I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS

Teacher Instructions

1. Before class prepare the handouts.
   
   
2. Give Manga and Anime Unit Quiz to your students.
   
   
3. Have the students form groups of three.  Distribute Handout 2 and explain the group project.
   
   
4. Have the students collect information and prepare their presentation. Collect each group's vocabulary sheet and make copies for the rest of the students.
   
   
5. Have each group give a presentation. Assess students' performance using the scoring guide.

Materials

A couple of blank transparencies for each group

Answer Key to Student Activities

Handout 1

1.    1) c.      2) d.       3) b.      4) a.
2.   1) b.      2) a.       3) c.       4) d.  

II. STUDENT ACTIVITY HANDOUTS

Manga and Anime Unit Quiz	名前: ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
	クラス：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

1. We have learned some terminology of manga and anime. Connect the form in the left column with its description in the right column.

1) アニメ	＊	＊	a. 漫画を描くのが仕事の人
2) コミック	＊	＊	b. 漫画やアニメに出てくる人など
3) キャラクター	＊	＊	c. テレビや映画の漫画
4) 漫画家	＊	＊	d. 漫画の本

2. We have also looked at some ancient art and early contemporary art. Read each of the descriptions of art below and match with an illustration. 

Description	Illustration
1) 現代の漫画の始まり。カメラのレンズで見たように、人や物の大きさや位置を変えて漫画を描いた。	（　　）
2) 江戸時代に描かれたスケッチ集。人や自然の動きをよく表している。	（　　）
3) 十二世紀に描かれた絵まき。人が火事から逃げているところ。	（　　）
4) 十二世紀に描かれた、漫画とアニメの原点。動物が子どものようにいきいきと描かれている。	（　　）

a.	b.
c.	d.

Handout 2: Group Project

In groups of three, conduct research about early manga or anime in your own country and present it to the class. In your presentation include:

• Title of the manga/anime
• Name of the author
• Year or century it was created
• Its genre
• Brief summary of the story

Preparation

Prepare a vocabulary sheet for your classmates and submit it to your teacher so that s/he can make copies.

Prepare visual aides to be used for your preparation. 

IV. FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

Students' presentation materials can be compiled and uploaded to a website. If your school has a sister school in Japan, you can ask the students to look at the website and give your students comments.