2015 Accelerated Japanese
Militarism Lesson Plan
Date and Number Your Papers:
Thursday, May 21, 2015: Keystone Biology Day One---Will Not Be
Seeing Periods One and Two
Friday, May 22, 2015: Keystone Biology Day Two---Will Not Be Seeing
Periods Three and Four
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Day One: Depending on Period
• Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt--- You are going to be broken up into groups
of four. Using your Japan and Western Imperialism Graphic Organizer Notes
and the CLASS SET of Japanese Primary Documents, you and your group
members will each be analyzing and answering specific questions on your
assigned documents. BE SURE TO INCLUDE HISTORICAL INFORMATION FROM
YOUR NOTES TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWERS!
• Steps:
• You will be broken up into groups.
• Each group member will be assigned a different primary source to examine and
answer the corresponding questions on. You will have ten minutes to do this.
• Then you will turn to your group members, and as a group answer the
Summary Question using information from the primary sources and your notes.
Day One: Depending on Period
• Class Set of Primary Sources:
• Source Five: Perry’s Letter in Connection with the Delivery of a White Flag, July
14, 1853
• Source Six: The Charter Oath of 1868
• Source Seven: Imperial Proclamation of War by Japan against Russia, 1904
• Source Nine: Photos of Japan at the Turn of the Century
• Answer the corresponding questions to your assigned source in the lesson plan.
• You will then present to group members.
• Then answer the following: Group Summary Question: j)Of all the Meiji
Reforms, which do you think had the greatest impact on Japan? Why?
Day One: Depending on Period
• Class: As we saw from the last lesson and the two documents for today’s
Quiet Question, Japan chose to become an imperialist power and not be
conquered by the Western imperialists. They are the only country of all we
have study this year that chose this path.
• In this lesson, we will be examining the Japanese Militarism that developed
from their response to imperialism.
• The teacher is going to read aloud the attached “Rise of Fascism in Japan”
Reading. As she does, you should be using Active Reading Strategies.
Day One: Depending on Period
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Pairs/Triads Depending On Class Size: This is the classwork for the rest of the period and the homework tonight to finish up.
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You will be assigned one of the examples of Japanese Militarism in the 20th century that you will take notes in the provided graphic organizer.
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You will then be teaching this example to the class in the next period, and the class will be taking notes from your presentation. You will have about FIVE MINUTES to present to the class.
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Class Set of Ms. Barben’s Japanese Militarism in the 20th Century Powerpoint
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Online Textbook Pages
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a)
First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895
b)
Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905
c)
Japanese Annexation of Korea
d)
Japan and World War One
e)
Second Sino-Japanese War-Invasion of Manchuria and Rape of Nanking/Nanjing
f)
Japan and World War Two
Resources:
Japanese Acts of Militarism:
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Textbook Pages:
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First Sino-Japanese War---page 743 under “Beginnings of Expansion”
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Russo-Japanese War----pages 743-744 under “War with Russia”
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Japanese Annexation of Korea---page 744 under “U.S. Relations”
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Japan and World War One---page 835 under “Japan and the West”
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Second Sino-Japanese War-Invasion of Manchuria-page 835 under “The Rise of Militarism and pages 859-860 under “The Japanese Path to War”
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Japan and World War Two---pages 867-871 under “Japan at War”, “The Asian Theater”, “The Asian Theater and pages 883-884 under “Japan” and “Japan and Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
Day Two: Depending on Period
• Class: The Pairs or Groups will present their assigned act of
Japanese Militarism to the class while the class takes notes.
• Homework: Work on the East Asia Study Guide for the final exam.
Day Three: Depending on Period
• Class: We are going to watch a You Tube Documentary reviewing the main acts
of Japanese Militarism through World War Two. Add information to your
notes.
• First Documentary Option: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Empire with running
time of 43:40 minutes
• OR
• Second Documentary Option: The Road to War: Japan with running time of
49:04 minutes