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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

HWC Day 52 - Concise History of Japan

REMINDER:  NHS food drive for the New Jerusalem Food Bank runs until December 20. Please consider donating to this worthy cause.

UNICEF members will be collecting donations for typhoon Haiyan relief efforts during all lunches this week.
  
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Objective:  Assess the causes and consequences of Japan's expansion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Task:  We'll begin class in a discussion circle to review your Japan timeline.  Please move desks into a circle and get out your tablet, if necessary.  Then, you'll use the remainder of class to work on your FCP videos.

Homework:
  • TODAY - Japan Timeline (on Moodle) due in class
  • Wednesday, November 13 - Meiji Restoration fishbowl discussion
  • Wednesday, November 12 - Outsource clip due on FCP Ning
  • Thursday, November 14 - Chapter 11 reading quiz (reading notes may be used)
  • Thursday, November 14 - "Top Ten Things to Know About Korea" reading due in class
  • Monday, November 18 - Unit 5 Test
  • Wednesday, November 20 - Final Video due on FCP Ning

Resources for class discussion:
Shinto
Japan's Invasion of Manchuria
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

Japan's Economy

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