Embedded Files
Lesson 7: Samurai Society
Notes: Powerpoint
Homework: Finish dialogue between two different strata in Japanese society
Lesson 8: Christianity and Japan
Notes: Powerpoint
Lesson 9: Comparison Essay
Lesson 6: Review and Test
Lesson 5: Religions of Japan
Notes: Powerpoint
Homework: Compare and contrast one of the religions of Japan with Catholicism, provide three similarities and three differences
Lesson 4: The Shogunate and Mongol Threat
Notes: Powerpoint
Homework: Write a newspaper article describing the changes in Japan
Lesson 2: Early Japan
Notes: Jigsaw of P320-328
Homework: Study for quiz
Unit:
Lesson 1: Japanese Culture
Classwork: Describe a samurai based on the film clip
Primary Sources:
The Seclusion of Japan - Tokugawa Iemitsu
Diaries of Court Ladies of Japan tr. Annie Omori and Kochi Doi
When We Landed in Japan - Matthew Perry
Letter to the President - Townsend Harris (First US Ambassador to Japan)
Samurai-archives: The 47 Ronin A traditional Japanese tale
No Theatre: "Tamura" 2:53
Secondary Sources:
A great article on the Mongols, their Empire, and their war with the Caliphate: The New Yorker: "Annals of History: Invaders" by Bryan Frazier
A pretty good summary of Mongol operations in Europe, Russia, and the Middle East:Journal of Asian History: "The Mongols in the West" by Denis Sinor.
Why the Mongols? SmithsonianMag: "Warm, Wet Times Spurred Medieval Mongol Rise" by Sarah Zielinski.
Multimedia:
Crash Course: The Mongols 11:32
Crash Course: Japan and Nationalism 11:53
Global Nomads Group: Religion in Japan 3:56
47 Ronin: Beyond the Trailer 0:44
PBS: The Way of the Samurai 55:18
Japanese Katana vs. Broadsword 7:57
Ninja Documentary (1/4) 14:32
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