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Looking Inward or Outward in Edo Japan

  • Compose and present a petition to the shogun outlining why Japan should or should not continue its policy of isolationism.
  • Determine the three most important reasons for retaining and the three most important reasons for abandoning Japan's policy of isolationism.

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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 8.1.4 - 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 8.1.5.5 - 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.1.4 - Students will re-evaluate personal opinions to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome 8.S.2.1 - Students will distinguish cause, effect, sequence and correlation in historical events, including the long- and short-term causal relations
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 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.7.5 - Students will organize and synthesize researched information
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.9 - Students will plan and conduct a search, using a wide variety of electronic sources
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.15 - Students will analyze and synthesize information to create a product
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.8.2 - The students will use skills of informal debate to persuasively express differing viewpoints regarding an issue
Specific Outcome 8.S.8.5 - Students will listen to others to understand their points of view
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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