In collaborative groups students in Japanese language class will explore Japanese culture and history through studying woodblock prints. Students will become curators in charge of setting up the Japanese exhibit in a virtual museum. They will do their artwork presentations using HyperStudio which will be presented to other 7th grade classes when they study Japanese history. The exhibit of their presentations will be posted in a virtual museum room on the web. Students visit the Hokusai exhibit at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum and go through the process of making woodblock prints.
Students form groups and begin planning.
Students go to the library to research Hokusai and his influence on Western artists. To learn the technology of HyperStudio, students create individual stacks with Japanese vocabulary of Chapter 3 as their themes. Students take photos of different views of CMS with digital camera. In groups students will plan their art project HyperStudio presentations by making a storyboard. Students begin scanning images and preparing for HyperStudio.