Fabric: Festival Noren

Festival Noren

Included in Festival and Holidays box

• Description: Noren curtains, made from cotton or hemp, hang above shop doors and advertise the kind of business that is provided within. The messages on the noren are presented in resist-dyed characters, patterns, or illustrations. The festival noren has the kanji, matsuri (festival), written on them.
  For more information, visit: http://web-japan.org/niponica/niponica11/en/feature/feature06.html

• Link
  • About Noren

• Lesson Plans (All are in PDF format)
  • Friends First Matsuri: Festival Based on Japanese Matsuri – NCTA Ohio

• Standard Reference
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  • Social Studies:
    • Grade K: A Child’s Place in Time – #3
    • Grade K: A Child’s Place in Time – #7
    • Grade K: A Child’s Place in Time – #11
    • Grade K: A Child’s Place in Time – #12
    • Grade 1: Families Now and Long Ago, Near and Far – #2
    • Grade 1: Families Now and Long Ago, Near and Far – #3
    • Grade 1: Families Now and Long Ago, Near and Far – #11
    • Grade 1: Families Now and Long Ago, Near and Far – #12
    • Grade 2: People Working Together – #2
    • Grade 2: People Working Together – #15
    • Grade 2: People Working Together – #17