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Direct linkSweeting, Terry; Werner, Peter; Williams, Lori H.; Crump, Alyssa – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2012
Many folk dances reflect the everyday activities of the people, celebrating the commonplace through physical forms of expression. The traditional Japanese folk dance, Tanko Bushi, is still performed in Japan and among Japanese-Americans today, and its theme of coal mining makes it relatable to many cultures around the world. With its traditional…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Learning Experience, Folk Culture
Teaching Tolerance, 2010
In this article, the author shares her family's sad experience after being thrown in internment camps as part of the enforcement of the Executive Order 9066 following the Japanese's bombardment of Pearl Harbor. Japanese Americans were evacuated from their homes. In one day everything they had was stolen--even their pictures. It broke her mother's…
Descriptors: Japanese American Culture, Japanese Americans, Foreign Countries, Story Telling
Peer reviewedKrogness, Mary Mercer – Language Arts, 1987
Discusses the success of a family folklore unit in a racially and ethnically diverse sixth-grade class (containing Black, White, Japanese-American, and Jewish students), provides suggestions for a folklore curriculum, and points out the significance of folklore. (SKC)
Descriptors: African Culture, Black Culture, Cultural Background, Cultural Context
