Materials

• Maps of Asia
• Drawings of Chinese porcelain
• Text/other reading
• Class notes

Instructional Activities

NOTE: The following Web resource may be helpful in teaching this session:

• Ming Dynasty. <http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/later_imperial_china/ming.html>.
• Qing Dynasty. <http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/later_imperial_china/qing.html>.
• Tokugawa Shogunate. <http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/TOKJAPAN/SHOGUN.HTM>.
• Japanese Art. <http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/results.cfm?group=Japanese%20Art>.
  

1. Review the content from the previous session.
   
   
2. Instruct students to label China and Japan on the map.
   
   
3. Display the following notes on the board or overhead, and discuss them with the students:
   
   • China and Japan sought to limit the influence and activities of European merchants.
   [Ask students to explain how these countries were limiting the trade.]
   
   • There was an increase in European demand for Chinese goods.
   [Instruct students to draw ships in the water and label them with the words tea and porcelain to indicate this trade.]
   
   
4. Provide drawings of Chinese porcelain. Discuss reasons for the European demand for this porcelain.
   
   
5. Instruct students to research the term shogun, using available resources. Direct students to prepare a brief paper explaining the role of shoguns in Japan.
   
   
6. Assign a teacher-selected reading, worksheet or other reinforcement activity.