LAST CLASS: History and the future
地域研究１．Sｙllabus
1. Kumamoto and the World: thinking about connections
2. 1850-60s Yokoi Shonan and Bakumatsu Higo BAKUMATSU 1850-60s Yokoi Shonan and Rutgers
3. 1871-1876 Janes Kumamoto Western School and the Kumamoto Band MEIJI 1871-1876 Janes Kumamoto Western School and the Kumamoto Band
4. 1877 Kumamoto Castle and the Seinan War MEIJI 1877 Kumamoto Castle and the Seinan War
5. 1850s to 1900s Higo no Mofu and Yajima Kajiko MEIJI 1850s to 1900s Higo no Mofu and Yajima Kajiko
6. 1880s Seiseiko, Kumadai, and the Kumamoto English School MEIJI 1890s Seiseiko, Kumamoto English School, Miyazaki Brothers
7. 1890s Riddel, Wright and the third wave of Christianity?
8. Turn of the century: Miyazaki Toten and Sun Yat-sen
9. 1900s Industrialization, War and Colonization?
10. 1920s-30s: Kiyoura Keigo, Adachi Kenzo ?
11. Kumamoto and WWII: Airfields, Bombings and Kitamikado Jiro?
12. Post-War Kumamoto: foundations of PUK, Kikuchi Keifuen and Hosokawa Morihiro?
13. Field trip to Arao Manda Coal Mine (may include Tabaruzaka, Miyazaki brothers birthplace, Kikuchi Keifuen)
14. Student research presentations
15. Student research presentations
地域研究２．Kumamoto and the World: Looking at local history from a global viewpoint
The goals of this class are: 1. to gain an understanding of Kumamoto and its place in the world through history, 2. to learn how to research historical documents on and offline 3. to appreciate the local culture of Kumamoto and share it with others. In general, we will look at Japanese history, especially Kumamoto history, through the lens of international communication, interaction and cooperation.
History is not all good. All nations, all peoples can look back at parts of their history with pride, and other parts with horror, shock and shame. We will look at both sides of Higo history in this course.
- SYLLABUS!!
1. Beginnings: Katoda and Gishiwajinden
Priming questions:
1. Where are you from? What is your town famous for? What important historical places are there? What famous historical people live(d) in your home town?
2. What part of Japanese history are you most interested in and why?
2. 500-600 Yamato, Eta-funayama Kofun and Iwai-no-ran
3. 1000-1300 Mongol invasion and Kikuchi zoku
4. 1400-1500 **Christianity in Kumamoto
5. 1600 Kato Kiyomasa, Kumamoto Castle and Korean Invasions
6. BAKUMATSU 1850-60s Yokoi Shonan and Rutgers
7. MEIJI 1871-1876 Janes Kumamoto Western School and the Kumamoto Band
8. MEIJI 1877 Kumamoto Castle and the Seinan War
9. MEIJI 1850s to 1900s Higo no Mofu and Yajima Kajiko
10. MEIJI 1890s Seiseiko, Kumamoto English School, Miyazaki Brothers
11. MEIJI-TAISHO Early 1900s **Industrialization, Karayuki-san, Riddel and Wright, Kumamoto Fifth School, Natsume Soseki and Lafcadeo Hearn?
12. SHOWA Mid 1900s Adachi Kenzo, Takahashi Morio, lead-up to war, Kumamoto Bombings, Kanakuri Shiso?
13. Student research presentations
14. Student research presentations
- GRADES!!
30% Attendance and/or short reports
Short report: if you are absent, read the lesson and write your opinions about it in a short report (at least 400 words).
20% Editing of a lesson
Choose one of the lessons from 1-12 above to edit. Editing should include:
a. fact-checking -- is everything correct?
b. adding Japanese to Romaji (if not already done)
c. adding 1 or 2 more references for further reading (watching)
50% Final presentation and 2-page report (at least 1000 words)
Eta funayama https://youtu.be/LXH_Rk-r8i0