Essential Question: How did Japan become an imperial power?
- Preview:
- War in Europe
- Find out more about the history of Japan at
- Watch clips on feudal Japan
- Understanding goals:
- How did Japan modernise in the period 1854-1893?
- Role of the West
- Rivalry between clans
- Meiji Restoration
- Why did Japan become an imperial power?
- Age of imperialism
- Search for economic security
- Rise of militarism
- Performances:
- Here are some events in the power history of Japan.
- Treaty of Kanagawa (1854)
- Meiji Restoration (1868)
- Sino-Japanese War I (1894-5)
- Russo-Japanese (1904-5)
- WWI & Shantung Issue (1918)
- Washington Naval Conference (1922)
- Kellog-Briand Pact (1927)
- London Naval Conference (1930)
- Manchurian Incident (1931)
- Sino-Japanese War II (1936)
- Anti-Comintern Pact (1937)
- Tripartite Pact (1940)
- Pearl Harbour (1941)
- Research these events for their context and significance.
- Plot these events on the Rise & Fall of Japan chart to indicating the power/prestige factor that Japan gained /lost through these events.
- Justify your ratings for each of these events.
- Assessment:
- Check on CA2 corrections, HSS Workbook exercises.
