We would like our students to take away much from the project as possible. In order to accomplish this, our information must be organized and comprehensible. To get a feel for Feudal Japan, we compiled the following essential questions and big idea, which our students can use in their project or create their own.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What societies affected Japan and how did Japan use these ideas?
How did religion affect the social structure of feudal Japan?
How did feudal Japan relate to feudal Europe?
What inventions and trade made Japan strong?
Did Japan ever go under attack or raid other settlements? How was communication?What was the role of the samurai in Japanese army and society?
What natural occurrences and masses made Japan so strong?
What brought down feudal Japan?
How is feudal Japan similar to itself today?
How was the economy and government of Japan sufficient and/or weak?
BIG IDEA (OUR BIG IDEA)
What were important variables in the development of feudal Japan and how does it affect our society today and back then? How was Japan and the samurai similar to Europe and other societies?
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
What societies affected Japan and how did Japan use these ideas?
How did religion affect the social structure of feudal Japan?
How did feudal Japan relate to feudal Europe?
What inventions and trade made Japan strong?
Did Japan ever go under attack or raid other settlements? How was communication?What was the role of the samurai in Japanese army and society?
What natural occurrences and masses made Japan so strong?
What brought down feudal Japan?
How is feudal Japan similar to itself today?
How was the economy and government of Japan sufficient and/or weak?
BIG IDEA (OUR BIG IDEA)
What were important variables in the development of feudal Japan and how does it affect our society today and back then? How was Japan and the samurai similar to Europe and other societies?