Eastern Influences on Western Political Thought

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Kevin Shaw
Summer 2014

Subject: Tenth Grade World History
Standards Covered: SS 10.1 Students relate moral and ethical principle from Greek and Roman philosophy Judaism and Christianity to the development of Western political thought.
CCSS: Reading 1,3,4,7,10
CCSS: Writing 2,4,5,8,9
Resources: Glencoe: World History: Modern Times pages 128-129: 131-154 pages
List of values, morals ethics from Rome, Greece, Judaism and Christianity (pages 131-151 in Glencoe: World History Modern Times.)
East Asian Influences Graphic organizer (attached document)
Readings on Bushido and Shinto (attached document
Venn-diagram
Elmo document reader

Rationale: The purpose of this unit and activities if for students to identify Eastern influences on Western political thought and government structure. This will provide examples for students of the influences that have shaped our modern government system.
Objectives: 1. Students will define content vocabulary related to Eastern sources of ethics, morals and values in government.
2. Students will identify and list examples of morals ethics and values contributed to Western political thought by the East Asian cultures of China and Japan.
3. Students will compare and contrast Eastern and Western morals, values and ethics the influence Western political thought.
4. Students will explain in a ½ to ¾ page essay which values, morals and ethics are more beneficial to Western political thought Eastern or Western.
Time Frame: 2:90-minute block periods


First Block
Instructions
Objectives
Resources
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher reviews standard 10.1 with students
[font=Symbol]· [/font]To help students review previous content and notes.

[font=Symbol]· [/font](5 minutes)
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Graphic organizer or notes with moral ethics and values of Rome, Greece, Judaism and Christianity.
[font=Symbol]· [/font](Pages 131-151 in Glencoe: World History Modern Times.)
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher provides students with a list of 10 key content vocabulary words to create vocabulary squares.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students will define content vocabulary related to Eastern sources of ethics, morals and values in government.
[font=Symbol]· [/font](25 minutes)

[font=Symbol]· [/font]A list of 10 key terms from book and handout readings.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher assigns brief reading on Buddhism and Confucianism in texts.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students read pgs 128-129.
[font=Symbol]· [/font](10 minutes)
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Glencoe: World History: Modern Times pages 128-129
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher distributes East Asian Influences graphic organizers to class. Teacher then explains how class will work together to identify 2-3 morals, values and ethics contributed by each source on handout. Teacher reviews reading with class. Teacher then asks class what answers “What does the book tell us about Buddhism?”
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students should state from text “a world religion developed in India.” Teacher the asks,” What is the role of religion is a culture.” Students should respond with answer like to teach right and wrong,
to give live meaning and purpose. Teacher then asks class what area do Buddhism impact from chart; students should identify morals and values. Teacher charts answers for students to copy. Teacher duplicates process for Confucianism category on chart.


[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students will identify and list examples of morals ethics and values contributed to Western political thought by the East Asian culture of China onto their graphic organizer for East Asia.

[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students copy accurate information from Elmo document display.



















[font=Symbol]· [/font](40 minutes)
[font=Symbol]· [/font]East Asian Influences Graphic organizer.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Glencoe: World History: Modern Times pages 128-129
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Elmo document reader for document display on board.

[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher then instructs students to check elbow partners graphic organizer for accuracy.

[font=Symbol]· [/font](5 minutes)
[font=Symbol]· [/font]East Asian Influences Graphic organizer.





Second Block

Instructions
Objectives
Resources
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher reviews standard 10.1 with students. Teacher reviews East Asian influences graphic organizer from previous class.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]To help students review previous content and notes.

[font=Symbol]· [/font](5 minutes)
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Graphic organizer or notes with moral ethics and values of Rome, Greece, Judaism and Christianity.
[font=Symbol]· [/font](Pages 131-151 in Glencoe: World History Modern Times.)
[font=Symbol]· [/font]East Asian Influences Graphic organizer.


[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher provides background readings on Bushido and Shintoism.

[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students will identify the connections between Bushido, Shintoism and Western political morals ethics and values.
[font=Symbol]· [/font](20 minutes)
[font=Symbol]· [/font]East Asian Influences Graphic organizer.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Readings on Bushido and Shintoism.


[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher then explains how class will work together to identify 2-3 morals, values and ethics contributed by each source on handout. Teacher reviews reading with class. Teacher then asks class what answers “What does the reading tell us about Bushido?” Teacher charts answers for students to copy. Teacher duplicates process for Shintoism category on chart.



[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students will identify and list examples of morals ethics and values contributed to Western political thought by the East Asian culture of Japan onto their graphic organizer for East Asia.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students copy accurate information from Elmo document display



(20 minutes)
[font=Symbol]· [/font]East Asian Influences Graphic organizer.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Bushido and Shintoism readings
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Elmo document reader for document display on board.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher has students’ takeout notes/graphic organizer on Eastern and Western influences on values morals and ethics.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher distributes Venn-diagram handouts.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students will compare and contrast Eastern and Western morals, values and ethics the influence Western political thought.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students will create a 3-2-3 Venn shoring the similarity and differences between Eastern and Western political influences.
[font=Symbol]· [/font](20 minutes)

[font=Symbol]· [/font]Graphic organizer or notes with moral ethics and values of Rome, Greece, Judaism and Christianity.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]East Asian Influences Graphic organizer.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Blank Venn-diagrams

[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher asks for volunteers to share similarities
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students share answers similarities and differences from Venn.
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[font=Symbol]· [/font]Completed Venn-diagrams

[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher explains culminating task to students.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students will explain in a ½ to ¾ page essay which values, morals and ethics are more beneficial to Western political thought Eastern or Western.
[font=Symbol]· [/font](15 minutes)
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Notes and graphic organizers from previous and current class periods.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Note book paper and writing utensils.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Teacher instructs students to proof read and edit essay before all work is collected.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Students edit and rewrite essays as needed.
[font=Symbol]· [/font](5 minutes)
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Graphic organizer or notes with moral ethics and values of Rome, Greece, Judaism and Christianity.
[font=Symbol]· [/font]East Asian Influences Graphic organizer
[font=Symbol]· [/font]Completed Venn
[font=Symbol]· [/font]½ to ¾ page essay