Ancient & Medieval or Feudal Japan Unit: Japanese Feudalism History Activities

This Ancient & Middle Ages or Medieval Japan Unit (Feudal Japan- Japanese Feudalism) World History for Grade 7 is packed with both digital and print activities. With over 290 pages divided into 8 easy-to-follow subfolders, you’ll have all the Medieval Japan maps, lesson plans, activities, reading passages, guided notes with worksheets, and assessments you need to teach like a superhero!

Like all our Middle Ages History bundles, the Medieval Japan unit features a common flow to reduce anxiety for you and your students throughout the year. We know that teachers love no-prep history activities, and students need structure and accountability to succeed; our units are taught with a common sequence, complete with mini-assessments along the way.

 

Here’s what’s included, organized in 8 sequenced subfolders:

 

1. ⭐UNIT INTRODUCTION SUBFOLDER– These two great introduction lessons include:

• Geography and Who Lived There? Video lesson with video guide
• Modern Country Investigation and Timeline Activity

 

2. ⭐GEOGRAPHY SUBFOLDER– Includes student or teacher-guided click geography activities, games, Google form or print quiz, and answer keys!

• Click Map Activity, Interactive Online Class Games, and Review
• Geography Escape Room
• World Domination Video Class Review Game

 

3. ⭐VOCABULARY SUBFOLDER– Includes assignment options, review games, and a Google Forms or print quiz. Also, includes Quizlet links for online learning practice!

• JapanVocabulary: In Other Words Interactive
• JapanVocabulary Editable Quiz

 

4. ⭐GUIDED NOTES & READINGS SUBFOLDER – Includes everything you need to teach the content via readings, activities, or direct instruction. Complete with a content-specific Google form or print quiz.

• Student-Centered Reading Stations
• Japan Comic Guided Notes™
• Close Reading Set with Notebook, & Mini-Project

 

5. ⭐ACTIVITIES SUBFOLDER– Includes diverse, interactive, student-centered activities, worksheets, and close readings from which teachers can pick and choose based on personal style and class needs.

 

1. A Samurai Training Common Core Literacy Reading, Samurai Want Ad, and Annotation Activity– Two activity choices included!
2. Create a Life-Size Samurai Activity– Includes an excellent anticipatory set, reading, anatomy of a samurai graphic, notes, and example samurai!
3. Tale of Genji Common Core Primary Source Document Analysis
4. Shotoku Selfie Instagram Post Printable Activity
5. What’s Your Destiny?-Close reading and fun comprehension game. Students read and compete in a displayed class game board. Winning students choose a fictitious destiny that is shared with the class!
6. Heian Court Noble Slides Notes & iPad APP Assignment
7. Doodle World History Summary Activity– Fun creative note-taking graphic organizer that allows students to detail the 6 key “big idea” concepts.
8. Code Hacker Escape Room Japanese Feudalism
9. Japanese Mon Mini- Project

 

6. ⭐BELLRINGERS: Skill-Based Text Analysis Warm-Ups and Mini-Lessons and Review – Students make inferences and predictions from the text, choose the best evidence to support a claim, cite sources, paraphrase, and learn to write strong commentary in these daily skill-based mini-lessons and practice slides.

 

7. ⭐BIG IDEAS REVIEW SUBFOLDER- Includes activities that work perfectly with interactive notebooks!  Each unit comes with a key concepts introductions PowerPoint and graphic organizer, My World- Big Ideas Activity, Folding graphic Organizer, The Biggest Idea Unit Summary Activity, Big Idea Claim, Evidence (note that this product has examples of some of the assignments listed above, but not all are included in the bundle) Also includes:

 

• Doodle Style Notes for Ancient Japan Review Graphic Organizer Map Activity

 

8. ⭐UNIT ASSESSMENT CLAIM, EVIDENCE, REASONING (CER) TEST– Each unit comes with an editable assessment that has students support claims with evidence.