Thursday, July 27, 2023

The Most Entertaining History of Japan Ever


A wildly entertaining and informative history lesson by Bill Wurtz.

Watch:

The History of Japan




Looking down this list of things, how many do you know something about? Listen and see what you can learn.

Nihon (Sunrise land) 
Rice Kingdoms 
Yamoto 
"wa" (dwarf) 
Buddhism 
Taika reforms 
Rice farms 


Put these in the order they were mentioned in the video...







Check

Rice farms 
Rice Kingdoms 
Yamoto 
Buddhism 
Taika reforms 
"wa" (dwarf) 
Nihon (Sunrise land) 



Listen and put these in the order they're mentioned:

Toyotomi Hideyoshi 
Korea 
Shogun 
Mongols 
Shingon Buddhism 
Samurai 
Shogunate 
Oda clan 
Tornado 
Onin war 
Kyoto









Check

Kyoto 
Shingon Buddhism 
Samurai 
Shogunate 
Shogun 
Mongols 
Tornado 
Onin war 
Oda clan 
Toyotomi Hideyoshi 
Korea 


Listen and explain afterwards why these were mentioned:

Edo 
Sakoku 
Dutch 
Population 
Literacy 
1853 
Meiji restoration 


Predict the order these places or organisations will be mentioned, then listen and check


Korea 
Nagasaki 
The League of Nations 
Manchuria 
Russia 
Britain 
Germany 
Pearl Harbour 
Hiroshima 


Check

Korea 
Russia 
Britain 
Germany 
The League of Nations 
Manchuria
Pearl Harbour 
Hiroshima 
Nagasaki 


Write a passage about the nine things above summarising this part of japan's history.

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