Japan

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Japan

• By Michelle Peck Williams

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What do you already know?
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Background

• Unique geography
• Islands
• Mountains
• Not much farmland
• LOTS of Natural Disasters!
• Culture
• Homogeneous
• Some influence from China
• UNIQUE

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History

• Tokugawa Shogunate
• 1600-1800s
• Isolates Japan from others except China, Korea,
  the Dutch
• Protects Japanese culture from outside
  influences
• Isolation ends when Commodore Perry arrives in
  1853
• Japan industrializes, but keeps unique culture

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Edo Period (1600s-1800s)

• Edo Period (EdoTokyo)
• Ukiyo-e (Woodblock Prints)
• Fixed (continuity)
• Floating (changes)
• Most Famous
• Artist Hokusai

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Learning Centers Directions

• Using the questions on the handout Arts of
  Japan, go around to each station, follow the
  directions and answer the questions IN YOUR OWN
  WORDS.
• Groups should share materials and DISCUSS, but
  each person should write their own original ideas.

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Kabuki Theatre

• Lets watch a video!
• (Do this station together!)

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Japan Exit Slips

• Compare/Contrast Japan and USA using a Venn
  Diagram with at least 10 items total.
• Choose ONE difference and explain what that tells
  you about Japanese SOCIETY VALUES.
• Remember Society means
• Government
• Economics
• Religion
• Social Gender Structure
• Cultural priorities
• Provide a THEORY to explain WHY that difference
  might exist, based on geography, history or
  culture.