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TOK Lesson - What is History?
Lesson Objectives
- Begin to discuss Theory of Knowledge concepts like ways of knowing as they might relate to the study of History
- Begin to discuss the IB History concepts of Change, Continuity, Causation, Consequence, Significance, and Perspectives
Lesson Tasks
- Read "History and Identity" from MacMillan's The Uses and Abuses of History and consider the assigned questions for a class discussion
- Read excerpts from the first two chapters of The History Manifesto and be prepared to discuss the particular values and limitations of “Big History” (“Macro History”, “Long Durée”) and “Small History” (“Micro History”, “Short Durée”) as approaches to historical study.
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Lesson 1A - Meiji Restoration
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Lesson 1B - Early Imperialism: Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Conflicts
Lesson Objectives:
- Explain the growing impact of nationalism and militarism on Japan's foreign policy
- Review source analysis concepts such as values and limitations, or OPVL
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Lesson 1C - Japan and the First World War
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- Assess Japan's involvement in the First World War, the Peace Treaty process, and the formation of the League of Nations with regards to Japanese nationalism and Japan's relationship with the West
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Lesson 1D - Japan in the 1920's
Lesson Objectives:
- Assess the impact of social, economic, and political factors on Japanese nationalism and foreign policy in the 1920's
Lesson Tasks:
- Read Oxford, p. 21 - 23
- Read Cambridge History of Japan, Chapter 9
- Read Burkman, Japan and the League of Nations, Chapter 1
- Participate in a brief Washington Treaty simulation (in-class)
- Create a table listing the social, political, economic, and cultural changes in Japan in the 1920's. For each, explain how it either:
- Strengthened "Internationalism" and Japanese democracy
- Weakened Japanese democracy and encouraged ultra-nationalism
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Lesson 2A - Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
Lesson Objectives:
- I can evaluate the causes, events, and effects of Japan's invasion of Manchuria by the Kwantung Army
- I can discuss differing historical perspectives of Japanese expansionism in the 1930's
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TOK Lesson - Identifying and Evaluating Historical Perspective
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Lesson 2B - Second Sino-Japanese War
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Lesson 2-C - The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour
Lesson Objectives:
- Describe the significance of the Tripartite Pact
- Discuss reasons for Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour
- Discuss historiography related to the outbreak of war in the Pacific
Lesson Tasks:
- View the lesson slideshow
- Read Oxford p. 46 - 54
- Read WWII Pacific Historiography ("Road to War" and "Pearl Harbour" sections)
- Participate in a class debate on the following question: Who was primarily responsible for the outbreak of war in the Pacific?
- Make essay plans for the following Q4 style essay questions:
- 'Using the sources and your own knowledge, to what extent would you agree that Japan attacked Pearl Harbour because of the trade embargo imposed by the United States?'
- "Using the sources and your own knowledge, To what extent would you agree that economic factors were the main causes of the Pacific War?'
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A revisionist perspective of Pearl Harbour
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Lesson 3 - International Response to Japanese Aggression
Lesson Objectives:
- Describe the role of the League of Nations in international affairs in the interwar years
- Examine the reasons for the USA’s change of attitude towards Japan between 1931 and 1941
- Analyse the relationship between Japan and the League of Nations
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