GRADE: 10
200708
COURSE: 20c History: Japan
Japan: Tokugawa to Russo-Japanese War: 1853-1905
In this unit we will learn about the people and events that caused Japan to move from a feudal
system under the Shogunate toward modernization under the Meiji Emperor. We will then
follow the story as Japan rises from World War II surrender.
May 19-26
Readings (please complete SQ3R for each chapter):
Ch 7 Commodore Perry Visits Japan
Tokugawa weaknesses
Ch 8 Fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Harris Treaty or Treaty of Edo
Ch 9 Emperor Meiji and the Charter Oath
Should the Shogun have ended isolation in 1853-54? Decision-making activitiy
Did the Meiji Restoration have evidence of a Reasons phase?
Ch 10 Building a Modern Economy
Ch 11 Social Change and the West
Ch 13 Sino-Japanese War
Ch 14 Russo-Japanese War
Ch 15 Effects of the Meiji Restoration
How did Japanese society become more militaristic and how did Japanese respond? Document Q
Was the Meiji Restoration a revolution in the original sense (to restore) or modern sense (dramatic
transition to a new government)?
Where would Saigo appear on the political spectrum?
What was life like for women during the Meiji Restoration? Document Q
Chapters 1-15 Unit Vocabulary and Meiji Restoration Museum Vocabulary
22. Treaty of Shimonoseki 1895
1. Shinto
23. Constitution of the Empire of Japan
2. Shogun
1889
3. Emperor
24.
Satsuma Rebellion 1877
4. Samurai
5. Zaibatsu
6. Commodore Mathew Perry
7. Black Ships
8. Kanagawa Treaty 1854
9. Saigo Takamori
10. Kido Takayoshi
11. Okubo Toshimichi
12. Emperor Mutsuhito (Meiji)
13. Treaty of Edo or Harris Treaty 1858
14. Unequal Treaties
15. Ito Hirofumi
16. Genro
17. Sino-Japanese War 1895
18. Meiji Restoration
19. Rescript on Education 1890
20. Constitution of 1868
21. Dajokan or Council of Seven
Meiji Restoration Museum Unit Project
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25. Russo-Japanese War 1905
26. Satsuma, Choshu
27. Tosa-Hizen alliance
28. Charter Oath 1868
29. Manchuria
30. Hatori Edict
31. Sonno joi (Revere the emperor,
expel the barbarians)
32. Wakonyosai (Japanese spirit,
Western learning)
33. Fukoku Kyohei (Rich country, strong
army)
34. Russo-Japanese War
35. Treaty of Portsmouth
36. Taisho
GRADE: 10
200708
COURSE: 20c History: Japan
You have been invited to design an on-line museum on the Meiji Restoration to help students
learn about the changes that occurred in Japan from 1853 to 1905. The key events and people
are on the vocabulary list. Tour on-line museum should include resources to help students
understand this time period. The museum you design should include photos and paintings,
documents and letters, video when appropriate, and audio. Perhaps you will read from a
samurai’s letter and then upload the audio to your on-line exhibit.
The most effective tools with which to create your museum are:
1. PowerPoint slideshow
2. Prezi
3. Wikispace page
If you have not used Prezi before, you should go to http://prezi.com/xsovi4yabr88/the-countryof-greece/ and watch this presentation on Greece. Press the play button to continue to move
forward.
When your exhibit is finished, I will ask you to e-mail the presentation or a link and connect it to
the class wiki so that other students may view the museum that you designed and evaluate it.
As a historian/curator, you have been hired by a large corporation. Therefore, you have plentiful
resources with which to create your museum. However, the corporation that has hired you is
owned by a family that has one of the following political views. Therefore, you have one of the
following positions to present:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Communist
Japanese Reactionary
Japanese Moderate
Korean
Chinese
American
A rubric will be added to the 20c History’s Japan page on the Wiki.
Readings
Miocevich, Grant. Investigating Japan: Prehistory to Post-war Reconstruction.
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