Rape+of+Nanking+and+Japanese+Imperialism

Reading Schedule day 1 1-34 4/9 Read pg 34-59 reading quiz up to this point Write a 1.5- 2 page diary entry from the perspective of a Japanese soldier based on the reading. Take note of __4/10 4/13__ 70-79 81-91,95, 99-104 105-121
 * education 29-33, "Killing Prisoners of War" "The Murder of Civilians"
 * view of the Chinese, Bushido
 * and anything else you read or discussed
 * Include date, and make up a name

__4/14-15__ What the world knew 147-157 Answer these questions to discuss and turn in on Chapter 5, and pages 147-157. __4/16__ Read Chapter 10 and read answer the questions below. The first set refer to chapter 10 and the second set refer to Waking Old Wounds.
 * In general, what are the foreigners able to reveal about the Nanking Genocide? Why is it important for world knowledge for them to be there?
 * How did the Japanese try to conceal their crimes during the Rape of Nanking?
 * How did word get out about what was happening in Nanking and how did people in the United States react?
 * What sort of image of the WWII era history does Japan play up?
 * What is the current controversy about Nanking?
 * Why do you think Hiroshima and Japanese interment are better remembered than the Rape of Nanking?

__Homework for Monday 4/20__ [|china angry over text book 2005.pdf] also here is a another short article I would like you to read [|Japans Sins of Omission] **you will need to have read these 3 for our activity next class.**
 * Also HW** talk to grandparent and parent about their opinion of Japan. What do they remember/ know about the Japanese occupation? Have the Japanese given a formal apology? Should Korea have a say in what Japan writes in its textbooks? Anything else. Take notes to turn in.

FYI:

study guide four militarism quiz [|hague convention]