sixth grade thesis on ancient japan's education and culture.?

Question

I am trying to help my daughter. She is writing a thesis on ancient japan education and culture. I am clueless on how to help her.
We have a rough draft. Please advise.

Answer 1

I would try to find a copy of a book called "Everyday Life in Traditional Japan", Charles J. Dunn. Great summary of exactly what the title says. The book breaks things down by social caste - samurai, farmers, artists, merchants and non-people describing what daily life was like, how the economy worked, the social and political structure, etc.,...

Other books are "Hagakure" (many different publications) - a collection of wisdom about Bushido and "Secrets of the Samurai" Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook - a compilation of everything you would want to know about Japanese martial arts. I mention these books because of how significant the samurai were in Japanese culture.

Another idea is to rent a copy of the miniseries "Shogun" which is a movie adaptation of James Clavel's (spelling?) book of the same name. Don't get the cut down version that's one DVD or tape - get the full blown 4 DVD or tape set if you rent it - its worth the difference by far. Its fictional but is a good representation of the period.

Its an incredibly rich topic, but those would be good references.

The culture is the more complicated issue by far so I won't summarize here. However, education was mostly an apprentice system for trades (arts being a trade in this context) and formalized for the samurai caste. The samurai were more formally educated in a wide variety of subjects like calligraphy, poetry and such, but concentrated on physical combat training along with study of the military classics of the day.

Samurai means to serve and that's what they did - no matter what was asked of them. To understand feudal Japan, you have to understand Bushido (the way (do) of the warrior (bushi))

Again, these things are all described in detail in these books I mentioned and shown through the experience of the Dutch sailor "Blackthorn" or "Anjinsan" in the movie.

I think that a small sliver of those resources alone would provide more than enough information to help your daughter with her project.

Answer 2

I hope it's only a research project, a thesis has to be published and defended before a board of examiners. Check out the subject in encyclopedias and books available in the local library. If you are lucky enough to have a Japanese Cultural Centre in your area, contact them for information and to review the facts you have obtained elsewhere.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I think a time line would be a good way for her to organize the information she has collected. That way her report could be presented in a sequential order and it would be obvious where any information belonged in the report.
Could she possibly choose just one topic, for example Shoguns or the education of women, or etc.? If not, then arranging her research on a time line is my best suggestion.

Answer 5

I found a few articles about old education system on wikipedia.
Terakoya:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terakoya
A picture of teragoya school
http://www.pref.iwate.jp/~hp0910/korenaani/h/img/009-03.gif
History of education in Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_education_in_Japan

good luck