Below are some of the lesson plans received during the first two years of the project. Different disciplines and grade levels are represented.  At the end of the third year of the JapaNet project, select lesson plans will be complied and published to be used as a resource for teachers interested in incorporating such material in the classroom. 
 

Lesson Plan Outline

 

Lesson Plans from Year 1, 2004-2005 (Selected)

 

Martha Adams, St. Brendan High School (Fall 2004)

Japan's Toxic Past

 

Juanamaria Camararogers, Palm Springs Middle School (Fall 2004)

Shoguns, Samurais and Commodore Perry: Did the Arrival of Perry’s “Black Ships” End the Shogun Rule in Japan?

 

K. Chandra Das, COPE North (Fall 2004)
The Japanese Tokugawa and Commodore Matthew C. Perry
 

Jessica Caicedo, South Broward HighSchool (Fall 2004)

U.S. and Japan relations post-Perry Era

 

Carol Fifield, COPE North (Fall 2004)

Japanese Traditions: Origami and Folktales

 

Kristin Heilman, Felix Varela Senior High School (Fall 2004)

Japanese-American Internment During WWII

 

Rebecca Sanchez, Miami-Dade School (Fall 2004)

Exploring Japan’s Culture

 

Carmen Santiago, Felix Varela Senior High School (Fall 2004)

Comparative Government:  Japan and the United States  
 

Martha Adams, St. Brendan High School (Spring 2005)

Health Care in Japan

 

Elena Arteaga-Diaz, Our Lady of Lourdes (Spring 2005)

United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and the Minamata Case

 

Darryl Baker, Miami Springs Middle School (Spring 2005)

Safeguarding Human Rights

 

Juanamaria Camararogers, Palm Springs Middle School (Spring 2005)

Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in Japan

 

Krishna Chandra Das, COPE North (Spring 2005)

Religious Perspective and the Rights of Unborn Children

 

Catherine Currie, Olsen Middle School (Spring 2005)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR): Japan’s Policy on Children’s Education Rights

 

Susan Feliciano, Frederick Douglas Elementary (Spring 2005)

Peace Education: Paper Wishes

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Kristin Heilman, Felix Varela Senior High School (Spring 2005)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Trafficking of Women into Japan

 

Juan Moreno, John A. Ferguson Senior High School (Spring 2005)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights & Japan: Child Trafficking and The Sexual Exploitation of Children

 

Sergio Nieves, Jose de Diego Middle School (Spring 2005)

Human Rights Abuses Against Children in Japan

 

Rebecca Sanchez, Miami-Dade College (Spring 2005)

Cultural Diffusion: Women Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Japan

 

Carmen Santiago, Felix Varela Senior High School (Spring 2005)

Understanding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Japan

 

Lesson Plans from Year 2, 2005-2006 (Selected)

 

Martha Adams, St. Brendan High School (Fall 2005)

UDHR, Immigration and Japan

 

Juanamaria Camararogers, Palm Springs Middle School (Fall 2005)

Student Academic Controversy

 

Adriana Chaine, Ferguson Senior High (Fall 2005)

Japanese Immigrants

 

Juan Carlos Chaine, Miami Senior High (Fall 2005)

Immigrants to Japan

 

Roxana Carolina Cocina, COPE Center North (Fall 2005)

Japanese & Japanese-American Contemporary Artists

 

Catherine Currie, Olsen Middle School (Fall 2005)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) Article 13

 

Nathan Delanois, Felix Varela Senior High (Fall 2005)

Kenkanryu- Hating the Korean Wave

 

Olga Diaz, St. Brendan High School (Fall 2005)

UDHR and the Spread of Infectious Diseases Due to Globalization

 

Susan Feliciano, Frederick Douglass Elementary (Fall 2005)

Displaced Memories

 

George Folles, Lyons Creek Middle School (Fall 2005)

Japanese Immigration Policies

 

