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Japan in the Schools
The Japan in a Suitcase Program presents a day in the life of a Japanese child using visual aids and items from Japan to make the experience as real as possible. Common items used by Japanese children in everyday life - at home and in school - are brought to the school in a suitcase and used to show how a young Japanese boy spends a typical day, from morning to night. Pairs of volunteers make the presentations: English speakers facilitate the lesson and lead discussion, while their Japanese partners provide exposure to the language and act as native experts.  Students are delighted to be able to see and touch the items from Japan
- chopsticks, pencil cases, games, textbooks and much more. They are
encouraged to look for similarities as well as differences in the lives of their Japanese counterparts. They also have the opportunity to hear
and speak Japanese and even to try their hand at writing some simple
Japanese characters.
The Japan in a Suitcase Program has been a big success since its inception, averaging over 2,000 students reached year year since the 1994-1995 school year. School visits are usually scheduled between 9am and 3pm on weekdays, from September to June. Available for 1st through 3rd grade classes, presentations last approximately 50 minutes. To arrange a Japan in a Suitcase presentation, please contact the Japan-America Society at 206-374-0180. At the end of the school year 2007-2008, we have brought our program to
2138 students in
96 classrooms at the 34 area elementary schools listed below: Bright Water Elementary School |
Japan-America Society of the State of Washington
Offices in the World Trade Center West
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