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Teaching ideas for OBON
(August 13 to 16)


Teaching ideas, art and craft, flashcards, games, lesson plans, songs, videos, useful websites, worksheets on the Japanese teaching topic OBON, お盆、おぼん bon dori, etc,

Art and crafts

Japanese floating lantern
Make a Japanese floating lantern.
Donated by M. Shalagin
floating-lanterns.pdf
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Dancing

Dance Steps for Obon dori
Teach students how to dance one of the Obon dances.  
http://www.bonodori.net/fujisawa/odorikata/bayashikata.html 

PowerPoints

Obon festival 1
Breif explanation of Obon, followed by Obon festival related pictures with explanations.
Donated by E Scott
obon_ppt.pptx
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Obon festival 2
PowerPoint introduces the basics of the Obon festival.
Donated by E Mount
obon_festival.pptx
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Obon Odori PowerPoint
PowerPoint introducing the basics of the Obon festival.
http://ebookbrowse.com/obon-odori-powerpoint-presentation-ppt-d256380885 
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Websites

Dancing
Japanese dancing videos and step by
step guides (categorized by level of difficulty) includes Bon odori,
Yagibushi, Yukata ondo and many more.
http://www.mustlovejapan.com/category/hwt/dbo/
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Obon images
Clip art images of Obon activities.
http://www.fumira.jp/cut/natu/index.htm


Worksheets

Obon Trivia Quiz
Divide the class into pairs.  Give each pair a Trivia Quiz answer sheet.  Tt then asks multiple choice questions about Obon.  In pairs the Ss discuss the questions and then put their answers on the answer sheet.  At the end of each round the Tt collects the answer sheets and allocates points and a winner.  A prize can be given to the winning pair at the end of round 2.
Donated by R Ward
obon_trivia_quiz.docx
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What is obon?
Match up activity for students to discover Obon traditions.

Obon worksheet
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