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"Internal Troubles, External Threats"The photograph from the left is from the Nanjing Massacre Photo Archives: If your are interested in learning more about this time period start with the BBC: The Rape of Nanking
Friday, March 2
HW: Read pp. 877 - 882
1. What is the root of the tension between China and Japan in the 20th century?
2. What does this reveal about the changes in China and Japan underwent in the late 19th early 20th century?
3. Identify some of the changes that impacted on the great empires outside of Europe?
4. What is the focus of this chapter?
5. Identify the four effects of this new relationship between Europe and the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America?
6. In what ways did the Industrial Revolution shape the character of the 19th century?
7. How would imperialism benefit the west?
8. How did nationalism contribute to imperialism?
9. How did the Industrial Revolution change the way Europeans viewed themselves and "other"?
10.Explain how Darwin's ideas led to Social Darwinism?
Part II: Read pp. 883 - 886
11. What accounts for the massive peasant rebellions in 19th century China?
12. What was unique about the Taiping Rebellion?
13. Why was the platform of Hong Xiuquan and his cousin Hong Rengan considered so radical?
14. Why did the rebellion ultimately fail?
15. How did this and other rebellions impact on the Qing's hold on power?
16. How did Western pressures stimulate change in China during the 19th century?
17. Read the Chart on page885 and answer the questions on top.
18. How did China deal with the growing opium trade?
19. How did Commisioner Lin's actions contribute to the Opium Wars?
Monday, March 5
Aim: How did China become a victim of its own success?
HW: Read pp. 886-889
1. Why was the Treaty of Nanjing considered an unequal treaty?
2. Complete the 3 questions on pp 912-913 preceding the Treaty
Review the map on p 887 and explain what is meant by Spheres of Influence.
3. Read Emperor's Message to King George III in 1793 and answer the questions which precede it
4. How does this letter differ from China's position 100 years later?
5. What was the purpose of the Self Strengthening Movement? Why did this movement fail?
6. What was the purpose of the Boxer Rebellion?
7. Watch Boxer Rebellion - Now watch this video Clip
8. How did the failure of this rebellion reflect a growing nationalism and anti Qing sentiment?
9. How did the Qing Empire end?
Due Thursday, March 8
Take home Test - using the five documents in text pp. 905-913 - Due Thursday (Please note you also
have text HW due Thursday) - If time permits we will discuss documents in class on Tuesday
The Opium War was about more than opium. How would you support or challenge this statement based on the documents. Remember to include the missing document - no more than 2 pages be concise and look at this statement through a number of lenses.
Tuesday, March 6
Aim: How was the Opium War a turning point for the Qing Dynasty?
WORK ON DOCUMENT BASED ESSAY
Wednesday, March 7
Aim: Why did the Qing Empire collapse in 1911?
Read pp. 895-901
1. What is meant by a "revolution from above"?
2. Describe Japanese feudalism and the role each position plays
3. Why would it be considered so decentralized?
4. Why had Japan become such an urbanized country?
5. How would this impact on the social hierarchy of Japan?
6. What evidence was there that the Shogun was losing control?
7. How did America's arrival in 1853 forever change Japan?
8. How did the unequal treaties and the foreign devils influence the political upheaval that took place in Japan?
9. How did the Meiji Restoration modernize Japan's economy, government and social class structure?
10. How did it impact on Japan's relationship with the west?
11. Why did it become more selective in its borrowing?
12. Why would the Meiji Restoration be received with mixed reviews?
13. How did Japan's relationship with the modern world change during its modernization process?
14. What is the result of the Anglo Japanese Treaty of 1902?
15. How did Japan become like the west?
16. What impact did Japan's presence on the global stage have on China, Russia another regions in the world?
Thursday, March 8
Aim: What impact did the Meiji Restoration have on Japan?
WATCH THE SERIES #13-18
Please take notes short quiz on material
We looked at the earlier episodes this year
IF YOU HAVE TIME WATCH THIS FILM : STOP KONY
Friday, March 9
Aim: Return and review exam
HW: Read 890-894
Reminder make sure you watch film of Japan
- How was China similar yet different to the Ottoman Empire in its relationship to the west in the 19th century?
- What role did the Ottoman Empire and its sultan play at the start of the 19th century?
- What lay behind the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century? (KEY QUESTION)
- Look at the map on p890 - Where and when were the biggest territorial changes?
- How did the Ottoman attempts at reform differ from China? What advantages did the Ottomans have?W
- What groups opposed Sultan Selim's reforms and why?
- Explain the purpose of the Tanzimat
- Why was the Proclamation of 1839 liberal yet so controversial?
- What did the Young Ottomans favor?
- Who were the Young Turks? What did they enact following their military coup in 1908?
- Outcome - Compare the outcomes of China and the Ottomans in the late 19th and early 20th century
- Watch video part 2 and 3 - The Ottoman Empire
Monday, March 12
Aim: Describe the changes that occurred in the Meiji Restoration
HW:
1. Read over the essay on Hyperhistory and identify 5 major reasons why the Ottoman Empire fell -
2. complete the practice test
3. In a chart compare and contrast the attempts to modernize in China, Japan and in the Ottoman Empire
REGISTRATION FOR THE AP EXAM IS THIS WEEK (Tues, Wed, and Thurs) IN 115N - See Mr. Fedeli
FEE IS $87
Tuesday, March 13
Aim: How did the Ottoman Empire respond to changes in the 19th century?
HW: Go to
Chapter 20 (Note there will be one test for chapters 19 and 20)
Review Sheet for this Chapter
Suggestions
BBC - In Our Time - The Taiping Rebellion
Harvard Extension Schools - Taiping Rebellions
Siege of Vienna from History Today
Awesome Stories - Boer Wars - Concentration Camps
Test
Watch the Last Samurai to get a better understanding of this time period in Japan
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