Japan through time: Change and Continuity Enquiry

Enquiry Question: How has Japan changed through time?
Has the story of Japan been one of preservation or transformation?

Enquiry Assessment: Create a Timeline on the History of Japan. Or create a Japanese Medieval Castle.

**Where in the curriculum? **

A really exciting history that can be taught in Year 7 as part of a wider approach to teaching change and continuity. Or the enquiry can be taught in KS2 (but it would require some adapting).

Enquiry Lessons:

1. What was life like in Feudal Japan and how has Japan changed since the Kamakura period?
2. Was the Edo period (1603 to 1867) a time of preservation or radical transformation?
3. A Closer Look at the Nanban Trade System
4. How far did the Meiji Restoration restored or revolutionise Japan?
5. What do sources reveal about the impact of the Second World War on the Japanese people?
6. How did Japan become a beacon for peace and modernisation? (A closer look on the Tokyo Olympics)

-Retrieval
-Hook
-Discussion Questions
-Essay Questions
-Stretch and Challenge
-Worksheets
-Sources
-Essay Questions