Students travel back in time to 19^th-century Japan, assuming the roles of advisors to the Tokugawa shogunate. They must synthesize primary readings on social and political unrest to propose reforms that could prevent the regime from collapsing. 

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This exercise has students explore the postwar notions of high brow and low brow by ranking and discussing various cultural items.... Read more about High Brow, Low Brow