1. 2015 Academic A Japanese Militarism Lesson Plan Date and Number Your Papers: Thursday, May 21, 2015: Keystone Biology Day One---Will Not Be Seeing Periods One and Two Friday, May 22, 2015: Keystone Biology Day Two---Will Not Be Seeing Periods Three and Four Tuesday, May 26, 2015

2. Day One: Depending on Period Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt--- Get out your Japan and Western Imperialism Notes. You and your partner will be working with two different documents to answer the Reflection Questions. Document One: Timeline of Important Dates in Japan’s History Document Two: Excerpt From Lord Iwakura, an Ambassador Sent to Europe and USA Reflection Questions: Write TWO events from the timeline under the correct headings below. Relative Isolation:Modernization:Imperialism: Referring to the excerpt, what did the emperor of Japan plan to do and why? Identify TWO different examples from your Japan and Imperialism Graphic Organizer Notes that support this.

3. Day One: Depending on Period Class: As we saw from the last lesson and the two documents for today’s Quiet Question, Japan chose to become an imperialist power and not be conquered by the Western imperialists. They are the only country of all we have study this year that chose this path. In this lesson, we will be examining the Japanese Militarism that developed from their response to imperialism. The teacher is going to read aloud the attached “Rise of Fascism in Japan” Reading. As she does, you should be using Active Reading Strategies.

4. Day One: Depending on Period Pairs/Triads Depending On Class Size: This is the classwork for the rest of the period and the homework tonight to finish up. You will be assigned one of the examples of Japanese Militarism in the 20 th century that you will take notes in the provided graphic organizer. You will then be teaching this example to the class in the next period, and the class will be taking notes from your presentation. You will have about FIVE MINUTES to present to the class. Resources: Class Set of Ms. Barben’s Japanese Militarism in the 20 th Century Powerpoint Online Textbook Pages Japanese Acts of Militarism: a)First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 b)Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 c)Japanese Annexation of Korea d)Japan and World War One e)Second Sino-Japanese War-Invasion of Manchuria and Rape of Nanking/Nanjing f)Japan and World War Two Textbook Pages: First Sino-Japanese War---page 743 under “Beginnings of Expansion” Russo-Japanese War----pages 743-744 under “War with Russia” Japanese Annexation of Korea---page 744 under “U.S. Relations” Japan and World War One---page 835 under “Japan and the West” Second Sino-Japanese War-Invasion of Manchuria-page 835 under “The Rise of Militarism and pages 859-860 under “The Japanese Path to War” Japan and World War Two---pages 867-871 under “Japan at War”, “The Asian Theater”, “The Asian Theater and pages 883-884 under “Japan” and “Japan and Hiroshima and Nagasaki”

5. Day Two: Depending on Period Class: The Pairs or Groups will present their assigned act of Japanese Militarism to the class while the class takes notes. Homework: Work on the East Asia Study Guide for the final exam.

6. Day Three: Depending on Period Class: We are going to watch a You Tube Documentary reviewing the main acts of Japanese Militarism through World War Two. Add information to your notes. First Documentary Option: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Empire with running time of 43:40 minutes OR Second Documentary Option: The Road to War: Japan with running time of 49:04 minutes