Life+in+Feudal+and+Classical+Japan

We're going to study life in Feudal and Classical Japan using a similar activity to the one we used to study life in Medieval Europe. Here are the questions for each group. I'll be selecting people to answer questions at random this time. I'll ask everyone to answer Question 1. Your answers to Questions 2 and 3 should be a bit longer than your answers to the other questions.

Social and Political Structures

 * 1) Each person be ready to say the most interesting thing they found.
 * 2) Explain how power was shared between the emperor, the shogun and the warlords.
 * 3) How were social and political structures in classical and feudal Japan similar to those in medieval Europe? (For questions one and two, see the feudal pyramid on page 6)
 * 4) How were they different?

The World of Work

 * 1) Each person be ready to say the most interesting thing they found.
 * 2) How was the world of work in classical and feudal Japan similar to that in medieval Europe?
 * 3) How was it different?
 * 4) Look at source 3.31. Where else have you seen scenes like this?

Home and Family

 * 1) Each person be ready to say the most interesting thing they found.
 * 2) How was family life in classical and feudal Japan similar to that in medieval Europe?
 * 3) How was it different?
 * 4) How did family life and religious life combine in classical and feudal Japan?

==**Rituals Values and Beliefs** ==
 * 1) Each person be ready to say the most interesting thing they found.
 * 2) How were rituals, values and beliefs in classical and feudal Japan similar to those in medieval Europe?
 * 3) How were they different?
 * 4) Which three elements of Buddha's "Eightfold Path" are practiced through Zen meditation?