Lesson plans
- Kamishibai – paper theater (Grades K-12 – Includes introduction to kamishibai)
- Kamishibai for Turbulent Times (Grade 10)
Downloads and links:
- Discover Kamishibai—Website created by Margaret Eisenstadt and Donna Tamaki, where you can purchase kamishibai stages and published storycards and also find many useful articles about kamishibai.
- “The Mechanics of Kamishibai through the Art of Eigorō Futamata” by Tara McGowan
- “Creating and Using Kamishibai” by Cathy Spagnoli
- “Integrating Kamishibai Performance across the Curriculum” by Tara McGowan
- “The Many Faces of Kamishibai: Past, Present, and Future” by Tara McGowan
- Turning Reading into Storytelling David Battino and Hazuki Kataoka also offer tips for creating kamishibai
Videos:
- What is Kamishibai—An Introduction to kamishibai by Jeffrey Dym
- Kamishibai Master Yassan–Short excerpt of a performance by the late kamishibai street performer and educator, Yassan, performing a biographical story about the famous cartoonist Tezuka Osamu.
- Storytelling – Lessons from Kamishibai–Jean-François Chénier uses kamishibai as a way to discuss creating better power point presentations
- In the workshop, “Kamishibai Storytelling: Engaging Visual and Oral Literacies in the Classroom and Connecting to the Common Core Literacy Standards.” held at The Ohio State University for teachers, storyteller and literacy scholar, Tara McGowan demonstrates how to perform kamishibai without using the stage, but she prefers to perform with the stage and recommends its use whenever possible. Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxfMljCA-LY07Ok384XYbUqFc8pq9al9Y
- Tara McGowan: “A Child Trapped Within” Kamishibai
- Tara McGowan: “A day in the life of Strutio” Kamishibai
- Tara McGowan: “Nya on – Kitten” Kamishibai
- Tara McGowan: Student Kamishibai “The Ghost“
- Tara McGowan: Informational Kamishibai Example – Kabutomushi:
- Tara McGowan: “The Great Snake Mistake” Kamishibai
- Tara McGowan: “The Old Man And The Fox” Kamishibai
- Tara McGowan: “The One Inch Boy” Kamishibai
- Tara McGowan: “The Three Magic Charms” Kamishibai
- Tara McGowan: Brief History of Kamishibai
- Tara McGowan: “Dinosaurs” Kamishibai
For more information on Japanese magic lantern shows (utushi-e), see:
- http://www.f.waseda.jp/kusahara/Utsushi-e/Welcome_to_Utsushi-e.html
- http://www.magiclanternsociety.org/about-magic-lanterns/the-magic-lantern-in-japan/)