December+18

=World Cultures Daily Round Up for 18 November 2006=

Scribed by: Alyssa, Zach, Kirste,Tyler,Braden

Activities for today
 * Describe acitivies for class
 * The activities we did were taking notes from the projector.
 * We talk about marriage for the many classes of the Feudal Japan.
 * We discussed why warriors can't marry merchant daughters.
 * We had a picture of the day of a Zen Door. It said " DO NOT OPEN! THIS IS NOT AN ENTRANCE OR AN EXIT."
 * We talked about how no class in Feudal Japan can marry outside of their own social class.
 * We discussed that classes can't inter marry.
 * We had people doing weidrd things in a door that you couldn't enter or exit.

Concepts covered in class with brief summary >
 * Describe important concepts covered in class
 * Important cancepts were the marrying of the classes of old school Japan.
 * We took notes on Tokugawa Leyasu (1543-1616).
 * We took notes on the Tokugawa Shogunate Period.
 * Japan close off all trade except the Dutch and the Chinese.
 * In 1853 Commodore Matthew Perry opened up Japan to Western trade and the US wanted more trading partners

Assignments for tomorrow or later >
 * Describe assignments made in class today
 * We have to read out of the Red Book; Chapter 19 Fairly Short.
 * On Wednesday there is a Japanese Geography Quiz![[image:http://www.safetysign.com/en/images/products/F3601.gif width="282" height="237" align="right"]]

Additional resources and interesting items related to class today
 * Here is where you put facts, websites or other information that relates to concepts discussed in class
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
 * http://www.kristenkyle.com/rbb_tlw4.html