Honors East Asia Course Outline
Honors East Asia Book and Film List
| Week of 8/25 | Today In Class | Homework |
| Monday | No School (Labor Day) | |
| Tuesday | Confucius | |
| Wednesday | The Setting | "Made In.." HW Due |
| Thursday | Chapter 1 Quiz and Map Quiz | |
| Friday | Religion in China |
| Thursday, August 28 | Introduction and Course Outline |
| Friday, August 29 | The Significance of Geography in East Asia |
| Tuesday, September 2 | Confucius Supplemental Material -- http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/japanworks/index.html *Select "Religion and Philosophy" -- "China" -- "Teaching Units" |
| Wednesday, September 3 | "Made In.." Homework Due; Common Ground, Regional Differences |
| Thursday, September 4 | Chapter 1 Quiz; Map Quiz |
| Friday, September 5 | Religion in China |
| Religion in China | |
| Religion in China |
| Religion in Korea and Japan | |
| Quiz 2 | |
| Review Guide for Test | |
| Test I (The Setting) 50 Points | |
| Admiral Zheng He; Video: "The Two Coasts of China" |
| 19th Century China: Humiliation and Response | |
| 19th Century China | |
| Meiji Japan | |
| Meiji Japan Video: The Meiji Revolution | |
| Korea Video: Land of Morning Calm |
| In-Service (No School) | |
| Choson Korea / Meiji Japan | |
| Chapter 14 Quiz; Choson Korea: Opening the Hermit Kingdom | |
| China Crossword / Korea Crossword | |
| Writing Systems |
| Chapter 15 Quiz; Writing Systems | |
| China Crossword | |
| Review Guide for Test; Korea Map Quiz | |
| Test II (The Coming of the West) | |
| Lu Xun, Diary of a Madman, The May 4th Movement (1919) | |
| China in Revolution Video / China in Revolution | |
| The Northern Expedition |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |