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Card Game – Who were the Greatest Samurai?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In this card game, students compete with each other to learn the most about thirty of the most legendary Samurai, and the clans to which they belonged. At the end of the game, they discuss how to categorise the Samurai and their clan symbols in a meaningful way and conduct further research on some of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Card Game – Who were the Greatest Samurai? In this card game, students compete with each other to learn the most about thirty of the most legendary Samurai, and the clans to which they belonged. At the end of the game, they discuss how to categorise the Samurai and their clan symbols in a meaningful… <\/p>\n

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