Learning Goals
Students will be able to identify the roles of samurai, peasants, artisans, and merchants in feudal Japan as part of a social hierarchy.
Students will be able to analyze how geography, agriculture, and trade shaped daily life in feudal Japan.
Students will be able to use artifacts, maps, short texts, and visuals to gather evidence about life in feudal Japan.
Students will be able to explain interdependence among social groups in feudal Japan using evidence from a simulation and research notes.
Students will be able to create and revise a model or map showing how goods, services, protection, and taxes connected people in feudal Japan.
Students will be able to discuss and justify how their team’s design choices reflect evidence about real people’s needs in feudal Japan.
Products
Feudal Japan Role Research Portfolio and Personal Prototype Sketch
Each student creates a role-based research portfolio with notes, trade records, and evidence-based journal entries from the perspective of one social group in feudal Japan. Students also make a simple prototype sketch or paper model that shows how that role meets a community need.
Feudal Japan Interdependence Museum Exhibit with Village Model and Oral Explanation
Teams build a shared museum exhibit with a labeled village map or 3D model, a clear problem statement, and a short oral explanation of how samurai, peasants, artisans, and merchants depended on one another. The exhibit includes evidence from individual research and a revised solution that can be tested with visitors.
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