A year 9 lesson on Japan, designed toshow them how Japan has changed over the years.

2. Read through the article and answer
the following questions
1) How does the traditional housing structure
compare to the urban housing structure? Draw
diagrams to illustrate these.
2) Why are shoes not worn inside?
3) How has the food eaten by the Japanese
changed and why?
4) What is the traditional dress and when is it
worn now?

3. ‘The Bullet
Train’

4. The new E6 series model has a color scheme
patterned after Namahage, a red-faced ogre
depicted in the folklore of the Tohoku region.
(Photo courtesy of East Japan Railway Co.)

5. The E5 series is the fastest Shinkansen model
in Japan, running at 320 km/h. (Photo courtesy
of East Japan Railway Co.)

6. You will create a short summary on the bullet
train.
Key points to include:
1) Why they were developed at such high
speeds
2) How they have adapted to the many
earthquakes
3) How the models have changed over time
(and sketches)

7. Notes on the problems of Japan
1) Space (How do they solve this?)
2) Transport (trains)
3) Isolation- rent people?

8. The future?