Warm-up #6

Warm-up #8Make a 3-2-1 reflection for yesterdays culture lab.3 things you learned about Japanese Culture. 2 things you enjoyed about the activity. 1 thing you struggled with or have a question about. Changes in JapanWhile the court lived in luxury in Heian during the 1100s, life in the rest of Japan was difficult. Nobles fought over land and power, rebels fought against imperial nobles, and warfare made it difficult for peasants to grow enough crops to sustain the empire. Large landowners decided they needed protectors and a new class system was born.Feudalism Mix and Match PredictionAs a table group sort the social classes by most to least power.

2) Then match the description to the name using only your prior knowledge and skills of inference.

3) When you think you have the social classes and descriptions matched and in the correct order, raise you hand and wait for Ms. Schaller.

Minamoto YoritomoFounded the Kamakura Shogunate: 1185-1333

FeudalismWell find out what it isWell find out if your prediction about social classes was correct. Well record our findings in your graphic organizer. Essential Question: How were Japans social classes organized? Whom held the real power in medieval Japan. FeudalismA political, economic, and social system based on loyalty, the holding of land, and military service. FeudalismA political, economic, and social system based on loyalty, the holding of land, and military service.

The emperor reigned, but did not always rule!

What was the social hierarchy (social rank) like in Medieval Japan?

HomeworkRead chapter 8.3 pages 212 217Answer questions #1a, 1b, 3b, and 3c on page 216 of the notebook.