Japan and China in the late 12th Century: Who will be The Last Samurai Who will be The Emperor Khan

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Japan and China in the late 12th CenturyA
Samurai or a Khan? Reduced Version Click
here A WebQuest for 7th Grade Social Studies
Designed by Mrs. Dierck and Mrs. Yoder- Surprise
Lake Middle School Milton, WashingtonEmail
mdierck_at_mail.fife.k12.wa.us
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Introduction How does religion and government
exercise authority over people? For thousands of
years people have been ruled by one or the other.
From our Social Studies text we learned that in
12th Century Japan and China the groups that
ruled the people were the Samurai and the Khan
(or Mongols).
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The Task

• Your team will create a four part project
  including
• MAPS
•  BIOGRAPHIES
• PICTORIALS/SCENES
• ANSWERS TO KEY QUESTIONS
• Final compilation will include all items applied
  to a tri fold board along with an oral
  presentation
• Completing this project will allow you to answer
  the essential question
• How does religion and government exercise
  authority over people?

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THE PROCESS

• Students work in teams of 4 to answer the key
  questions.
• Groups of 4 will decide who will take which
  role biographer, cartographer, scenic artist,
  and political scientist. Students work
  individually in their roles
• All team members will assume their role to work
  toward completion of their portion of the
  culminating presentation and written projects
• All students will be able to answer the essential
  question
• Each member of the team will place their final
  product on a tri-fold map, biography,
  pictorial/scenes, and hierarchy chart. (Teacher
  will describe process of obtaining a tri-fold)

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• ROLES
• AS A TEAM answer the following questions
• What does it mean to be a Samurai or a Khan?
• How did these two groups keep their power and
  rule the masses?
• As a Samurai or a Khan what were your
  responsibilities?
• How did you relate to people?
• How did you keep order among tribes or villages?
  
• How often did you follow religious rituals?
• Who was your superior?
• Were you a soldier or a warrior?
• Did you live in one place or travel the land?
•          Biographer
• Writes biographies of one Khan and one Samurai -
  1 paragraph on each. Composes a one page A Day
  In The Life Of. for a Samurai or a Khan.
  Assembles the groups vocabulary and fact sheets.
  Cartographers
• Produces maps of 12th century Japan and China and
  a map of the 4 Khanates (kingdoms) and the 6
  Dynasties.
•   Scenic Artists
• Creates hand drawn pictorials and scenes (minimum
  of 3 each) from the daily life of a Samurai and a
  Khan. Must include a military and religious
  scene. Make a list and gather the materials you
  will need to turn one sketch into a three
  dimensional scene such as clay, plaster, paper
  mache', balsam wood, popsicle sticks, cardboard,
  fabric, plastic wrap, etc. A diorama is
  acceptable.
• Political Scientist

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THE CONCLUSION
  Many countries in our present day world are
ruled by either religion (think the Middle East)
or by their government (think the U.S.). Since
9-11 we have become much more aware of the
existence and the power of these groups wield.
Be prepared to share your thoughts during our in
class discussion of the comparison between the
Samurai and the Khan and todays modern military
or terrorist organization.  
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EVALUATION

•  Students will be evaluated according to the
  following
• Students will be able to answer the essential
  question for this lesson
• In class on task behavior
• Individual grade for each ROLE portion
• Group grade for compilation and organization of
  tri fold board
• Final assessment in form of an oral and visual
  presentation

