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Yokohama Boomtown Curriculum, Lesson 05

What Did It Mean to Be “Western”?

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Images for Lesson Five Mini-Database
 
Y0050 Picture of the Coast of Yokohama
Y0062 American Steamship
Y0064 Picture of Western Traders at Yokohama Transporting Merchandise
Y0085 Picture of Newly Opened Port of Yokohama
Y0088 Picture of a Foreign Building in Yokohama
Y0094 Picture of a Procession of Foreigners at Yokohama
Y0099 Picture of a Foreign Residence in Yokohama
Y0101 Foreigner Embracing a Child
Y0103 Among the People of all Nations: Americans
Y0104 Picture of the Residence of a Foreign Merchant from Overseas
Y0107 Life Drawings of People of Foreign Nations: Picture of Dutch Women Raising a Wine Glass and Caring for a Child
Y0117 On the North American Continent: The United States, or Republican Government
Y0130 Picture of People of the Five Nations: Walking in Line
Y0132 Picture of a Sunday in Yokohama
Y0135 Foreigners Visiting the Famous Site of Mount Gongen
Y0139 Picture of People of the Five Nations: A Sunday
Y0142 Picture of Foreigners Enjoying a Banquet
Y0144 Picture of Amusements of Foreigners in Yokohama in Bushu
Y0146 Picture of a Children’s Dance Performance at the Gankiro in Yokohama
Y0148 Picture of Foreigners’ Revelry at the Gankiro in the Miyozaki Quarter
Y0150 Circus in Yokohama
Y0156 Picture of Great Military Exercises of the Cavalry and Infantry
Y0157 Artillery Drill of Great Guns
Y0181 Picture of the Steam Train from the Foreign Establishments of Yokohama



Lesson developed by Lynn Parisi.






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