The First Tokugawa Ruler - The Story of the World Book 3 Lesson Plan

The First Tokugawa Ruler

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Vocabulary 

guardians 

loyalty

daimyo (noblemen)

samurai

shogun

rebellion

sumo wrestling.

surrender

no mercy 

Read pages 50 to 51 then answer these discussion questions:

Why did  Hideyoshi appoint 5 guardians of his young 5 year old son Hideyori?

What did the 5 guardians want to do when Hideyoshi died?

What was Ieyasu's real goal?  How did he bide his time while he lived in Kanto? 

Which leaders went to the Eastern Army, and which leaders went to the Western Army?  Who was loyal to Hideyori? 

What happened during the Battle of Sekigahara? 

What title did Ieyasu take?  What does this title mean? 

How did he rule?  What was his Motto? 

Where did he move his capital? Why?  

What did he force the daiymos to do? 

What professions did he have all the samurai do? 

What happened in 1614?  How did Hideyori die? Why?

What happened to his family? 

Homework: You are a daiymo and your family is being moved to Edo.  Write a diary entry about Ieyasu's rule and how you feel about it. Don't worry, he will never see it and you can write what you want. 

For more information read here:https://www.history.com/topics/japan/tokugawa-ieyasu   http://www.storiespreschool.com/tokugawa_ieyasu1.html