This lesson plan on Asian responses to European exploration includes a PowerPoint, video, primary source activity, and interactive notebook - everything you need to teach an engaging lesson on China and Japan during the Age of Encounter and Interaction. The lesson begins with a PowerPoint on Chinese and Japanese responses to European contact during the 1500-1600's. The presentation covers Ming & Qing China, Zheng He, responses to Europeans, feudal Japan, and Japan's "Sakoku" or closed count