1: Answer this Quick Question in with Google Moderator
If you were there… “You live in a small farming village on one of the islands of Japan. You’re very happy with your life. The sea is nearby and food is plentiful. You have a large, extended family to protect and take care of you. Your grandmother says that life in your village has not changed for hundreds of years, and that is good. But now you have heard that some people from across the sea are coming to your village. They are bringing new ideas and ways of doing things. Explain how you would feel about these possible changes."
2. Fact dig. Today your mission is to search the internet and find important topics and events (10 or more) all pertaining to medieval Japan (500 C.E. - 1500 C.E.). Please use this graphic organizer to complete keep track of all the information.
3. In the comment section, post the most interesting piece of information your learned from the internet hunt. Then, post on someone else's post about the thing they found most interesting.
Homework: Read about the geography of Japan and early Japan, taking notes on HW: Geography & Early Japan Notes (4/15). Then, watch the video below. There will be a quiz based on this information-- so make sure you understand geography's role in Japan.
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/bender4/eall131/EAHReadings/module02/m02japanese.html
ReplyDeleteI found a website by another 7th grader like us who describes what happen during the Gempei war and how the Minamoto clan puts an end to the Taira supremacy.
ReplyDeleteThe link is http://www.div1grade7.com/studentp/joe%20and%20wei/MINAMOTO_TAIRA.html
http://www.lakelandschools.us/lh/modonnell/virtualjapan/muromachi.htm
ReplyDeleteThis is a legit website because it talks about the Onin War which happened during 1467-1477 C.E. The websites talks about everything that happens leading up to the war plus more.
This website is cool because its just for kids. It also has information on other things we learned.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0252-japan.php
Check out this website about the Onin War http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/medieval/articles/oninwar.aspx
ReplyDeletehttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/429229/Onin-War <----- Here is a cool websiwte about the Onin war. This should help us on how war happened in Japan in the year of 1467-77
ReplyDeleteJapanese Buddhism: a Short Story http://www.shinshufin.info/japbuddh.htm
ReplyDeleteThis is about the Portuguese introduce firearms and Christianity to Japan.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2298.html
Kayla Simon
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timetoast.com/timelines/japan-history--17
Gives a timeline of Japan from 200 A.D.-2000
I think this websitte is very good for our teammates to read because the website is from a teacher ans is based on facts about how rice became known from different countries near china.
ReplyDeletehttp://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/rice_a_major_force_in_japans_history
Essie Blackmon Illinois
ReplyDeleteThe website I prefer you to use is http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/japanese.html
because gives detailed info about Japan when it first started and the way of life of Japan an how you flourished.
I thought was the Mongols tried to invade Japan. http://asianhistory.about.com/od/japan/a/Mongolinvasion.htm
ReplyDeleteThe early Japanese were hunters, gatherers, and fishers.http://archaeology.about.com/od/jterms/qt/jomon.htm
ReplyDelete1274 through 1281 Mongols Invasion http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00716/
ReplyDeleteThe is a website on a legal code and joei Shikimoku
ReplyDeletewww.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/304391/Joei-Shikimoku
Check out the history of the samurai...
ReplyDeletehttp://asianhistory.about.com/od/warsinasia/p/SamuraiProfile.htm
1542 C.E.Christianity in Japan http://www.studymode.com/essays/Christianity-Japan-122223.html
ReplyDeleteZen Sect:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/english/newsletter/things_japanese_20.html
This website is cool because it talk about who was the founder of Buddhism.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2055.html
Daniel Aka
ReplyDeleteJapan
This is a link for teenagers of the samurai, government and military You must read it OMG!!!!
Here is the link,
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107666.html#ixzz2QGKbhwQO.
http://www.etap.org/demo/grade7_history/lesson5/instruction1tutor.html Has very important facts about Japan and early years.
ReplyDeleteMongol tried to invade Japan twice but fail because mainly because of the weather.http://interstudies-japan.wikispaces.com/History
ReplyDeleteThis website talks about lots of topics in Japanese history and it's explained by Ohio state students.
ReplyDeletehttp://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/bender4/eall131/EAHReadings/module02/m02japanese.html
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2043.html i recommend that you read this because it tells how rice was important in their culture and how it helped them
ReplyDelete1945
ReplyDeleteJapan surrenders after two atomic bombs are dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
http://www1.city.nagasaki.nagasaki.jp/peace/english/abm
Ameer
This is about the Zen Sect
ReplyDeletehttp://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2133.html
http://www.biography.com/people/oda-nobunaga-36996
ReplyDeleteMan tried to unify japan.
This is about Buddhism-http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2055.html
ReplyDeleteKibibi Davis
ReplyDeletehttp://www.etap.org/demo/grade7_history/lesson5/instructiontutor_last.html
This has a lot of facts all about Japan.
Juan Hernandez
ReplyDeleteKoreans introduce Buddhism
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/main_pop/kpct/kp_classicaljp.htm
This website show the timelines of when the Taira clan under Taira Kiyomori takes over the power after the Heiji war. Very cool must see.
ReplyDeletehttp://media.timetoast.com/timelines/94051