| Jonathan Dresner Office: Russ Hall 406F Office Hours: MWF 10-11, 1-2; TuTh 10-12 235-4315 |
Administrative Deadlines and Instructional Holidays are in Italics
Assignments and Tests are in Bold
Readings are by chapter and should be done before class on the assigned day.
|
Date |
Reading/Assignment |
| 1/15 (Th) | Classwork begins |
| 1/16 (F) | First Day of Class |
| 1/19 (M) | MLK Day/Instructional Holiday |
| 1/21 (W) | Gordon, Introduction |
| 1/22 (Th) | Last day for full fee refund Last day to add new classes Last day for late enrollment |
| 1/23 (F) | Gordon 1, “The Tokugawa Polity” |
| 1/26 (M) | Gordon 2, “Social and Economic Transformations” Geography Quiz |
| 1/28 (W) | Saikaku, Introduction and Appendices II and III Final day for dropping course without grade report |
| 1/30 (F) | Saikaku, “Five Women Who Chose Love” |
| 2/2 (M) | Saikaku, “The Life of an Amorous Woman,” pp. 121-164 |
| 2/4 (W) | Saikaku, “The Life of an Amorous Woman,” pp. 164-208 |
| 2/6 (F) | Saikaku, “The Eternal Storehouse of Japan” and “Reckonings that Carry Men Through The World” |
| 2/9 (M) | Gordon 3, “The Intellectual World of the Late Tokugawa” |
| 2/11 (W) | Fukuzawa, I, II, III, IV |
| 2/13 (F) | Gordon 4, “The Overthrow of the Tokugawa” (Bakumatsu Chronology) |
| 2/16 (M) | Fukuzawa, V, VI, VII, VIII President’s Day/ No Holiday |
| 2/18 (W) | Gordon 5, “The Samurai Revolution” (Meiji Charter Oath) |
| 2/20 (F) | Gordon 6, “Participation and Protest” |
| 2/23 (M) | Meiji Constitution |
| 2/25 (W) | Instructor Ill |
| 2/27 (F) | Fukuzawa, IX, X, XI |
| 3/2 (M) | Gordon 7, “Social, Economic and Cultural Transformations” |
| 3/4 (W) | Fukuzawa, XII, XIII, XIV, XV |
| 3/6 (F) | Gordon 8, “Empire and Domestic Order” (Chronology of Imperial Age) |
| 3/9 (M) | Midterm Q’s due |
| 3/11 (W) | Gordon 9, “Economy and Society” |
| 3/13 (F) | Gordon 10, Democracy and Empire between the World Wars” |
| 3/16-20 | D/F Grades Due Spring Break |
| 3/23 (M) | Gordon 11, “The Depression Crisis and Responses” |
| 3/25 (W) | Gordon 12, “Japan in Wartime” |
| 3/27 (F) | Japan at War, Part One Bibliography Project Proposal Due |
| 3/30 (M) | Japan at War, Part Two |
| 4/1 (W) | Japan at War, Part Three |
| 4/3 (F) | Japan at War, Part Four |
| 4/6 (M) | Japan at War, Part Five |
| 4/8 (W) | Gordon 13, “Occupied Japan: New Departures and Durable Structures” |
| 4/10 (F) | 1947 Constitution Biography Project Bibliography and Outline Due Final day for dropping course unless withdraw from school |
| 4/13 (M) | Japan at War, Part Six |
| 4/15 (W) | Gordon 14, Economic and Social Transformations” |
| 4/17 (F) | Gordon 15, “Political Struggles and Settlements of the High-Growth Era” |
| 4/20 (M) | absent |
| 4/22 (W) | Haruko’s World. |
| 4/24 (F) | Gordon 16, “Global Power in a Polarized world: Japan in the 1980s” |
| 4/27 (M) | The Secrets of Mariko, to 178 Biography Essay Draft Due |
| 4/29 (W) | The Secrets of Mariko, 179-end |
| 5/1 (F) | Gordon 17, “Beyond the Postwar Era” |
| 5/4 (M) | Student Presentations |
| 5/6 (W) | Biography Project Final Draft Due Midterm |
| 5/7 | Last day to withdraw from university |
| 5/8 (F) | Catch-up/Review |
| 5/15 | Final Exam, Due 2pm. |
Grades
| Attendance, Preparation and Participation | 20% |
| Geography Quiz | 5% |
| Biography Project | 20% |
| Midterms | 25% |
| Final Exam | 30% |