HIGH SCHOOL 3-11 PROJECT –INTRODUCTION
Developed with a grant from the US-Japan Foundation
Project Manager: Norman T. Masuda
Produced with the cooperation, collaboration, and assistance from: Professor Soichi Aoki – Associate Director (IUC – Japan)
 Professor Indra Levy (Stanford University)
 Koichi Sano Sensei (Abraham Lincoln High School, San Francisco, CA) Joanne Akamine Sensei (‘Iolani School, Honolulu, HI)
Focus: Great East Japan Earthquake
Medium: Japanese Manga (Comic Strip)
Theme: A Japanese Family experiencing the 3-11 Earthquake
Summary of Project:
The original plan for this project was to create high school-level materials basedon the 3-11 focused documents from IUC-Yokohama. Since the IUC-Yokohama
materials were intended for the post-secondary level, after examining the IUC
materials, consisting of newspaper and other print articles regarding the 3.11
Earthquake and Tsunami, Fukushima Nuclear Reactor incident, relief efforts, it
was determined that the Japanese Manga would be the most accessible materials
for high school students at the Japanese 3/4 level in American schools.
The rationale for this project were: Many changes have occurred since 3-11 that will require students toupdate materials to complete their assignments
 High school-level materials will be aligned to National and Common CoreStandards
 Follow-up projects will require that students collaborate and communicate
in Japanese and will combine disciplines such as science, social studies,math, and technology
 Students will gain a better understanding of their role in the world of thefuture by studying global disasters (with focus on 3-11)

Since we decided to use the 3-11 Manga as the primary source for the project, themain objectives have been scaled down for high school students and include
National Standards Communication Goals with 3 C statements:
1. Students will examine and identify a Japanese Manga and point out its
parts. (Interpretive)
2. Students will recognize as Onomatopoeia those elements that appear morethan once in the Manga and be able to identify/explain their use.
(Interpretive)
3. Students will discuss with peers the story in the Manga and give simple
summaries based on the vocabulary found 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)
5. Students will act out the events in the Manga, 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)
In addition, other activities include:
A. Students will use a list of dates when major disasters occurred in the world,
identify the locations, and give the intensity of the earthquakes on theRichter Scale.
These will include: (Dates are written in Japanese)i. April 18, 1906
San Francisco, California (Magnitude: 8) Death toll: 500
ii. Sept. 1, 1923
Tokyo, Japan (Magnitude: 8.25) Death toll: 140,000
iii.May 22, 1960
Chile (Magnitude: 9)iv.March 27, 1964 Anchorage, Alaska (Magnitude: 8.5)
v. July 27, 1976
Tangshan, China (Magnitude: 7.5) Death toll: 240,000
vi.Dec. 26, 2004
Sumatra, Indonesia (Magnitude: 9) Death toll: 150,000
B. Follow-up Project undertaken by the school to supply aid and materials tothe areas in the 3-11 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear reactor disaster
C. Can Do Statements that the students and Sensei will fill out. These students
will complete this as individuals, the Sensei looking at the class as a whole.
D. Pilot program for the materials:

i. Sensei will choose one or more classes for the Pilot
ii. Sensei and students will identify errors in the materials that require
correction
E. Evaluation of the Projecti. Student evaluation, both group and individual feedback
ii. Teacher evaluation of the project materials and piloting
Materials:
1a. Original Manga
1b. Text of the Manga
1c. Vocabulary list for the Manga
1d. Table of Manga Sound Effects
2. PowerPoint: Introduction to the 3-11 Project (for student viewing)
3. PowerPoint: Introduction to Japanese Manga and Sound Effects (Studentviewing)
4a. Suggested Lesson Plan