Honors East Asia Book and Film List
Email Mr. Maddix: amaddix@northallegheny.org
| Week of 11/9 | Today In Class | Homework |
| Monday | ||
| Tuesday | Fireflies HW Due (10 Points) | |
| Wednesday | ||
| Thursday | ||
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Unit I: The Setting
| Thursday, August 27 | Introduction, Course Outline |
| Friday, August 28 | The Significance of Geography in East Asia |
| Monday, August 31 | Confucius Supplemental Material -- http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/japanworks/index.html *Select "Religion and Philosophy" -- "China" -- "Teaching Units" |
| Tuesday, September 1 | Common Ground, Regional Differences |
| Wednesday, September 2 | Chapter 1 Quiz |
| Thursday, September 3 | Map Quiz; Religion in China |
| Friday, September 4 | Religion in China |
| Tuesday, September 8 | Religion in Korea and Japan |
| Wednesday, September 9 | Quiz 2: Chinese Religion |
| Monday, September 14 | Review Guide for Test |
| Tuesday, September 15 | Test I (50 Points) |
Unit II: The Coming of the West
| Wednesday, September 16 | Admiral Zheng He; Video: "The Two Coasts of China" |
| Thursday, September 17 | 19th Century China: Humiliation and Response |
| Friday, September 18 | 19th Century China Crossword Puzzle |
| Monday, September 21 | Meiji Japan |
| Tuesday, September 22 | Quiz 3 (Ch14); Meiji Video |
| Wednesday, September 23 | Choson Korea: Opening the Hermit Kingdom |
| Thursday, September 24 | Written and Spoken Language in East Asia |
| Friday, September 25 | Korea Map Quiz |
| Monday, September 28 | Korea Video: Land of Morning Calm |
| Tuesday, September 29 | Quiz 4 (Ch15) / Lu Xun |
| Wednesday, September 30 | |
| Wednesday, October 7 | Review Guide for Test |
| Thursday, October 8 | Test II: The Coming of the West |
Unit III: The Road to War and WWII in East Asia
| Test II (The Coming of the West) | |
| Lu Xun, Diary of a Madman, The May 4th Movement (1919) | |
| Work on PowerPoints in Class | |
| Video: "China in Revolution" |
| No School | |
| China in Revolution | |
| PowerPoints Due | |
| Chapter 18 Quiz |
| The Nanking Decade / The Long March | |
| Quiz 5 (Chapter 18); Japanese Occupation of Korea | |
| Imperialist Japan | |
| The Rape of Nanking | |
| The 2nd Sino-Japanese War |
| The Rape of Nanking and The Sino-Japanese War | |
| The Pacific War / Chapter 19 Quiz | |
| Interpreting History / Hiroshima Poetry | |
| Review Guide for WWII Test | |
| WWII Test |
| Film: Grave of the Fireflies | |
| Computer Lab: Powerpoint Assignment | |
| Film: Grave of the Fireflies | |
| Powerpoint Due | |
| Grave of the Fireflies HW Due / Start Film: Reinventing Japan |
| No School | |
| No School | |
| Allied Occupation of Japan | |
| Comparing the US Constitution to the Constitution of Japan (1947) | |
| Film: Reinventing Japan |
| Allied Occupation of Japan | |
| Causes of the Korean War | |
| Events and Effects of the Korean War | |
| Events and Effects of the Korean War | |
| Mao Video |
| Chinese Civil War / Quiz 7 | |
| Review | |
| Transition Test | |
| Thanksgiving Break | |
| Thanksgiving Break |
| Thanksgiving Break | |
| Post-War Japanese Economic Miracle; Japan Internet Assignment | |
| Big Business and the Ghost of Confucius | |
| Post-War South Korean Economic Miracle | |
| Chaebol |
| Taiwan | |
| Singapore | |
| 1950's China | |
| 1950's China | |
| Quiz 8 |
| Review | |
| Economic Transformation Test | |
| Film: To Live | |
| China Internet Assignment | |
| Film: To Live |
| Film: To Live; To Live Summary; To Live HW | |
| The Cultural Revolution | |
| Cultural Revolution Posters | |
| Film: To Live | |
| Japan Map Assignment; Map Quiz; Film: To Live |
| No School | |
| No School | |
| The Cultural Revolution | |
| North Korea | |
| Pre-School in 3 Cultures |
| Quiz 9; Review | |
| Test | |