About the Videos

There are a great deal of videos in this unit taken from an actual interview of a uniform-store manager in Japan. There are four major topics in this unit covering: store background, styles and prices, elementary school uniforms, and changes in uniforms over the year.

Please while watching these videos, think about the advantages and disadvantages of having school uniforms, and what makes Japanese uniforms unique. Also, try to place yourself in their situation...What would you do if you had to wear a school uniform...

Activities Packet

This packet contains several activities which will help you understanding the videos and Japanese school uniforms..

Please do these activities in order they appear in the packet.

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Language Unit

The language activities contained in this unit serve as a basis for your teacher to develop more detailed activities.

They require you to view the videos and do several activities from coming up with interview questions to exploring the vocabulary and grammar in the videos, and even transcribing the conversations.

This unit is indeed challenging and is recommended for those in at least second or third year High School Japanese.

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