Lesson Title: Kirishitan Class and Grade level(s): East Asia Studies ( 9-12) Goals and Objectives The student will be able to: identify and recount the story of the Christian community in Japan from its inception to its destruction by the Tokugawa. Time required/class periods needed- 1 Primary source bibliography THE KAKURE KIRISHITAN OF JAPAN by Stephen Turnbull Kirishitan bunko; a manual of books and documents on the early Christian missions in Japan.by John Laures Other resources used http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/319166/Kirishitan http://www.stutler.cc/russ/kirishitan.html http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0452.html http://www2.gol.com/users/coynerhm/faith.html NOT LIVE http://pweb.sophia.ac.jp/~d-mccoy/xavier/downes/downes01.html NOT LIVE Required materials/supplies PowerPoint on Kirishitan Vocabulary Kakure Kirishitan- Japanese Christians, practically exterminated in the 1600’s Jesuits- a holy order of the Roman Catholic Church Fumi-e- pictures of Christ and the Virgin Mary, used by the Tokugawa to determine Christians Proselytizing- spreading a religion through missionaries Papal bull- a proclamation by the Pope in Rome Diocese- an administrative territory of the Roman Catholic Church. The diocese established in Japan was in Nagasaki Schism- a division within a church Procurator- a trader in charge of the activity of a port Daimyo- a Japanese feudal lord Martyr- a person executed because of a belief Procedure Show the PowerPoint “Kirishitan” Assessment/evaluation Questions to discuss/short answer: 1. Were the Jesuits out of line in their actions in Japan? 2. Was the shogun wise in stomping out Christianity in Japan? 3. Does a religion pose a threat to a culture? .