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Depicting the Edo or the Meiji Worldview

  • Decipher the implied worldview represented in the artifacts from the assigned period.
  • Select five historical artifacts that best reflect the worldview of the Edo or the Meiji period.

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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 8.1.1 - Students will appreciate the roles of time and geographic location in shaping a society’s worldview (C, I, TCC, LPP)
Specific Outcome 8.1.2 - Students will appreciate how a society’s worldview can foster the choice to remain an isolated society (C, I, TCC)
Specific Outcome 8.1.3 - Students will appreciate how models of governance and decision making reflect a society’s worldview (C, I, TCC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 8.1.4 - Students will appreciate how a society’s worldview shapes individual citizenship and identity (C, I, TCC)
Specific Outcome 8.1.5.1 - In what ways did Japan isolate itself from the rest of the world? (PADM, LPP, CC)
Specific Outcome 8.1.5.2 - How did isolation during the Edo period lead to changes in Japan? (CC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 8.1.5.3 - How did the changes resulting from isolation affect Japan economically, politically and socially during the Edo period? (ER, PADM, CC, I)
Specific Outcome 8.1.5.4 - How did the physical geography of Japan affect its worldview? (LPP, PADM, TCC)
Specific Outcome 8.1.5.5 - How did the shogun use the feudal system and the hierarchical social classes to maintain control of Japan? (PADM, CC)
Specific Outcome 8.S.1.1 - Students will analyze the validity of information based on context, bias, source, objectivity, evidence and reliability to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome 8.S.1.2 - Students will evaluate ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives
Specific Outcome 8.S.1.6 - Students will access diverse viewpoints on particular topics by using appropriate technologies
Specific Outcome 8.S.2.3 - Students will analyze the historical contexts of key events of a given time period
Specific Outcome 8.S.3.1 - Students will interpret historical maps to broaden understanding of historical events
Specific Outcome 8.S.3.6 - Students will access and operate multimedia applications and technologies from stand-alone and online sources; e.g., GIS
Specific Outcome 8.S.4.6 - Students will identify the appropriate materials and tools to use in order to accomplish a plan of action
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.1 - Students will integrate and synthesize concepts to provide an informed point of view on a research question or an issue
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.2 - Students will develop a position that is supported by information gathered through research
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.3 - Students will draw conclusions based upon research and evidence
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.4 - Students will determine how information serves a variety of purposes and that the accuracy or relevance of information may need verification
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.8 - Students will include and organize references as part of research
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.9 - Students will plan and conduct a search, using a wide variety of electronic sources
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.12 - Students will evaluate the relevance of electronically accessed information to a particular topic
Specific Outcome 8.S.8.1 - Students will communicate in a persuasive and engaging manner through speeches, multimedia presentations and written and oral reports, taking particular audiences and purposes into consideration
Specific Outcome 8.S.8.4 - Students will offer reasoned comments related to a topic of discussion
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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