G1HIM

The focus for this unit is People, Place and Time: China, The Dowager Empress Cixi, the Boxer Rebellion and the Republic.

Students learn about:

• The impacts of politics, economics, leadership, international relations
• Elements of society and culture of the time and chronology of events
• Key people and groups at the time and concepts of continuity and change.

G2HIM

The focus for this unit is Power and Authority: Tokugawa Japan.

Students learn about:

• The balance of power in Imperial Japan
• The role of the Samurai in Japanese society
• Reasons for Japan’s isolation from the world
• Significant events, issues, people and other factors that shaped society.