This article describes how Japanese curriculum treats fractions. Several questions are raised concerning the way fractions are typically taught in North America. (Contains 1 table and 8 figures.)

Describes a classroom project integrating children's literature, Japanese culture, and geometry that grew out of the local killing of a Japanese exchange student. Fourth-graders read "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" around which the interdisciplinary unit was developed. Topics covered included Japanese culture, American social…