Chapter 27:
Tradition and Change in East Asia

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Chp. 26 (Week 13) | Chp. 27 (Week 14) | Chp. 28 (Week 15) |
Chp. 29 (Week 16)

Homework

• Complete Chapter 27 Study Guide: Due Thursday
• Answer Big Picture Questions: Chapter 27.
• Chapter 27: Practice Quiz.
• Chapter 27 Exam on Friday.
• Complete this weeks online Question: Due next Monday.

Online Activity

• Visit the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China. (Short History of Ming Dynasty).
  • China under the Ming and Qing Dynasties
• Try a Google search on the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
• Choose one of the dynasties and on the left side write a short summary of what you learned. Make sure you answer the following questions: What was the great challenge and achievements during each dynasty?

The Quest for Political Stability

• The Ming Dynasty
  • Ming Governemnt
  • The Great Wall
  • Ming Decline
  • Ming Collapse
• The Qing Dynasty
• The Manchus
• Kangxi and His Reign
• Qianlong and His Reign
• The Son of Heaven and the Scholoar-Bureaucrats
  • The Son of Heaven
  • The Scholar-Bureaucrats
  • Civil Service Examinations
  • The Examination System and Chinese Society

Economic and Social Changes

• The Patriarchal Family
  • Filial Piety
  • Gender Relations
  • Foot Binding
• Population Growth and Economic Development
  • American Food Crops
  • Population Growth
  • Foreign Trade
  • Trade and Migration to Southeast Asia
  • Government and Technology
• Gentry, Commoners, Soliders and Mean People
  • Privileged Classes
  • Working Classes
  • Merchants
  • Lower Classes

The Confucian Tradition and New Cultural Influences

• Neo-Confucianism and Pulp Fiction
  • Confucian Education
  • Popular Culture
  • Popular Novels
• The Return of Christianity to China
  • Jesuits in China
  • Matteo Ricci
  • Confucianism and Christianity
  • End of the Jesuit Mission

The Unification of Japan

• View an excellent Multimedia overview of the Tokugawa period in Japanese History.
• The Tokugawa Shogunate
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • Control of the Daimyo
  • Control of Foreign
• Economic and Social Change
  • Population Growth
  • Social Change
• Neo-Confucianism and Floating Worlds
• Neo-Confucianism in Japan
• Native Learning
• Floating Worlds
• Christianity and Dutch Learning
  • Christian Missions
  • Anti-Christian Campaign
  • Dutch Learning

Links

• Confucian Tradition: Notes
• China and Japan's relationship with the west: From 1450-1750.
• East Asia in World History: Columbia University
• How Rome Went to China
• Frozen Features of the Floating Worlds: Kabuki