Wait For It...The Mongols!/Crash Course World History

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

8

Overview

John Green teaches you, at long last, about the most exceptional bunch of empire-building nomads in the history of the world, the Mongols! How did the Mongols go from being a relatively small band of herders who occasionally engaged in some light hunting-gathering to being one of the most formidable fighting forces in the world? It turns out Genghis Khan was a pretty big part of it, but you probably already knew that. The more interesting questions might be, what kind of rulers were they, and what effect did their empire have on the world we know today? Find out, as John FINALLY teaches you about the Mongols.

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Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 8

SS10.8.12

Describe China’s influence on culture, politics, and economics in Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.

UP:SS10.8.12

Vocabulary

  • influences
  • civil service
  • warlord
  • reform
  • General Wendi
  • bushido
  • Shinto
  • Zen
  • samurai
  • shogun
  • typhoon
  • kamikaze
  • tsunami
  • Noh
  • daimyo
  • dynasty (Sui, Tang, Song)
  • Neo-Confucianism
  • Khan (Genghis, Kublai)
  • Mongols
  • Huns
  • Marco Polo
  • Zheng He

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The cultural influences of China on Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, including: art, architecture, language, religion, and daily life.
  • The political influences of China on Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, including civil service.
  • The economic influences of China on Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, including: patterns of trade.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Understand textual evidence of primary and secondary sources.
  • Locate places on a map.
  • Identify the cause and effect of political, economic, and cultural actions.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • China's cultural and political systems influenced Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

CUSTOM

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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