Key Points & Central Themes: Key Points on Japanese History

For Teachers • Introduction to Classical Japan: 500-1185 [Outline Reading]
Unit for teachers highlighting the key points for teaching about Japan's classical period (ca. 550-1185). Includes a timeline of Japanese history.

For Teachers • Introduction to Medieval Japan: 1185-1600 [Outline Reading]
Unit for teachers highlighting the key points for teaching about Japan's medieval period (1185-1600).

For Teachers • China, Japan, and the West: The Ming, Qing, and the Tokugawa [Outline Reading]
Unit for teachers highlighting the key points for teaching about China and Japan and their interactions with "the West" from 1450 to 1750.

For Teachers For Students • Japan's Modern History: An Outline of the Period [Reading]
A reading discussing the four main periods of Japanese history from 1600 to the present: the Tokugawa period, the early Meiji Period, the Imperial period, and contemporary Japan. Followed by a timeline/worksheet for students.

For Teachers • Japan and the West: The Meiji Restoration [Outline Reading]
Unit for teachers highlighting the key points for teaching about Japan during the critical period of the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912).

For Teachers • Imperialism, War, and Revolution in East Asia: 1900-1945 [Outline Reading]
Unit for teachers highlighting the key points for teaching about imperialism, war, and revolution in early 20th-century East Asia.

For Teachers • Introduction to Contemporary Japan: 1945-present [Outline Reading]
Unit for teachers highlighting the key points for teaching about developments in Japan since 1945.

 
for students includes teacher's note multimedia unit
primary source reading general reading includes art
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