Ap World History Dbq Analysis

A document that would show a Japanese elementary school from the 19th century to compare it to the normal school in doc. 2 would help in comparison of the documents. Also a western style elementary school from the 19th century that could show the similarities and differences from the Japanese school would help.
Education was affected by the west in many ways in Japan. Documents 2,6 show this perfectly.
This supports my thought that the West played a pivotal role in their development and modernization.
In document 2, the picture of the normal school shows that schools were built in different prefectural areas. This idea of prefects was taken From the French.
The western style roof and windows show similarities in architecture also.
The view showing the normal school is
Document 9 describing the battle at Port Arthur has a lot of life in it that relates to a greater sense of Nationalism as in the west and in the previous document
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The document was also written by an Officer in the military who wants to make himself look good to his superiors.
Document 11 also shows that the way Japan deals with military issues that affect the country is in a western manor of bureaucracy. The “Treaty of
Portsmouth” marked the end of the Russo-Japanese War and is made to sound as if its a contract to say to Russia don't mess with us or we will mess you up, and has an air of Nationalism in it.
All of the documents in the group show that the west had slowly influenced just about every aspect of Japan. th th
Japanese trade expanded in the 19 and early 20 centuries as in documents 10, and 12 due to the western influence and the Japanese realizing that it was a worthy opportunity to take from the west.
Austin Reid 6th Period February