Samurai Sisters - Early Feudal Japan: World History Unit for the Middle Grades

"The story reveals how the lives of samurai women and women at the imperial court influenced by Heian Era ideals diverged as Japan entered the age of feudal military rule. Activities let students role play six historic figures on a pilgrimage to Japan’s major sites, explore changing interests and concerns at different stages of one’s life, and analyze poetry from the "great age of women writers." (text from womeninworldhistory.com)