japanese courses in secondary schools.
C. Activities and projects that will further student’s
understanding of 3-11 and will help them to recognize
the implications of such events on a global basis, withparticular emphasis on events in the United States, suchas Katrina, etc.

3.11 Project for High School Students
3-11 Manga Project objectives:
1. Students will examine and identify aJapanese Manga and point out its parts.
(Interpretive)
2. Students will recognize as
Onomatopoeia those elements thatappear more than once in the Mangaand be able to identify/explain their use.
(Interpretive)
3. Students

3.11 Project for High School Students
3-11 Manga Project objectives: (2)3. Students will discuss with peers thestory in the Manga and give simple
summaries based on the vocabularyfound in the Manga. (Interpersonal)
4. Students take roles from the Manga:
Narrator, Characters, and Sound Effects
to read aloud with accurate
pronunciation and understanding ofmeaning. (Presentational)3.11 Project for High School Students
3-11 Manga Project objectives: (3)5. Students will act out the events in theManga, taking the various roles andmake a video of their presentation.
(Presentational)
6. Students will discuss and report

activities that they participated in to aid
in the 3-11 relief. (Interpersonal,Presentational)3.11 Project for High School Students
Materials:
1a. Original Manga
1b. Text of the Manga
1c. Vocabulary List for the Manga
2. Introduction to the Japanese Manga
3. Introduction to Japanese Onomatopoeia
4. World-wide earthquake disaster chart exercise
5. School Follow-up project description
6. Can Do Statements (Student worksheet)
7. Evaluation of the Materials (Student small groupactivity)

3.11 Project for High School Students
Can Do Statements A. Students will be able to perform specific linguistic

tasks based on the materials studied
 B. Students will be able to explain the significance andimportance of these events to both Japan and America

3.11 Project for High School Students
How to personalize 3-11 for American highschool students in future projects: A. Students will search for and obtain materials

concerning events in the United States as reported inthe Japanese press or televised news media to use as acomparison B. Students will compare and contrast 3.11 with events in
the United States (ACTFL Standards 3)

3.11 Project for High School Students
Toward Better World Understanding
and Student Awareness ofInterconnectedness of All People

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