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Otaku

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

Name: 

Date: 

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/otaku

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. What is the term originator?

  2. 2. What is the subculture emergence?

  3. 3. What does the word "otaku" mean?

  4. 4. Why were otaku sometimes seen as shy or different?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Subculture

  • Media Consumption

  • Fan Culture

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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Free to print and copy for classroom use.Otaku · smallwhale.org/articles/otaku · CC BY-SA 4.0