Jut wrote 3/8...

Ohhhh Grace… thanks for saying I’m fun and understandableJ!

So here’s what went down today:
-First we got this insane packet, also called a take home quiz: DUE FRIDAY!

-Second we recapped yesterday:
+We talked about Matthew Perry, his big ships, the paintings and pictures of his big ships, and that gift of the picture of that Japanese girl to show the beauty of Japan.

-Thirdly… we talked about the US now in Japan!
+The ruling family, the Meiji, accepted western ideas. They kinda followed the model of, “If you can’t beat them, join them.” The government backed this up but there were still some people that were anti-west (but then again, when is there not :P)
+We looked at some pictures too. The first one was of the two Japanese men wearing traditional clothing, but one was wearing a western-styled hat. It was showing how you can have the best of both worlds (…EW Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana song...).
+We also looked at a painting called “The Exotic White Man”. It was painted by a Japanese anti-west person. It was of a Japanese woman who had a baby with a “white man”. The baby was to represent a monstrosity that would be created if the two cultures were to combine. Well apparently that monstrosity would look like a small, hairy, dancing, troll-like thing (*giggles*).
+Another important thing to remember is Meiji = Modernized!

Lastly Mrs. Separ left us (*sad faces*) with Hanly who seemed a bit angry….well then we did some silent group work, where we were giving documents we have to summarize and pass to the next person.
+The documents were about how western ideas “commercial intercourse” and “foreign intercourse” was good for the growth and modernization of Japan.

HW: Use documents and pages 661-664 in the textbook to complete the chart on the back of that sheet she handed out.

NEXT VICTIM:*Drum roll* Dani! *APPLAUSE* J