1. Do Now What are some places that you know of that are mainly driven by tradition? By modern values? By both?

3. Vocabulary Pg. 682  Homogeneous  Cultural convergence  Clan  Shogun  Samurai  Haiku  acculturation

4. The People About 99% of Japan’s population is ethnic Japanese, descendents of Asian migrants who crossed the Korean Peninsula to each Japan centuries ago Migrants forced Japan’s earliest-known aboriginal people, the Ainu, to move gradually north

5. Density & Distribution  Tokaido corridor: a series of cities crowded along the Pacific coast  Tokyo is the world’s most populous urban area  Contrast, Hokkaido, northern most large Island, remains rural with few people

6. History & Government Create a timeline, that tells about Japan’s history to modern times 400 A.D. ruled by clans, united under Yamato dynasty, influenced by Korean Scholars Today, worlds 2 nd largest economy, sells high value items, world wide

7. The Samurai  Short video on the fighting style of the samurai  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bPEr 8F4bvs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bPEr 8F4bvs  An academy dedicated to the martial art of the samurai

8. Culture Flag Education & Health care Language & religion The Arts Family Life & Leisure

9. Sample Haikus Kitty likes plastic Confuses for litter box Don't leave tarp around Wanna go outside. Oh NO! Help! I got outside! Let me back inside!

10. Haiku Poem Write your own haikus, 3 lines, 5 syllables in first line, 7 in second, and 5 again in third. Please put on a separate sheet of paper You will turn this in