Unit 5 Compare and Contrast

It is best to create a Thinking Map called a _____ when you are asked to compare and contrast 2 topics.

• Tree Map

• Flow Map

• Multi Flow Map

• Double Bubble Map

When you complete a Double Bubble map, there is one rule to remember. It is

• All answers must be adjectives

• If you write something for one side, you must also do it for the other

• Your DB map must be color coded.

• The number of similarities and differences must be the same.

Match the following items from Unit 5's assessment (Compare and contrast Feudal Europe to Feudal Japan)

• Japan - lower class - merchants

• Europe - Nobility

• Japan- working class (farmers & artisans

• Europe - Peasants

• Japan - Shogun

• Europe - King as military commander

• Japan - Daimyo

• Europe - Working class (merchants/artisans)

• Japan - Emperor

• Europe - King

How were the European knights similar to the Japanese Samurai? How were they different? (who gave them land, who owned the land, etc)

Which sentence below is the "best" way to start an essay about Feudalism?

• Feudalism was that system in Europe and Japan a long time ago.

• What was Feudalism you might ask, well I will tell you.

• In the Middle Ages, Europe and Japan used Feudalism which was a socio-economic system that organized society by class and jobs.

• In Japan they had the same thing as Europe where people worked the same jobs.

Which sentences would be the best to use in a compare/contrast essay?

• They were both alike and unalike in many ways.

• Europe and Japan had similar class structure and economies based on farming.

• Japan and Europe both had leaders who gave land to those who promised to be loyal.

• I really think Japan copied Europe's feudalism model because like they both had the same stuff.

Categorize the items below.

Groups:

(a) Japan

,

(b) Europe

• Peasants were the lowest class bc they were the poor farmers and servants

• Daimyos - land governors

• Kings like Clovis and Charlemagne had all the power

• Christianity

• Merchants were lowest class bc they produced nothing of their own

• Nobility were land owners

• Shinto and Buddhism

• 500 - 1500

• Shoguns had more power than the emperor

• 1100s - 1685

Which statements would be good examples of how to conclude a paragraph or essay about Feudalism? (mark all that apply)

• If Feudalism had not existed in Europe or Japan, our world would look very different today.

• European and Japanese Feudalism were both harsh but necessary for these societies to function.

• Japan and Europe were thousands of miles apart, yet they shared the same social and economic structures.

• Japan and Europe had Feudalism.

Locate Europe and Japan on a map.

a

b

Europe

Japan

Look at the Feudalism Double Bubble Map. How will you start your paragraph/essay explaining Feudalism in Europe and Japan? Practice your first 2-3 sentences so you are ready! You can do this!