HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES
7.5 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of medieval Japan.
2. Discuss the reign of Prince Shotoku of Japan and the characteristics of Japanese society and family life during his reign.
3. Describe the values, social customs, and traditions prescribed by the lord-vassal system consisting of shogun, daimyo, and samurai and the lasting influence of the warrior code in the twentieth century.
4. Trace the development of distinctive forms of Japanese Buddhism.
5. Study the ninth and tenth centuries’ golden age of literature, art, and drama and its lasting effects on culture today, including Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji.
6. Analyze the rise of a military society in the late twelfth century and the role of the samurai in that society.
ARTISTIC PERCEPTION
Standard 1. Processing, analyzing, and responding to sensory information through the language and skills unique to the arts
Visual arts descriptor: Students learn how to perceive the world in an artistic way by refining their sensory perceptions of works of art, objects in nature, events, and the environment. They identify visual elements and principles of design using the language of the visual arts.
ENGLISH
2.7.1 Support all statements and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts and statistics, and specific examples.
Identify topics; ask and evaluate questions; and develop ideas leading to inquiry, investigation, and research
