FUSIAN
Bring me your $5, earn a barter ticket.
Get our your whiteboard!
The rest of you – it’s due tomorrow.
WWSD?
WHAT WOULD A SAMURAI DO?
THE SAMURAI
2 Minute Video – Intro to Samurai
What are the four core Samurai values:
Code of Bushido 4 Values
Frugality
Honor
Loyalty
Martial Arts
THE
HAGAKURE
1 8 TH C E N T R U Y B O O K W R I T T E N B Y A S A M U R A I
ILLUMINATES BUSHIDO CODE
D I C T A T E D S A M U R A I C O N D U C T A N D B E H A V IO R
1300 SHORT TALKS BETWEEN AN OLD AND
YOUNG SAMURAI OVER 7 YEARS
300 TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM SCOTT WILSON
NO OTHER AUTHOR TRANSLATED SO MUCH OF
THIS TEXT
SAMURAI WISDOM
It’s feudal Japan. You are a part of a local clan led by a
daimyo.
Play rock, paper, scissors to decide who is the daimyo – the
daimyo names the clan
Play rock, paper, scissors to find two samurai
The rest of you are peasants.
It’s 1600. The daimyo wants all in his clan learn to live by
samurai wisdom. He leads the clan in trying to be the first to
read excerpts from the Hagakure and determine the main
idea.
CLAN VIE FOR POWER
Daimyo – lead your group in reading and interpreting. Have
one member write the main idea and he/she has to get
permission from you to have it checked by the shogun, your
teacher.
Once the main idea has been approved, all members write it
and continue the process until you’ve interpreted all the
wisdom.
The first clan to correctly interpret all the main ideas can
challenge the shogun for power. If he/she beats the shogun
in rock/paper/scissor, he gets to be the shogun and make
one class law.
Begin
ANSWER ON WHITE
BOARD
1. What are some samurai characteristics that you can see
in the Hagakure?
2. How has this reading shown the samurai as more than a
warrior?
3. What qualities of the samurai would carry over into
today’s Japanese businessman?
4. What of these qualities would benefit you?
WWSD – WHAT WOULD
A SAMURAI DO?
Scenario One: While walking to your math class, you notice
a fellow classmate is being attacked by a group of students?
Q: What would a samurai do in the situation? Use evidence
from one of your reading documents.
Q2: What would you do in this situation?
WWSD – WHAT WOULD
A SAMURAI DO?
Scenario Two: You are earing a C in social studies class near
the end of the quarter. Your teacher has offered you extra credit
by participating in the book club but it will require a lot of
reading and time and for you to give up a day at lunch. The
most you could improve would be to a B.
Q: What would a samurai do in the situation? Use evidence
from one of your reading documents.
Q2: What would you do in this situation?
WWSD – WHAT WOULD
A SAMURAI DO?
Scenario Three: Due to a bad financial year, your dad has
lost his job at his business after years of work.
Q: What would a samurai do in the situation? Use evidence
from one of your reading documents.
Q2: What would you do in this situation?
FUSIAN
Bring me your $5, earn a barter ticket.
Yes, you earn one if you already paid!
The rest of you – it’s due tomorrow.
WWSD?
PLAY SPORTS?
ORIGAMI?
WHAT SPORT WOULD A SAMURAI PLAY?
BASEBALL?
Baseball – Would a samurai play baseball today?
Student from Japan who was in US brought it back with him
after studying in 1878.
BO-TAOISHI
Bo-Taoishi
150 men try to gain control of a pole
Most important position is the ninja at the top of the pole
Would a samurai play bo-taoishi?
See it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNVkXNdH2mA&safe=acti
ve
SAMURAI MIGHT PLAY SPORTS!
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL SPORT OF
JAPAN?
Sumo Wrestling - Sumo
You Tube
Traditional Japanese
sport
Many sumo rituals are
associated with Shinto
beliefs.
Some ancient matches
were done as a religious
event – if a fisherman
won, that would mean a
good fishing season!
WOULD HE DO
ORIGAMI
The Japanese art of paperfolding. Would a samurai
participate in origami? What evidence is there in the
documents.
Check it out: Japanese Origami - 2 minutes
MORE FUN FACTS
ABOUT JAPAN…
Fun Fact List
40 Fun Details
ARE YOU READY FOR
WWSD?
After watching videos of origami, martial arts, sumo wrestling
and bo-taoishi, which one would a samurai most likely
participate in today?
You have five minutes to write a one paragraph response to
the question on a piece of paper, and you must use the
documents in your response.
I’m looking for the top two responses in the class for bragging
rights.