FRANKLIN COLLEGE

Education Department
Field School Lesson Plan
Name: Dan Harris

Lesson Number: 1

Subject Area: Social Studies

7th
Date: 3-3-15

Grade Level:
Start time: 8:05

End time: 9:05

Cooperating Teachers
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Topic/Concept/Skill:
Determine how the modernization of the Japan, starting with the Meiji Restoration, eventually led
to Japans involvement in World War II.
Related Standard:
7.1.12 Analyze the Japanese imperial period (1868-1945), including Japans involvement in World
War II.
7.1.16 Analyze cause-and-effect relationships, bearing in mind multiple causation in the role of
individuals, beliefs and chance in history.
Background:
Prior knowledge from earlier Japan lessons.
Main Objective of Instruction:
In order to obtain a better understanding of what led to Japans involvement in World War II,
TSWBAT will demonstrate how the Meiji Restoration modernized Japan, creating an imperial-style
government, by participating in a group forum/discussion in which different groups will describe
different key events to the class from Japans Imperial Period (1868-1945) during class, and will
demonstrate competency by participating in a whiteboard activity for the last 20 minutes of
class.
Teacher Materials/Resources:
World Geography Student Edition Eastern World (Book), Projection Screen, Worksheet,
Whiteboards, Erasers, Markers, and Pen.
Student Materials:
World Geography Student Edition Eastern World (Textbook), Pencil/Pen, Notebooks, Whiteboard,
Marker
Anticipatory Set (Introductory Approach):
I will begin class by showing a clip from the movie Pearl Harbor that lasts for 3 minutes and 49
seconds. The clip shows the attack scene from Pearl Harbor. (Before class, I will have put this
link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv1niwxQgoY, on the computer before my first class
begins) Once the clip is over, the students will take their notebooks out and answer the question
I wrote on the board which asks them, What type of things stood out to you during this clip?

(LS-Intrapersonal) I will take about 5 or 6 different answers, asking follow-up questions if need
be. I will then tell the students that we are going to discuss how Japan ultimately got to that point
on December 7th, 1941.
Instructional Procedures (Whole Group):
1.) I will go on YouTube and put the Pearl Harbor Attack Scene on my computer before class
begins.
2.)Then, I will put the Word document on the projector which asks the students, What type
of things stood out to you during this clip? Additionally, I will print out 120 copies of the
Japan: Imperial History worksheet.
3.)After I put the clip and question up, I will venture out and supervise the hallways, greeting
the students at the door.
4.) Once the bell rings, I will introduce the topic (Imperial Japan) to the students, and
introduce the clip to the class. (This clip Im about to show is from the movie Pearl Harbor
and it shows the initial attack by the Japanese. This took place on December 7, 1941, 73
years after the Meiji Restoration took place. We will discuss the Meji Restoration later in
class.) (Show Clip) (Once the clip is over, I will pull up the Word Document and put it on
the project which asks, What type of things stood out to you during this clip?) After a few
moments, I will call on 5 or 6 students, and ask follow-up questions if their answers were
not clear enough. (6 mins) (LS-Intrapersonal)(Journal: Page 81-82)
5.) (I will grab the worksheets and ask for two volunteers to help distribute copies to the rest
of the students.) Once the copies are distributed, I will divide the students into 5 groups of
4. Since their tables are all situated into pods of 4, it is easy to divide them into groups.
The groups will as follow:
A
Background to the Meiji Restoration (Group 1)
B)
The Meiji Restoration and Modernization (Group 2)
C)
Imperial Japan: Industrialization and Expansion (First 2 paragraphs of the
section, Group 3), D
D)
Imperial Japan: Industrialization and Expansion (Last 3 paragraphs, Group 4)
E)
Japans Quest for Power and World War II in Asia, (Group 5).
6.) I will then tell the students that they are going to read the section they were
assigned, and then draw a picture on what they thought was most important. Additionally,
they will have to write 3 things, on the art paper, on which they thought, were the most
important from the reading. They will have about 20 minutes to do the activity. I will
repeat the directions one more time so that everything is clear. (LS-Interpersonal and
Visual/Spatial). (20 minutes) (Reciprocal Teaching: Page 133)
7.) (I will proceed to pass out the art paper as they are reading their paragraphs.) Since I have
a Special Education Aide/Teacher in the classroom for every period; I will ask them if they
will go around with me to the different groups and make sure that they are staying on
task. Additionally, I will have the teacher-aide going around to the students with IEPs and
making sure that they understand the directions and can comprehend the article. (The
article may be about an 8th or 9th grade article, so I will make changes to words that are
very difficult and replace them with synonyms before class.) As the groups are working,
the Special-Ed Aide and I will keep making sure the students are on task as they keep
working on the activity.
8.) (I will stand up in front of the classroom) Once I see that the groups are finished with the
work, I will call Group 1 up to the front of the classroom to present. (Before they present, I
will tell the students to take notes on what each group presents.) I will not be assigning
grades on the presentation, but I will give them participation points based on how much
they communicated or participated on the activity. This was the point of walking around
and keeping the groups on task which hopefully every student will be fully active and
engaged in conversation or drawing. (I will then sit at my teachers desk as I watch them
present their findings to the rest of the class). After each group is done, the next group will
go up there and present until we went through each and every group. (12 minutes)

