Wednesday, October 23, 2024

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) 

_1_ 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 summarising Japan's history.

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