This site provides educators with many resources about Japan for use in the K-12 classrooms. Through these classroom ready resources, educators are able to expand and deepen their teaching on Japan.
Resources from BlackGold School District to use with students to explore Japan's history of isolation. You can bypass the sign-in prompt by clicking the image.
In the 19th Century, nationalist leaders changed the way people thought about where they lived by reinventing the relationship between government and governed.
For nearly 220 years, Japan lived in relative isolation. Teachers will find primary sources, secondary sources, and activities for their classroom on this site.
As students read this article about the various attempts to control Japan’s external relations, they will learn about the different elements of leadership in Japan.
The first episode of a series on the Tokugawa period in Japan. This episode covers the period of Japan's first contact with the West and the consequences of that contact.
