Ukiyoe+Project

=Your pages= =**Tokugawa Ukiyo-e Project**=

Your assignment is to construct page or pages about themes in Tokugawa period Japan using woodblock prints to illustrate the theme. Your page must answer the following question:


 * How do woodblock prints from Tokugawa Japan illustrate key themes in the history of the period?


 * 1) Choose a theme from Tokugawa period Japan that will be the focus of your page(s). Some example themes might be changes in society during the period, the rise of merchant/townspeople culture, or the expansion of travel. Choose a theme and get it approved by me.
 * 2) Select at least 6 woodblock prints from the period. You may use the wood of Hiroshige, Hokusai, or other artists in your exhibition catalog. All of your images must be illustrative of your theme. They must relate to the main point of your page(s).
 * 3) Name your page "yourlastname_Tokugagwa_Project."
 * 4) Write a short introduction for your page, explaining the main ideas of your page. This is where you will make general statements about your theme. The introduction should culminate in a thesis statement.
 * 5) Organize your images in their order of importance. So, whatever aspect of your theme comes first in the thesis, should correspond to your first group of images.
 * 6) Write short explanations for each of the images, directly linking the images to the theme of your page(s). These images will be like evidence for your page.
 * 7) In your explanations, be sure to include links to articles on this wiki and/or the interwebs as a whole.

Here's an example of what I am looking for. The page's theme is the development of leisure during the period. You may not use any of the images I used on this page in your page. FYI: The example page is too short and does not have enough art.

Your grade for this project will be based on the following rubric:
 * 1) Content: how accurate is/are your page(s)? How complete is your section?
 * 2) Conventions: how well written is your section? Is it generally free of grammatical and spelling errors?
 * 3) Whizzbang: How cool is/are the page(s)? Did you include cool, yet appropriate widgets, files, pictures, charts, etc., in your section?

This is worth 20 points in the assignments category of your grade. Assigned as follows, depending on how well you meet the criteria of the rubric:
 * 1) Content: 10 points possible. 10 points will be given if your section is reasonable complete, covering the major important points of the topic, and contains no major errors. Points will be deducted for incomplete sections, or errors that detract from the sections usefulness.
 * 2) Conventions: 5 points possible. 5 points will be given if your writing is free of misspellings, typos, and contains no serious grammatical errors. Misspellings and serious grammatical errors will result in deductions.
 * 3) Whizzbang: 5 points possible. 5 points will be given for pages that contain an appropriate level of cool widgets, files, etc. Too much or too little coolness will result in deductions.


 * All classes: This is due Friday, November 18 at the end of class.**

Good luck.