Dec 21, 2009

The Master Puppeteer | Ideas for Reports and Papers

1. Study Japanese culture and life in the late eighteenth century. Look for maps of eighteenth-century Japan and Osaka. Describe the government, family life, customs, and other aspects of life in Japan at this time.

2. Research the Japanese puppet theater, known as bunraku Describe how puppets were made and handled, and what life in the theaters was like.

3. Research and report on samurai life and the samurai code.

4. Research the making of Katherine Paterson's novel. Paterson derived much of her information about the Japanese puppet theater from the book...