9.) Once all of the groups have presented, I will have a member of each group grab a
whiteboard, maker, and eraser for the whiteboard game we are going to play. The
groups will be the same ones that they worked with on the reading activity. I will tell them
the rules which consists of: I will read a question and the students will have 45 seconds to
discuss and answer, I will then say Time! and one student from each group will hold up
their whiteboards, if an answer is correct, I will tell them correct, if it is wrong I will tell
them it is incorrect, my teachers aide will then put up a point under each group which got
the correct answer. I will ask around 12-14 questions, whichever time allots best, and then
each winning group will receive a few Starbursts the next day. (20 minutes)
10.)
I will then assign them their homework which is to make flashcards of the Quizlet
paper (Hand them out as Im describing their homework.)
Provisions for Individual and/or Group Differences:
For every student with an IEP in the classroom, they will be getting an adapted article because it
may be about an 8th or 9th grade level reading. But I will just scratch out the verbs or words that
are too complicated, and replace them with synonyms. I want to keep it for the other students
because they may ask what this word means and it can facilitate more understanding. I want it
for the IEP students so that the reading can be challenging but not too challenging where they
cannot understand a few words and get frustrated. I want them to have fun with the activity and
not get annoyed just because they cannot read a few difficult words.
Closure:
Once the whiteboard activity is done, I will close by saying the students did a great job today in
learning about the Meji Restoration and Japans involvement in World War II. I will tell them,
When World War II was over, the Allies (mostly the USA) occupied Japan for seven years until
1952. A new constitution was created in which the government became a democracy and they
wanted to stay away from any future wars. Now they are one of the worlds leading economic
powers and have given us such things like the PlayStation 4, Toyota/Suzuki/Hyundai cars, and
very modern computers. Now, your ticket out will be to take out a piece of paper, write your
name on the top, and to write down 3 things you learned about Japan today. (5 mins)(Ticket to
Leave: Page 104)

Evaluation of Learning:
Remediation: If a student wrote nothing on the ticket out or the bare minimum, then they will
meet with me during Grizz Time. This is essentially a homeroom time where students can
receive help on anything they are not understanding in a certain class. So I will have the teacheraide supervise the classroom, as I will take a group in the back and from a circle around me. I will
then do about a 20 minute summary lesson and the students will have whiteboards in front of
them. Once I go over the information with them again, I will ask 5 of the questions that I asked
the previous day from the whiteboard game.
Enrichment: If I can tell a student is easily answering the questions or doing it very quickly,
then I will tell the student to come up with their own whiteboard question that has not been used
already. So with answering the whiteboard questions, they will have to put themselves in the
shoes of the teacher and try to think what will help the other students learn. Their reward would
include receiving bonus points to a test or to their participation grade. For high-ability students,
they will be engaged to go deeper into this activity and play the role of the teacher for a few
bonus points.

