Day 21: FSA 8 (3/10/11)

AIM: The historians of 2016 will show what they know!

Task 1: In the comments below, write two questions where the answer is either dimyo, Shotoku, or yamato.

Task 2: Go to yesterday's quick question and vote on your favorite questions that your teammates created.

Task 3: Study for the FSA using the study guide. When its time to take the FSA you'll click here.

Task 4: Make sure your history portfolio is up-to-date and has your: (1) Move to China assignment, (2) Social Structure Presentation, (3) Your Japanese Geography Art, and (4) the Samurai Presentation or storyboard.

Task 5: Create a new portfolio post summarizing what you learned during this Medieval Japan unit. Your post must have a picture and four or more complete sentences summarizing what you learned.

Homework: Complete a new current event for Monday.

Day 20: The Samurai Code (3/9/11)

Aim: The historians will be able to compare and contrast the role of the samurai in Japanese culture with the modern day solidier.

Homework: Submit your homework.

Task 1: Does our country value people in the military as much as the Japanese valued the samurai? Why or why not?

Task 2: Put the two best Japan test questions you created in Google Moderator. Google will tell you in another question like that has already been created. .

Task 3: Complete the chapter 20 quiz here. No other tab can be open while you take the quiz. You can use your old homework notes to help you.

Task 4: Finish your history presentation and/or storyboard from yesterday.

Task 5: Post your presentation or storyboard to your history portfolio. See the video on how to post an item to your portfolio.

Homework: Study for FSA 8. You can use the website or study guide to study from.

Day 19: The Japanese Samurai

Aim: The historians of 2016 will create a presentation or storyboard depicting the life of a Japanese samurai.

Task 1: Open your March Task Tracker

Task 2: Submit your homework.

Task 3: Answer the quick question using Google Moderator: ‘If you were there… You are a Japanese warrior, proud of your fighting skills. For many years you’ve been honored by most of society, but you face an awful dilemma. When you became a warrior, you swore to protect and fight for both your lord and your emperor. Now your lord has gone to war against the emperor, and both sides have called for you to join them. How will you decide whom to fight for?’

Task 4: Open and make a copy of the graphic organizer about the Japanese Samurai. Track Mr. Sanders as you take notes on the Samurai culture. If you need to see the presentation later, you can see it here.

Task 5: You have two options for task five today:

• Option 1: Create a four slide Google Presentation describing the life and culture of the Japanese Samurai. Each slide must have two or more complete sentences and include pictures and/or video (you make work by yourself or in a group of two or three).
• Option 2: Make a copy of this graphic organizer and create a comic-style story describing a day in the life of a samurai. Your story must contain facts that are historically accurate (you make work by yourself or in a group of two or three).

Go to my YouTube playlist on Medieval Japan for inspiration.

Homework: For homework tonight you will complete the review of Chapter 20 from the workbook. Study for your quiz tomorrow by looking over last week homework pages.