Length: 5-6 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font. Due Date: Dec 18, 2020 by 5:00 pm Please be advised: •The page count does not include the bibliography and title page. •Make sure you include your name, the course code, and your professor’s name on the cover page. •Turning in the paper on time is part of your grade.•TOPIC: The “Meiji Restoration” and Modernization The modern period in Japan begins with the “Meiji Restoration” and convention describes the Restoration as a “turning point” in Japanese history. The process of Japan’s modernization during the Meiji Period and the subsequent Taishō Period profoundly changed Japanese people’s views about race, state, nation, world, gender, class, and religion. Select at least three aspects to focus on and write an essay elaborating some of the significant changes that occurred in these periods. Instructions: 1.This take-home essay exam serves as a course capstone, providing you with an opportunity to demonstrate what you have learned in this semester. In terms of expectations, a take-home essay exam is between an in-class essay exam and a term paper. However, it is better for you to treat it more like a paper than an in-class essay exam. You must have a clearly identifiable thesis statement that forms the basis of your essay. 2.Note that you need to think about the course as a whole and to draw evidence from lectures and readings of this course to support your argument. 3.In your final take-home essay, all the topics must be related to the discussion of this course. 4.Bibliography: MLA recommended; or use one citation form consistently.

Length: 5-6 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font.

Due Date: Dec 18, 2020 by 5:00 pm Please be advised:

•The page count does not include the bibliography and title page.

•Make sure you include your name, the course code, and your professor’s name on the cover page. •Turning in the paper on time is part of your grade.

•TOPIC: The “Meiji Restoration” and Modernization The modern period in Japan begins with the “Meiji Restoration” and convention describes the Restoration as a “turning point” in Japanese history. The process of Japan’s modernization during the Meiji Period and the subsequent Taishō Period profoundly changed Japanese people’s views about race, state, nation, world, gender, class, and religion. Select at least three aspects to focus on and write an essay elaborating some of the significant changes that occurred in these periods.

Instructions:

1.This take-home essay exam serves as a course capstone, providing you with an opportunity to demonstrate what you have learned in this semester. In terms of expectations, a take-home essay exam is between an in-class essay exam and a term paper. However, it is better for you to treat it more like a paper than an in-class essay exam. You must have a clearly identifiable thesis statement that forms the basis of your essay.

2.Note that you need to think about the course as a whole and to draw evidence from lectures and readings of this course to support your argument.

3.In your final take-home essay, all the topics must be related to the discussion of this course.

4.Bibliography: MLA recommended; or use one citation form consistently.