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Lesson: Shinto, Stones, and the Garden

Lesson Plan (PDF file)

Images for Lesson (PDF file)

To help students see how Shinto and Buddhism are reflected in the Japanese art and lifestyle,
especially as seen in the relationship people have with the land (gardens). Students
will make connections to other cultures’ attitudes toward the land.

Subject Categories: Daoism and Confucionism Literature and Folktales Shinto

Locale: Japan

Grade Levels: Grades 1-4

Associated Images:
1940.989 The Snowy Garden
1977.1 Literary Gathering in the Orchid Pavilion
1979.46.1 The Four Accomplishments
1981.2 Narihira Viewing the Cherry Blossoms

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