6th grade SS Week of April 20 - 24

Afternoon scholars!!!!

It was so good to see all of you this morning...it’s the next best thing to being at school!!!!!

I am so impressed with the effort that you are putting forth during this pandemic.  Keep on track, stay organized and don’t let the assignments overwhelm you.  Do something rather than do nothing.  God is with us during this time.  Keep the faith and keep everyone in your prayers.  Prayer is powerful!!!!

This week in SS, you will look at the culture of Japan, read ( 214 - 215 ).  Then fill in the blanks in the following paragraph.  (Copy this paragraph in your notebook).

     Most Japanese families chose _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as their job.  But _ _ _ _ _ _ _, caused people to move to large cities, choosing to become _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _-_ _ _ _ _ _ _.  Japan had few          _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, so the people had to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ goods and materials.  Three (3) things that the city people had to recycle were _______________, _________________, and _________________.

Why do you think Japan had few resources readily available to them?  (Refer to the maps you drew).

Describe these styles of Japanese plays:
      * kyogen-
      * noh-
      * kabuki-

Which one of these styles is still popular today?

Challenge/Activity for the week:

     Draw or create your own Japanese play mask.   I cant wait to see your masks!!!!

Due date is April 27 for this week’s work.

Love, Ms. O