Independent Practice:

Do flashcards on the Quizlet.com paper that I gave to them at the end of class. On the
front, write the definition or description, and then on the back, write the word or answer.

Whiteboard Questions

1.) Who led the American fleet of ships to un-isolate Japan? Commadore Matthew Perry
2.) When was the Shogun overthrown? 1868
3.) What type of people overthrew the Shogun in 1868? Middle-Class Samurai
4.) Why was the Japanese revolution called the Meiji Restoration? Restored rule to the
emperor, ad Meiji means enlightened rule
5.) What different things did the Japanese people take from the Western powers? (Name 2)
Public Education, National Military and a mandatory draft, Classes were
declared equal, National Bureaucracy.
6.) How would a government with the emperor fully in charge, lead to problems down the
road? Absolute Power, Control of the Military, No Challengers, No other interests
being protected, Other parts of the government worked for the Emperor, instead
of working to improve the government.
7.) What important events occurred after World War I that the Japanese did not like? No
territorial gains from the Versailles Treaty, Met with strong opposition from the
United States, no racial equality clause in League of Nations, and Japanese were
not allowed to immigrate to the United States.
8.) Why did Japans economy hit a downturn in the later 1920s? Depended on United
States when the Great Depression hit, no market for their product anymore,
craze for silk stockings disappeared.
9.) Why was the Japanese public so angry at the government in the early 1930s? Setbacks
from other Western powers, economic depression, no military victories into
political wins.
10.)
What was the militarists point of view of Japans success? Japans success
depended on gaining land and resources in Asia.
11.)
What were some of the countries that Japan invaded and took over in the 1930s
and 1940s? (Name 3) Manchuria, China, French IndoChina (Vietnam), Phillippines,
Hong Kong, British Malaya, and Signapore, and the Dutch East Indies.
12.)
Why did the Japanese invade Pearl Harbor? (Bonus Point: Give me the exact date of
the attack) The USA gave a deadline to Japan that steel and oil exports would be
stopped unless Japan got out of China. Instead of working it out, they attacked
the USA and Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941.
13.)
What strategy did the United States implement (put in) to defeat the Japanese?
Bonus Point: Give me an island that the USA took over from Japan) Island Hopping. (Iwo
Jima, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Leyte Gulf, Phillippines, and Burma)
14.)
Bonus Question or Tie-breaker if teams are still tied: What two cities did the USA
drop an atomic bomb on? Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Homework

The Meiji Restoration was prompted in part by the fear Japans fear of being
colonized by western nations.
True

As industrialization increases in Japan, the demand for natural resources

increases.
True

In the late 19th century, Japanese leaders felt that they had to adopt Western
traditions if they wanted to make an impact with the Western Powers.
True

In Japanese feudalism, the Daimyo is similar to the position of a lord in

European feudalism.
True

The purpose of Japan's annexation of Korea and invasion of Manchuria was

to obtain natural resources.
True

The formal act of gaining territory by conquest

Annexation

The practice of a larger country and government taking over a weaker

country for its natural resources
Imperialism

Give an example of an industry that increased in Japan because of the

modernization that took place during the Meiji Restoration.
Transportation/automobile

List 1 major causes for the Meiji Restoration.

Western civilization arrives (matthewperry)

List 1 major causes for the Meiji Restoration.

Fear of colonization

List 1 major causes for the Meiji Restoration.

Desire for increased industrialization

List 1 major causes for the Meiji Restoration.

Tokugawa Shogunate is seen as weak for ending 250 years of isolation.

List 5 major changes that took place during the Meiji Restoration.
Reformed education

List 1 major changes that took place during the Meiji Restoration.
Opened up trade

List 1 major changes that took place during the Meiji Restoration.
Eliminated samurai armies

List 1 major changes that took place during the Meiji Restoration.
Adapted western technology

List 1 major changes that took place during the Meiji Restoration.
Abolished feudalism

Place where Japanese surprised attack the United States

Pearl Harbor
Places where Americans dropped Atomic Bombs on Japan
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.