FREE Leaders from Japanese History Notebooking

Are your kids fascinated by Japanese history? Japan is a nation with a long and fascinating history. Few countries still in existence today can boast of such a long recorded history. Help your kids learn about 21 famous Japanese rulers with this FREE Leaders from Japanese History Notebooking unit.

Japan has gone through countless changes throughout its 2,000+ years of history. Some of its most famous periods include the Jomon era, Yayoi era, Yamato period, Taika Reform, Nara period, Heian era, Edo period, and the Meiji Restoration.

Leaders from Japanese History Notebooking 

Throughout all these periods and eras, many men and women have ruled as emperors, empresses, and leaders. This FREE Leaders from Japanese History Notebooking unit helps your students learn about 21 of the most famous ones.

Students can conduct independent research on each leader and record his or her:

• date and place of birth (if known)
• date and place of death (if known)
• significant contributions to history
• period of Japanese history he or she reigned during
• famous family members
• and other interesting facts that they discover

To add some language arts work to the unit, encourage your students to record the sources they find the information in. It’s great practice for building a bibliography page for papers and other projects.

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