1. Chapter 15 Contact And Change In Meiji Japan
2. Chapter 15: Contact And Change In Meiji Japan City
3. Chapter 15: Contact And Change In Meiji Japan War

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• Chapter 15 –Performance Assessment –Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan 1. Determine the most significant change regarding trade and relations that the United States President Fillmore asked Emperor Meiji of Japan to consider.
• Background to the Meiji Restoration. When Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Steamed into Edo Bay (Tokyo Bay) in 1853 and demanded that Tokugawa Japan allow foreign powers access to trade, he unwittingly started a chain of events that led to Japan's rise as a modern imperial power.

From Isolation to Adaptation: Japan

General Outcome:

Through an examination of Japan, students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the ways in which beliefs, values and knowledge shape worldviews and contribute to a society’s isolation or adaptation.

Values and Attitudes

Students will:

• appreciate the roles of time and geographic location in shaping a society’s worldview
• appreciate how a society’s worldview can foster the choice to remain an isolated society
• appreciate how models of governance and decision making reflect a society’s worldview
• appreciate how a society’s worldview shapes individual citizenship and identity

Knowledge and Understanding
Students will:

Analyze the effects of cultural isolation during the Edo period by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

• In what ways did Japan isolate itself from the rest of the world?
• How did isolation during the Edo period lead to changes in Japan?
• How did the changes resulting from isolation affect Japan economically, politically and socially during the Edo period?
• How did the physical geography of Japan affect its worldview?
• How did the shogun use the feudal system and the hierarchical social classes to maintain control of Japan?

Analyze the effects that rapid adaptation had on traditionally isolated Japan during the Meiji period by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

• What were the motivations for the radical changes in Japan’s model of organization during the Meiji period?
• How did Japan adapt to changes brought on by the transition from feudal to modern models of organization?
• How did the changes resulting from adaptation affect Japan economically, politically and socially during the Meiji period?
• In what ways did changes resulting from isolation in the Edo period compare to changes resulting from adaptation in the Meiji period?
• What challenges emerged for the Japanese in maintaining traditional cultural aspects of their society while undergoing rapid change?

Textbook

Presentations/Notes:

• Japan Under the Shogun Presentation
• Meiji Japan – Contact and Change

Chapter 15 Contact And Change In Meiji Japan

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Chapter 15: Contact And Change In Meiji Japan City

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Chapter 15: Contact And Change In Meiji Japan War

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