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Biographers

• Mounted Japanese Samurai --Peggy J. Murray
  ELIBRARY - http//www.elibrary.com/s/edumark/.
  Available only from the Gananda Library
• Grolier Online Encyclopedias http//go.grolier.co
  m/ - Online encyclopedias are a great place to
  start your researce.
• ELIBRARY - http//www.elibrary.com/s/edumark/ -
  A large research database of books, magazines,
  maps, pictures etc.
• Genghis Kahn - http//www.nationalgeographic.com/
  genghis/index.html - The National Geographic
  Homepage takes you on a trail to learn about the
  great Genghis Kahn and the history of Mongolia.
• Kublai Kahn - http//www.bigchalk.com/
• The Mongol Empire - http//www.geocities.com/Ath
  ens/Forum/2532/index.html A well researched
  website that includes a timeline, maps, an
  overview of the empire, biographical information
  on Genghis Khan, and also information on where
  the Mongols are now.
• Background Notes - http//www.state.gov/www/backgr
  ound_notes/mongolia_0498_bgn.html Information on
  Mongolia From the US Department of State A
  compilation of demographic information including
  a concise history of the country.
• Heian Jingu Shrine/Festival of Ages
  (http//www.heianjingu.or.jp/english/0302.html)
  scrolls down to get to the earlier history
  information on nobles.
• Age of Hakkenden (http//www.mars.dti.ne.jp/opaku
  /shogun/samurai.html) Samurai and Shogun
  information.
• Feudal Japan nobles -(http//216.239.39.104/search
  ?qcacheST7Yhoy4WF4Jwww.htansw.asn.au/teach/juni
  orhistorydocs/jun feudaljapan_cloze.
  docCOURTNOBLES,FEUDALJAPANhlenieUTF-8
• Feudal Japan Samurai from the Cleveland Museum
  -http//www.clevelandart.org/educef/asianodyssey/h
  tml/samuraimi.html
• Samurai Archives (http//www.samurai-archives.com/
  index.html)
• Origins and History of Samurai (http//www.artelin
  o.com/articles/samurai.asp)
• Samurai and Khans -(http//victorian.fortunecity.c
  om/duchamp/410/samurai2.html)
• Warrior Puppets (http//www.samurai-archives.com/w
  ap.html) also has information on peasants
• Ancient China The Mongolian Empire - Online
  http//www.wsu.edu8000/dee/CHEMPIRE/YUAN.HTM
  Information about the Yuan dynasty in China from
  1279-1368.
• Timeline of Buddhist history (http//www.buddhanet
  .net/e-learning/history/b_chron-txt.htm)
• Buddhist history and culture (http//www.buddhanet
  .net/e-learning/history/index.htm) Buddhism and
  women, historical Buddhist sites and more.
• Three Zen Masters of the Tokugawa Period
  (1615-1868) (http//www.elon.edu/sullivan/big33zt
  .htm)

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Cartographers

• ELIBRARY - http//www.elibrary.com/s/edumark/ -
  A large research database of books, magazines,
  maps, pictures etc.
• National Geographic Map Online
  http//www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/geng
  his/trail.html Excellent maps of the Mongolian
  empire from National Geogrpahic.
• Mongol Maps Online http//www.hyperhistory.com/o
  nline_n2/maptext_n2/mongol1.html Good maps to use
  for this project from Hyperhistory.com.
• Grolier Online Encyclopedias http//go.grolier.co
  m/ - Online encyclopedias are a great place to
  start your research
• Ancient China The Mongolian Empire - Online
  http//www.wsu.edu8000/dee/CHEMPIRE/YUAN.HTM
  Information about the Yuan dynasty in China from
  1279-1368.
• The Mongol Empire - http//www.geocities.com/Ath
  ens/Forum/2532/index.html A well researched
  website that includes a timeline, maps, an
  overview of the empire, biographical information
  on Genghis Khan, and also information on where
  the Mongols are now.
• Samurai Archives (http//www.samurai-archives.com/
  index.html)
• Origins and History of Samurai (http//www.artelin
  o.com/articles/samurai.asp)
• Ancient China The Mongolian Empire - Online
  http//www.wsu.edu8000/dee/CHEMPIRE/YUAN.HTM
  Information about the Yuan dynasty in China from
  1279-1368.
• The Historynet Online http//www.thehistorynet.
  com/MilitaryHistory/articles/ 1997/06972_side.htm
  Military history of the Mongols in Europe.

