2015 Accelerated Japan and Western Imperialism Lesson

PlanDate and Number Your Papers:

Monday, May 18, 2015---Ms. Barben is still out for graduation.Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Day One: Monday, May 18, 2015• Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt---Using your China and Western Imperialism

Time Notes, you and your partner are going to answer the Reflection Questions on the primary sources.

• Reflection Questions:• a)What does Feng Guifen see as China’s weakness? Why? Give an EXAMPLE of

this from your Timeline Notes. • b)When Feng Guifen looks at the West, what sort of things does he notice and

draw the attention of his fellow Chinese to? Why? Give an EXAMPLE from your Timeline Notes on why this would be important.• c)What do Yan Fu’s ideas expressed in the excerpt indicate about China’s future

as he sees it? Explain. How does this relate to what happened to China?

Day One: Monday, May 18, 2015• Reflection Questions:

• a)In the graph, what does each box represent?• b)How many chests of opium were imported by China in 1820?• c)What was the increase of the annual imports of opium chests between 1770 and

1800?• d)What was the increase of the annual imports of opium chests between 1830 and

1840?• e)Describe the route by which opium reached China. • f)Why did the British government encourage opium trade with China?• g)Identify and explain the effects of at LEAST TWO DIFFERENT STEPS the Chinese

took to try to prevent the import of British opium.• 1) • 2)

Day One: Monday, May 18, 2015• Class: We are now going to begin the study of Japan and Western Imperialism.

Of all the regions we have studied this year, Japan is the ONLY ONE to take a different path. Look at the quote below, what do you think was the different path? After discussing this, we are going to read the attached introduction reading entitled “New Identity in Japan: Resistance and Change.”• “The Japanese willow bent with the winds of western imperialism and

survived; the Chinese oak stood fast against the winds from the west and fell.” What does this quote mean?

• Class: The teacher is going to begin the Japan and Western Imperialism PowerPoint. You are to take notes in the provided graphic organizer.• • Homework: Continue to work on the East Asia and Imperialism Propaganda

Poster following the chunking.

Day Two: Tuesday, May 19, 2015

• Class: The teacher is going to continue the Japan and Western Imperialism PowerPoint. You are to finish taking notes in the provided graphic organizer.• • Homework: Continue to work on the East Asia and Imperialism

Propaganda Poster. It is due on:__________________________

Day Three: Wednesday, May 20, 2015

• The East Asia and Imperialism Propaganda Poster is being collected.• Order:

• Pink Grade Sheet, • Behind Grade Sheet Art Part, • Behind Art Part Writing Part,• Behind Writing Part Pre-Write• Class: The teacher is going to finish Japan and Western Imperialism PowerPoint

Lecture. You are to finish taking notes .• Homework: Work on the East Asia Study Guide for the Final Exam.