Lakewood (Ohio) Middle School Pathfinders

FEUDAL JAPAN PATHFINDER

HARDING MIDDLE SCHOOL
7th GRADE - MRS. HOY

Middle School Pathfinders
Lakewood City Schools
Lakewood Public Library

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KUBLAI KHAN
Wikipedia - Kublai Khan Observations of Marco Polo - Kublai Khan in battle (1287) Reader's Companion to Military History Kublai Khan by Chad Jaben

GEOGRAPHY
	Map of Feudal Japan Historical Japanese Maps (Harvard) Wikipedia - Map Timeline of the Japanese Empire Current Map of Japan Japan-Guide - Geography

JOMON CULTURE
Jomon - Wikipedia Jomon and Yayoi - by Richard Hooker Prehistoric Archaeology of Japan JomonJapan.org Japan-Guide - Early Japan Jomon Culture

NARA & KYOTO - CAPITALS
	Nara Period - Wikipedia Kyoto - Wikipedia Timeline of Nara Nara & Heian Periods - Japan-Guide Soramitsu - History and Geography of Nara, Japan Timeline of Kyoto Prefecture Heian Japan - by Richard Hooker Timeline of Heian Period

ANCIENT WRITING STYLES
Wikipedia - Japanese writing system Wikipedia - Kanbun Wikipedia - Kanji Outline of Japanese Writing System Introduction to Japanese Writing

ANCIENT GOVERNMENT - SHOGUN, DAIMYO, SAMURAI
	Shogun - Wikipedia Daimyo - Wikipedia Samurai - Wikipedia Kamakura Shogunate - Wikipedia Japan - Government Culture and History History of Japanese Castles

ZEN BUDDHISM
Wikipedia - Zen Wikipedia - Buddhism Zen Frequently Asked Questions Zen Buddhism Principles Collection of Zen Texts

MEDIEVAL ART
	Japanese Art - Wikipedia Berger Foundation Slideshow Early Japanese Visual Art - by Richard Hooker Ancient Japan Gallery Japanese Family Crests Japanese Fine Arts

HAIKU
Wikipedia - Haiku Haiku for People The Art of Haiku Poetry History of 10 Haiku Writers and Their Works Haiku History

TEA CEREMONY
	Japanese Tea Ceremony - Wikipedia The Tea Ceremony - web-japan.org Tea Ceremony (monthly online magazine) Details of the Japanese Tea Ceremony Chado - The Way of the Tea Cha No Yu - Instructions for the Tea Ceremony

OTHER HELPFUL LINKS

Ancient Japan
Wikipedia - History of Japan
Wikipedia - Military History of Japan
Wikipedia - Economy of Japan
Infoplease - History of Japan
Wikipedia - Shinto (Native Religion of Japan)
Wikipedia - Japanese Mythology