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Scenic Artists

• Ancient China The Mongolian Empire - Online
  http//www.wsu.edu8000/dee/CHEMPIRE/YUAN.HTM
  Information about the Yuan dynasty in China from
  1279-1368.
• The Historynet Online http//www.thehistorynet.
  com/MilitaryHistory/articles/ 1997/06972_side.htm
  Military history of the Mongols in Europe.
• The Mongol Empire - http//www.geocities.com/Ath
  ens/Forum/2532/index.html A well researched
  website that includes a timeline, maps, an
  overview of the empire, biographical information
  on Genghis Khan, and also information on where
  the Mongols are now.
• Background Notes - http//www.state.gov/www/backgr
  ound_notes/mongolia_0498_bgn.html Information on
  Mongolia From the US Department of State A
  compilation of demographic information including
  a concise history of the country.
• Heian Jingu Shrine/Festival of Ages
  (http//www.heianjingu.or.jp/english/0302.html)
  scrolls down to get to the earlier history
  information on nobles.
• Age of Hakkenden (http//www.mars.dti.ne.jp/opaku
  /shogun/samurai.html) Samurai and Shogun
  information.
• Feudal Japan nobles -(http//216.239.39.104/search
  ?qcacheST7Yhoy4WF4Jwww.htansw.asn.au/teach/juni
  orhistorydocs/jun feudaljapan_cloze.
  docCOURTNOBLES,FEUDALJAPANhlenieUTF-8
• Feudal Japan Samurai from the Cleveland Museum
  -http//www.clevelandart.org/educef/asianodyssey/h
  tml/samuraimi.html
• Samurai Archives (http//www.samurai-archives.com/
  index.html)
• Origins and History of Samurai (http//www.artelin
  o.com/articles/samurai.asp)
• Samurai and Khans -(http//victorian.fortunecity.c
  om/duchamp/410/samurai2.html)

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Political Scientists

• Mongolian Interlude Online http//www-chaos.umd.
  edu/history/imperial3.html The subjugation of
  China by the Mongols
• The structure of feudal Japan (Online)
  (http//www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/74in
  fo1.html) Chart (http//www.sasked.gov.sk.
  ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/74handouts1.html4)
• The Medieval European Knight vs. Feudal Japanese
  Samurai (http//www.thehaca.com/essays/knightvs.ht
  m)
• The Mongol Empire - http//www.geocities.com/Ath
  ens/Forum/2532/index.html A well researched
  website that includes a timeline, maps, an
  overview of the empire, biographical information
  on Genghis Khan, and also information on where
  the Mongols are now.
• Background Notes - http//www.state.gov/www/backgr
  ound_notes/mongolia_0498_bgn.html Information on
  Mongolia From the US Department of State A
  compilation of demographic information including
  a concise history of the country.
• Heian Jingu Shrine/Festival of Ages
  (http//www.heianjingu.or.jp/english/0302.html)
  scrolls down to get to the earlier history
  information on nobles.
• Age of Hakkenden (http//www.mars.dti.ne.jp/opaku
  /shogun/samurai.html) Samurai and Shogun
  information.
• Feudal Japan nobles -(http//216.239.39.104/search
  ?qcacheST7Yhoy4WF4Jwww.htansw.asn.au/teach/juni
  orhistorydocs/jun feudaljapan_cloze.
  docCOURTNOBLES,FEUDALJAPANhlenieUTF-8
• Feudal Japan Samurai from the Cleveland Museum
  -http//www.clevelandart.org/educef/asianodyssey/h
  tml/samuraimi.html
• Samurai Archives (http//www.samurai-archives.com/
  index.html)
• Origins and History of Samurai (http//www.artelin
  o.com/articles/samurai.asp)
• Samurai and Khans -(http//victorian.fortunecity.c
  om/duchamp/410/samurai2.html)

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Reduced Version

• Due to time constraints the following are the
  REDUCED VERSION changes to the Japan/China
  Webquest
• The presentation/construction of the project will
  not use a tri fold board. We will evaluate by
  oral presentation only.
• Role changes
• Biographer will write 1 full page (1.5 line
  spacing) on EITHER a famous Khan or Samurai
• Cartographer will create ONE map on EITHER the
  Khanates OR the Dynasties
• Political Scientist will choose EITHER the
  social hierarchy of 12th century Japan OR China
  to create their visual representation of that
  hierarchy. An explanation and picture examples
  of hierarchical level MUST be included in the
  representation.
• Scenic Artist will draw 2 scenes for each
  Samurai and Khan OR 1 three dimensional scene of
  their choice Samurai or Khan in a military or
  religious setting.
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