TIPS ON NOTE TAKING:

1. Please enter the room quietly and make note of the daily objective, class work and 
homework in your agendas. Will the person responsible for retrieving 
the journals for your table please do so.

2. TIPS ON NOTE TAKING: GREEN - Don't write it down if you don't want. It is there 
for to read and make a mental note. BLUE - You should write this information down, but put it in 
your own words. Don't worry about coping it exactly. Put 
it in a way that you'll remember. BLACK - You need to write this down. It is important. If 
you can find a way to write it using less words that okay, but 
make sure you are getting this information in your notes. RED - This is very important and needs to be written in your 
notes EXACTLY as it is on the board.

3. Vocab Word Search (pages 336- 341) bushido - armada - typhoon - Oda Nobunaga - Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Tokugawa Ieyasu - rebel - prohibit -

4. Vocab Word Search (pages 336- 341) bushido - A strict code of conduct that guided the 
behavior of samurai. armada - typhoon - Oda Nobunaga - Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Tokugawa Ieyasu - rebel - prohibit -

5. Vocab Word Search (pages 336- 341) bushido - A strict code of conduct that guided the 
behavior of samurai. armada - A large fleet of ships. typhoon - Oda Nobunaga - Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Tokugawa Ieyasu - rebel - prohibit -

6. Vocab Word Search (pages 336- 341) bushido - A strict code of conduct that guided the 
behavior of samurai. armada - A large fleet of ships. typhoon - violent tropical storm. Oda Nobunaga - Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Tokugawa Ieyasu - rebel - prohibit -

7. Vocab Word Search (pages 336- 341) bushido - A strict code of conduct that guided the 
behavior of samurai. armada - A large fleet of ships. typhoon - violent tropical storm. Oda Nobunaga - A leader who worked all his life to bring Japan 
"under one sword." Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Tokugawa Ieyasu - rebel - prohibit -

8. Vocab Word Search (pages 336- 341) bushido - A strict code of conduct that guided the 
behavior of samurai. armada - A large fleet of ships. typhoon - violent tropical storm. Oda Nobunaga - A leader who worked all his life to bring Japan 
"under one sword." Toyotomi Hideyoshi - The second great leader who unified Japan 
in 1590. Tokugawa Ieyasu - rebel - prohibit -

9. Vocab Word Search (pages 336- 341) bushido - A strict code of conduct that guided the 
behavior of samurai. armada - A large fleet of ships. typhoon - violent tropical storm. Oda Nobunaga - A leader who worked all his life to bring Japan 
"under one sword." Toyotomi Hideyoshi - The second great leader who unified Japan 
in 1590. Tokugawa Ieyasu - The third great leader who unified 
Japan in 1600. rebel - prohibit -

10. Vocab Word Search (pages 336- 341) bushido - A strict code of conduct that guided the 
behavior of samurai. armada - A large fleet of ships. typhoon - violent tropical storm. Oda Nobunaga - A leader who worked all his life to bring Japan 
"under one sword." Toyotomi Hideyoshi - The second great leader who unified Japan 
in 1590. Tokugawa Ieyasu - The third great leader who unified 
Japan in 1600. someone who opposes or fights an authority. rebel - prohibit -

11. Vocab Word Search (pages 336- 341) bushido - A strict code of conduct that guided the 
behavior of samurai. armada - A large fleet of ships. typhoon - violent tropical storm. Oda Nobunaga - A leader who worked all his life to bring Japan 
"under one sword." Toyotomi Hideyoshi - The second great leader who unified Japan 
in 1590. Tokugawa Ieyasu - The third great leader who unified 
Japan in 1600. someone who opposes or fights an authority. rebel - prohibit - to forbid or make illegal.

12. Japan Under the Shoguns How did the warrior code influence Japanese society and keep Japan from 
reuniting? Who was a Shogun?

13. The Way of the Warrior Why do you think it might be important to live your life by 
a specific code or rule?

14. The Way of the Warrior * The samurai lived by a code 
called bushido, which means "way 
of the warrior." * They spent their entire lives 
preparing to be great warriors. * They trained fiercely, fought 
bravely, and died with honor. * Their weapons were the 
samurai sword and the bow and 
arrow.

15. Loyalty and Honor Daimyo with samurai If you were a samurai who do you think you'd owe your 
greatest loyalty too?

16. Loyalty and Honor * The samurai owed their 
greatest loyalty to their daimyo. * If a samurai's daimyo was 
murdered his samurai would 
commit suicide out of disgrace 
(seppuku). * Personal honor was very 
important for the samurai. * They would demonstrate this 
by riding into battle shouting out 
his name and family.

17. Invasions by the Mongols Samurai defending stone wall from Mongol invaders. Who were the Mongols and why do you think they would 
invade Japan?

18. Invasions by the Mongols * By 900 Japan had stopped 
paying tribute to China. * In 1268, Kublai Khan sent 
official representatives to demand tribute from Japan. * In November 1274, Khan sent an armada, to Japan. 
But the samurai defeated his 
army.

19. Invasions by the Mongols * In 1281, Kublai Khan tried 
again but his armada was 
destroyed by a typhoon. * No Mongol army ever 
successfully invaded Japan.

20. Three Strong Leaders Why do you think having strong leaders is important for a 
civilization?

21. Three Strong Leaders * As the violence under Shogun 
rule increased, tax revenue and 
respect for the emperor 
declined. * Oda Nobunaga was the first 
leader to try to reunify Japan. 
He failed but did reduce the 
power of the Shoguns. Oda Nobunaga

22. Three Strong Leaders * Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified 
Japan in 1590. But after he died 
the peace collapsed. * Tokugawa was the leader who 
finally reunited Japan under one 
rule. Toyotomi Hideyoshi * He ordered the daimyo to 
destroy their castles/spend most 
of the year in Edo, so he could 
watch over them. Tokugawa Ieyasu

23. The Changing Samurai World With the daimyo's power diminished what do you think 
happened to the samurai?

24. The Changing Samurai World * With peace returning to 
Japan the samurai were forced 
to take powerless government 
jobs. * In 1876 new laws prohibited 
samurai from carrying swords. * Thousands of samurai 
rebelled at these insults to their 
honor. * Their forces were defeated 
by the modern Japanese army.

25. Important things to remember: * The samurai owed their greatest loyalty to their lord 
(daimyo). * The samurai term bushido means “way of the warrior”. * The Mongol army never was able to successfully 
invade Japan.

26. Use textbook pages 336 - 341 to complete your 
worksheet:

30. Flip over your worksheet: Quick Write: Choose three of the questions to answer on 
the back of your worksheet. 1) Why do you think it was so important to the samurai that they alone had the privilege of carrying a sword? 2) What are the two most important ideals of bushido? 3) Who ruled China in the late 1200s and why did he invade 
Japan? 4) Why do you think no one had invaded Japan before? 5) What drastic step did Tokugawa Ieyasu take to end the violence in Japan?

33. Japan's Samurai Warrior (Video): Be prepared to comment on the video.

34. Using the notes in your journal and the information in the text 
construct a Descriptive (bubble) map your journal. Topic: What are the words and phrases that could be used to 
describe a samurai? word or 
phrase word or 
phrase word or 
phrase word or 
phrase Samurai word or 
phrase word or 
phrase word or 
phrase word or 
phrase

35. Samurai

36. Homework Activity: Use the information on pages 329 - 333 to complete the following 
form. New Social Order Draw a picture: Name of Role in Society: Peasant Description of Job: The peasant class were in charge of working the lands for the daimyo. What do you receive for your 
services? In exchange for my labor the peasants received protection from the samurai that were hired by the 
daimyo.