Title

東海道

Unit/Activity No.

Tokaido Unit 2/Activity 3

Topic

Geography and people, Travel, Transportation

Function

Identify things

Focus

Kanji symbolizing nature

I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS

Teacher Instructions         

  1. Before class prepare a handout and transparency.
  2. Prepare a set of kanji cards and categorization table for each group (Transparency 3). Cut the kanji cards into pieces so that students can place them onto the table. Prepare a transparency version of the kanji cards and categorization table to be used for checking answers. 

  3. Show the map of Gokaido in Activity 1 and review Gokaido.

  4. Introduce Tokaido by referring to Script 1.

  5. Show the image of shukuba on Transparency 2 and introduce the fifty-three post stations by referring to Script 2.

  6. Have the students form groups of three. Distribute the handout to each individual student,and a set of kanji cards and a categorization table to each group. Have the students work on Activities 1 and 2 in groups.

  7. Using the transparency have one group share their answer to question 1. Check their answer with the class.

  8. Check the answer for question 2.

  9. Have the students work on questions 3 and 4.
Teacher Presentation Sample Scripts

Script 1

これは東海道の地図です。(Point to Edo.) ここはどこですか。(Students: 江戸) (Point to Kyoto.) ここは？(Students: 京都) そうですね。東海道は江戸と京都をつないでいました。江戸と京都の間には５３の「宿場」がありました。

Script 2

宿場とは何でしょう。これは宿場の絵です。(Students: 旅館のあるところ？) そうです。宿場で旅行客は泊まったり、お茶を飲んだり、馬やかごを変えたりしました。

Answer Key to Student Activities

1. Water:沼、津、海、浜
Physical features: 谷、塚、原、島、田、坂、崎、岡、土、石
Botanical objects: 枝、 松、藤、草 

2. a. water b. tree c. earth, soil d. grass e. mountain

3.

1) n

2) d

3) q

4) p

5) k

6) g

7) j

8) b

9) e

 

10) m

11) i

12) a

13) l

14) f

15) h

16) r

17) c

18) o

4.

1) 亀山―かめやま、京都―きょうと、草津―くさつ、岡崎―おかざき

 

2) 四日市―よっかいち、三島―みしま、小田原―おだわら、平塚―ひらつか、\川―かけがわ

 

3) 江戸―えど、沼津―ぬまず、神奈川―かながわ、浜松―はままつ、金谷―かなや

Resources

The image in Transparency 2 is taken from "The Woodblock Prints of Ando Hiroshige."

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~johnxyz

The image is located at:

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~johnxyz/hiroshige/tokaido_hoeido/images/05_Hodogaya.jpg

II. STUDENT ACTIVITY HANDOUTS

1. The following kanji appear in the names of shukuba along the Tokaido. Categorize the kanji according to their meaning.

Meanings related to water

Meanings describing  physical features

Meanings describing botanical objects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1) 沼

 

2) 枝

 

3) 谷

4) 塚

 

5) 原

 

6) 島

7) 津

 

8) 田

 

9) 坂

10) 松

 

11) 崎

 

12) 海

13) 岡

 

14) 藤

 

15) 土

16) 草

 

17) 石

 

18) 浜

2. What do the following radicals symbolize?

3. Match each kanji with its English meaning.

4. Match the names of the following shukuba written in kanji in the left-hand column with their reading in the right column.

III. VISUAL AIDS FOR TEACHERS

Transparency 1


Transparency 2

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~johnxyz/hiroshige/tokaido_hoeido/images/05_Hodogaya.jpg

Transparency 3

Kanji cards and categorization table for each group