Historical Context: Throughout history many countries have ...



Historical Context: Throughout history many countries have experienced governmental change with mixed results. The Tokugawa united Japan under one central government and ended feudal rule. Their rule lasted from 1603-1868.

EssayTask: DBQ Essay with an intro, 2 body paragraphs and conclusion.

1. Discuss three changes made by the Tokugawa

2. Discuss the whether the overall changes made by the Tokugawa were good or bad for Japan

Why was Tokugawa Ieyasu an important leader?

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How did the Tokugawa change Japan?

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How did the Tokugawa treat the Christians in the 16th and 17t centuries?

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What was the Tokugawa Closed Country Policy?

How did the Tokugawa impact writing and poetry in Japan?

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Key:

What does this map show about Tokugawa rule?

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Document 6a: Tokugawa Road Systems

The Tokugawa shogun realized the importance of maintaining contact with all parts of Japan. The Tokaido Road was its most important highway. This road was built by the Tokugawa. …Perhaps the most important use of the road was for governmental communication with all parts of Japan. This also allowed the Tokugawa to travel to other parts of Japan during war.

Document 6b: Image of Tokaido Road

What is the Tokaido Road?

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What are two ways the Tokugawa used the Tokaido Road?

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AIM: HOW CAN I ORGANIZE INFORMATION BEFORE WRITING MY DBQ ESSAY?

MOTIVATION:

1. What are some steps you take when writing an essay?

2.. Why is it important to organize information before writing an essay?

AIM DEVELOPMENT:

Using the key words ORGANIZE / IMPORTANT , can anyone create an aim for today’s lesson?

OUTSIDE INFORMATION: Information about the essay topic that is not provided in the documents.

Assignment 1: OVERHEAD OF TOKUGAWA PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS

For documents 6 and 7 students will discuss the following questions, also while looking at the pictures have students come up front to get a closer look at the documents:

1. What do you see?

2. Would you use this document in your essay? Why?

BOARD NOTES:

DOCUMENT#6 (outside information)

-unknown Japanese artist

-oil painting

-if Christians stopped believing in their god they would be spared

DOCUMENT#7 (outside information)

-Tokugawa first to use rifles

-Use of rifles created new military strategies

-Traditionally the Japanese only used swords, arrows, knifes in battle

Assignment 2: Students will follow the steps below, which are on their handout.

1. Fill in their chart based on the document/station they are visiting?

2. How was Tokugawa rule harmful to Japan?

3. How did Tokugawa rule impact/ effect Japan?

Assignment 3: Students will work in groups of 3 or 4 and analyze one of the scaffold documents. They will explain how they will use the document in their essay, as well as which paragraph they would use it in and why.

TOKUGAWA: Elicit board notes

1. What are some of the ways that Tokugawa rule was harmful to Japan? How did the Tokugawa affect Japan?

2. Choose one piece of information from the board and take 1-2 minutes to explain how it can be used in your essay.

3. How can this information be used in your essay?

Assignment 4: If time, have students work in pairs to create a thesis statement for this essay once they are done have them put the essay on the board and discuss.

1. Which of these theses do you think is strongest? Why?

2. What does this thesis tell us about this essay?

BOARD NOTES:

THESIS:

-must address the DBQ question/Tasks

-must be a sentence

-must be in the introduction

-repeat in the conclusion

Summary: have students write an answer to the aim/ discuss

A B C D

E F G

H

1. ____ This is a samurai mask.

2. ____ This is gunpowder brought to Japan from China

3. ____ This is a rifle brought to Japan from Europe

4. ____ This is a samurai

5. ____ This is the leader of the Tokugawa family

6. ____ this is the symbol for the Tokugawa family

7. ____ This is a monk who spreads Christianity

8. ____ This is a symbol from the religioun of the Samurai

Observations about the topic

|Time period: | |

|Place: | |

|Main Idea: | |

|Key words: | |

|Name of family that controlled | |

|Japan: | |

CHART OF INFORMATION THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE ESSAY TOPICS:

|LIST WAYS TOKUGAWA CHANGED JAPAN |EXPLAIN IF THE CHANGE WAS GOOD OR BAD |

| | |

NARROWING DOWN A TOPIC FOR A BODY PARAGRAPH AND CREATING A TOPIC SENTENCE

Document # ____

Essay Tasks:

1. Discuss a way in which Tokugawa rule was harmful to Japan

2. Discuss the impact (effect) of Tokugawa rule

CIRCLE ONE OF THE TASKS; AND IN THE BOX BELOW EXPLAIN WHICH OF THE TWO TASKS YOU WOULD USE THIS DOCUMENT FOR AND WHY .

IN ONE TO THREE WORDS WRITE THE MAIN OF WHAT YOU WROTE ABOUT THE TOKUGAWA IN THE DOCUMENT USE BOX

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CREATE A TOPIC SENTENCE BY COMBINING THE MAIN IDEA ON THE THREE LINES ABOVE WITH THE TASK THAT YOU CHOSE TO USE:

TOPIC SENTENCE: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Historical Context: Throughout history many countries have experienced governmental change with mixed results. The Tokugawa united Japan under one central government and ended feudal rule. Their rule lasted from 1603-1868.

EssayTask: DBQ Essay with an intro, 2 body paragraphs and conclusion.

1. Discuss a way in which Tokugawa rule was harmful to Japan

2. Discuss the impact of changes during Tokugawa rule

Choose 2 documents that you are going to use in the essay write the document # below and in three words write what the main idea of the document is:

Thesis Statement: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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= Land not controlled by the Tokugawa

= Land united by the Tokugawa

Document #1a: The rules of the Tokugawa Shogun

In 1600 a leader named Tokugawa Ieyasu united Japan under one government. The Tokugawa became Shogun, or supreme ruler and this power stayed in the Tokugawa family from 1603-1868. The Shogun controlled the daimyo (landowners) by making them leave their home town to live in the capital city, this allowed the Shogun to watch over the other daimyo (landowners). The Tokugawa demanded respect and obedience of these lords.

Document Use box:

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DOCUMENT# 5 Map showing parts of Japan that were united by the Tokugawa

Document 2: How the Tokugawa treated Christians:

As for foreigners the Tokugawa decided to keep foreigners out of the country. One reason why the Tokugawa did this was to stop Christians from coming into the country. Laws against Christians started in 1587, the Shogun ordered the Christians to leave Japan. In 1614 Tokugawa Ieyasu made a law banning Christianity. In 1639 Shogun Iemitsu continued this policy with even less mercy, and decided to isolate Japan from the rest of the world.

Document #3: The Closed Country Policy, 1635

1. Japanese ships are strictly forbidden to leave for foreign countries.

2. No Japanese are allowed to go to other countries. If he tries to do so secretly he must be executed.

3. If there are any Southern Barbarians (Westerners) who teach Christianity, or other crimes they will be sent to jail.

4. All incoming ships must be thoroughly searched for Christians

5. All foreigners are forbidden to trade in Japan. **** see outside information for an exception to this rule ***

Document 4: Tokugawa Writing and Poetry (The Haiku) 17th and 18th centuries

The Tokugawa controlled all writing an art during their time-period. Every picture and book had to be checked by the government. Before the Tokugawa many people could not read, The Tokugawa improving reading and writing throughout Japan. One of the greatest improvements under Tokugawa rule was the improvement of Haiku poetry. A Haiku poem in 17 syllables was perfected in the Tokugawa or Edo period. It was written in 3 lines of 5, then 7, then 5 syllables.

“The old pond; A frog jumps in — The sound of the water.” Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) (

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