How did contact with the West affect Japan's identity?

Reminder - Social 8 Study Session Wednesday 3:15 - 4:00 in Mr. Oram's room.  

Section 1: Change and Resistance

"In what ways did resistance to rapid change lead to a return to a traditional Japanese world view?"

Many Japanese adopted Western ways (fashion, culture, etc) , while others were concerned that the Japanese were adopting Western ways at the expense of Japanese culture. As we go through this section look for how the Japanese struck a balance between adopting western ways, andadapting Western ways to the Japanese world view.

1. Read P. 352, 353, 354, 356, 359, 360 & 361
2. Section 1 Student Notes

Section 2: Strong Army, Strong Country

"What role did rapid change play in Japan becoming a military power with an expansionist world view?"

One of the lessons that Japan was learning from the West was how to be an aggressive, expansionist nation.

• How did Japan begin to treat it's neighbours?  
• Do you think Japan's new approach to it's neighbours had anything to do with the way that Perry (the Americans) treated Japan?  How do the unequal treaties fit in?
• Was Japan able to win the respect of the rest of the world?

1. Read P. 362, 363, 364 & 366
2. Section 2 Student Notes

And of course - there is a Crash Course (mostly) about this!!
(About 5 minutes in....)

Japanese History Videos

The Way of the Samurai

The Will of the Shogun

The Return of the Barbarians:

Meiji Period - The End of Isolation

The underlying question that we are looking to answer is:

"In what ways does a society's worldview affect its ability to adapt to rapid change?"

Section 1: The End of Isolation

1. Read P. 328, 329 & 331
2. Exploring Sources P. 329 - "Teaty of Kanagawa" Answer in full sentences
3. Section 1 of the Student Notes

If Time:

Section 2: A Changing Order

1. Read P. 336, 337, 338, 340 & 342
2. Exploring Sources P. 338 - "Five Charter Oath"  Answer in Full Sentences
3. Section 2 Student Notes

Section 3: Industrialization in Japan (AKA Borrowing to give Japan an advantage!!!)

1. Read P. 343, 344, 346 & 348
2. Complete the Section 3 Student Notes
3. Industrialization Affects World View Summary Activity

Edo Isolation & Change

"In what ways did isolation lead to political, economic & social challenges in Japanese society?"What do the terms "Political, Economic & Social" refer to?

1. Read P. 314, 315, 317, 318, 319

1. Complete the Section 2 Retrieval Chart

"How did Isolation Contribute to the end of Japan's closed, feudal society?"

1. Read P. 320 & 321

1. Complete Internal Change Factors chart

1. Complete the World View in Edo Japan Chart

Book Talk Examples

Here are some book talk samples for you to digest and watch

How not to do a book talk!

Here is a perfect example of how not to do a book talk

Create a bizarre animal and describe it

Situation

It is the year 2050. You have been working on cloning experiments for the past 20 years and have just created a bizarre animal. You now describe it to the public.

Instructions

1. Read the evaluation criteria to see how you will be evaluated
2. Think about and visualize an animal composed of the body parts of at least four different animals
3. Draw the animal you have visualized (on 8.5 X 11 paper)
4. Colour your creation
5. Prepare the description of the animal
6. Present your description to the class