1. Geo Day 46

2. Write me a haiku about school
Starter
Write me a haiku about school
A haiku is a poem that is based off of syllables (doesn’t have to rhyme)
1st line: 5 syllables,
2nd line: 7 syllables
3rd line: 5 syllables

3. Mrs. Rowberry
India and China

4. Korea

5. Ancient Korea 3 Kingdoms of Korea
Goryeo
Baekje
Silla
(Gorguryeo ends up becoming the Kingdom of Goryeo)
Goryeo unites the 3 kingdoms
United until 1945 CE

6. Culture
Taken over by China, Mongols, and Japan and has a lot of similar aspects of culture
Religion: Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shamanism
Shamanism: priests act as intermediary between humans and spirits or gods
Priests (mu) are healers and able to leave body and enter spiritual realm

7. Japan

8. Geography Archipelago (group of islands) Main islands:
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu
Consists of 6,852 islands

9. Early History Humans crossed from mainland Asia to Japanese land mass
At the end of Ice Age, the ice melted and caused the water levels to rise and turned Japan into series of islands

10. Cultural Diffusion Ancient Writing
Japan originally did not have a written language, needed to communicate
Religion – Buddhism and Confucianism
Art and Architecture (started with religious structures)
Clothing
Chinese Tang Dynasty robes inspired Japanese kimono
Government – Imperial Court

11. Religion Buddhism Shintoism
Traditional religion of Japan that focuses on ritual practices to establish connection between present-day Japan and ancient past
Ancestor worship
Prayer and gods (optional)
Torii gate

12. Government Emperor: seen as being descendants of Japanese gods
alternated between being the actual leaders or most of the time being ‘puppet’ leaders
Hirohito
Akhito
Shogun: military dictators of Japan, ran country between CE, (some shoguns ruled on their own while others became emperor)

13. Samurai Military nobility
Protectors or “bodyguards” of upper-class society members
Bushido Code: Observed strict rules with honor and combat
Honor, obedience, duty, self- sacrifice, etc.

14. Ninja Covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan Jobs:
Espionage
Sabotage
Infiltration
Assassination
Guerrilla Warfare
These secretive tasks were seen as dishonorable and not a part of the samurai caste, most ninja were recruited from lower levels of society
Not much written about them historically, became a part of legend and myth

15. Origami

16. Step 1: Start with square piece of paper, colored/decorated side up

17. Step 2: Fold paper in half, and then unfold

18. Step 3: Fold the corners to the center crease

19. Step 4: Turn the paper over.

20. Step 5: Fold the slants to meet at the center and allow the flaps in back to come loose.

21. Step 6: Fold the bottom flaps to the center as shown.

22. Step 7: Fold about 2/3rds of the flap back down as shown.

23. Step 9: Fold about 3/4ths of it back up

24. Step 10: Here's the tricky fold
Step 10: Here's the tricky fold. Begin creasing at the left corner tip and slide the crease to the center, then squash parts of the head.

25. Step 11: Repeat on the right side.

26. Step 12: Turn the figure over

27. Step 12: Turn the figure over

28. CrashCourse: Medieval Japan
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