Elizabeth Moises-Adan, St. Brendan High School (Fall 2005)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)-Freedom and Equality

 

Juan Moreno, Ferguson High School (Fall 2005)

Abuses at Jouriko Boushi Shisetsu or Landing Prevention Facility

 

Richard Quintana, H.D. McMillan Middle School (Fall 2005)

UDHR, Immigration, and Japan

 

Carl Rachelson, Palmer Trinity School (Fall 2005)

A Revolution: Sushi, Fast Food and Globalization

 

Martha Adams, St. Brendan High School (Spring 2006)

Minamata disease in Japan compared to polluted Sarnia Ontario
and the Aamjiwnaang Indian tribe

 

Juanamaria Camararogers, Palm Springs High School (Spring 2006)

Japanese Migration and Immigration Policies

 

Nathan Delinois, Felix Varela Senior High (Spring 2006)

The Growth of Anime in Western Media

 

Elizabeth Moises-Adan, St. Brendan High School (Spring 2006)

Comprehensive Look into Japan Society

 

Christine Cuesta, South Miami Senior High (Spring 2006)

Identifying Manners: A comparison between Eastern and Western customs

 

Sergio Nieves, Jose de Diego Middle School (Spring 2006)

Peace Day

 

Olga Lidia Diaz, St. Brendan High School (Spring 2006)

The History and Chemistry of Cosmetics: A comparison of the cosmetic regulations of US and Japan

 

Karla Lopez, Miami Springs Middle School (Spring 2006)

Japanese Migration to the U.S.

 

Carl Rachelson, Palmer Trinity School (Spring 2006)

Black and Japanese

 

Aldo Regalado, Palmer Trinity School (Spring 2006)

Orientalism and Japanese Immigrants in America

 

Susan Feliciano, Frederick Douglas (Spring 2006)

Who am I?

 

Lesson Plans from Year 3, 2006-2007

 

Martha Adams, St. Brendan High School (Fall 2006)

Do Medical Advances Promote Diplomacy Within Nations?

Power Point Presentation

 

Helmiah Kaddour Capote, Key Biscayne K-8 Center (Fall 2006)

The Opening of Japan

 

Nathan Delinois, Felix Varela Senior High (Fall 2006)

Applications of Art in Soft Diplomacy

Power Point Presentation

 

Rina Faz, St. Brendan High School (Fall 2006)

Japan: A Model in Public Diplomacy. Advanced Placement

 

George Folles, Lyons Creek Middle School (Fall 2006)

Should Japan modify or Repeal Article Nine of their Constitution ?

 

Amy Hyman, Miami Southridge Senior High (Fall 2006)

Japan and Public Diplomacy

 

Laura Massa, Palmer Trinity School (Fall 2006)

Toyotism: An Example of Public Diplomacy Applied in the Automobile Industry

 

Robert Moorhouse, Palmer Trinity School (Fall 2006)

Kyoto: Glimpses Of Japan’s Ancient Capital

Power Point Presentation

 

Ramon Nicosia, Cutler Ridge Middle School (Fall 2006)

Japan’s Constitution

 

Laura Ortiz, Robert Morgan Educational Center (Fall 2006)

Japan’s First Embassy to the United States

 

Erve Pyram, Westview Middle School (Fall 2006)

Comparative study of America’s post-WWII “nation building" of Japan and post-2003 Iraqi invasion reconstruction effort

 

Carl Rachelson, Palmer Trinity School (Fall 2006)

Public Diplomacy: An Exchange Program to Promote Cultural Conscientiousness

Power Point Presentation

 

Aldo Regalado, Palmer Trinity School (Fall 2006)

Studies in Popular Culture

 

Adrianna Palumbo Truby, Palmer Trinity School (Fall 2006

Participating in a Japanese Home Stay Program

Power Point Presentation

 

Darlene Weber, Cypress Bay High (Fall 2006)

World War II, Japan and Diplomacy

Power Point Presentation

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