Circles of Stone Activity Sheet

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CIRCLES OF

STONE

ACTIVITY SHEET

STONEHENGE AND PREHISTORIC JAPAN

Hello and welcome to Stonehenge

We are yuru-chara (ゆるキャラ), cute mascots which are popular all over Japan. We have been specially created for the Circles of Stone special exhibition. Head to the exhibition to find us and start this activity sheet.

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Big Rock (Daiganseki)

COUNT TO FIVE

Little Clay (Minichi) and the Pebbles

In the exhibition, the Pebbles will teach you how to count to five in Japanese. Find the phonetic spellings of the numbers in Japanese and write them in the table below, or try saying them out loud. 1 One

2 Two

3 Three

4 Four

5 Five

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ARCHAEOLOGIST

William Gowland was an archaeologist who carried out excavations (digs) in Japan and Britain more than 100 years ago. Look at the objects on display that were collected by Gowland and list two of the artefacts below. 1 2

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DOGU

Clay figurines, called dogu (土 偶) in Japanese, have been found at Jomon settlements and stone circles. They may have represented goddesses or spirits and been used in rituals and ceremonies.

Imagine you were making a dogu to leave as an offering or a gift to someone important. How would you decorate it? Draw the outline of a dogu when you get home and then decorate it.


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