Ancient+China

In this lesson you will be able to: (G.6.3.4) Describe the river system, land form, and climate settings that supported early civilizations.

Steps (Day 1)
 * Investigate ** the river system, land form, and climate settings that supported life in China.

1. Do the Academic Vocabulary on the following words 2. Create a thesis statement for Lesson 1 3. With your partner, do Close Reading on lesson 1 pp. 231-234 4. List down all the proofs and evidences that support your thesis. 5. Post your summary on the discussion page.
 * loess, basin, dialect

(H.6.7.6) Describe the social, political, and economic developments, as well as the religious, intellectual, and artistic developments of ancient China (e.g., Zhou, Han, Tang, imperial, bureaucracy, seismography, Confucianism, Taoism, dynasty, Silk road)

Steps (Day 2) 1. Do the Academic Vocabulary on the following words 2. Do close reading with your partner on lesson 2 pp. 235-241 3. Summarize each section using this graphic organizer. 4. Watch a famous legend from the Chinese culture. 5. See why the Chinese pleased their ancestors. 6. Read the story "In Search of Dragon Bones." 7. Post your summary on the discussion page Day 2. 8. Print the graphic organizer and submit to your teacher.
 * Investigate **: How the early Chinese civilization use legends and oracle bones to explain the past and how the Shang dynasty was able to replace the Xia.
 * __legend__, __ritual__, __ancestor__, __oracle bone__, __oracle__, __character__

(H.6.7.6) Describe the social, political, and economic developments, as well as the religious, intellectual, and artistic developments of ancient China (e.g., Zhou, Han, Tang, imperial, bureaucracy, seismography, Confucianism, Taoism, dynasty, Silk road)

Steps (Day 3)
 * Investigate **: How the Zhou dynasty came to power and the reasons for their decline and what made Confucius one of China's most important thinkers.

1. Do the Academic Vocabulary on the following words 2. Do close reading on lesson 3 pp. 244-249 with your partner. 3. Answer the questions on this form. 4. Go over the questions and answers with your partner. 5. Post your summary on the discussion page Day 3. 6. Print the form and submit to your teacher.
 * __heritage__, __Mandate of Heaven__, __philosopher__, __filial piety__, __Confucianism__

H.6.7.6) Describe the social, political, and economic developments, as well as the religious, intellectual, and artistic developments of ancient China (e.g., Zhou, Han, Tang, imperial, bureaucracy, seismography, Confucianism, Taoism, dynasty, Silk road)

Steps (Day 4)
 * Investigate **: The success of the Qin Dynasty and how Shi Huangdi kept the empire together.
 * Make a decision **: Is Shi Huangdi an effective leader?

1. Do the Academic Vocabulary on the following words 2. Do close reading on lesson 4 pp. 252-257 with your partner. 3. Complete the Graphic Organizer with important and significant details during your reading. 4. Post your decision on the discussion page Day 4. 5. Print the graphic organizer and submit to your teacher. 6. Be ready to answer questions.
 * __Legalism__, __standardization__, __province__

H.6.7.6) Describe the social, political, and economic developments, as well as the religious, intellectual, and artistic developments of ancient China (e.g., Zhou, Han, Tang, imperial, bureaucracy, seismography, Confucianism, Taoism, dynasty, Silk road)

Steps (Day 5)

1. Do the Academic Vocabulary on the following words 2. Do a research paper on the Han dynasty. Answer the following questions with your research paper: 3. Go to Paragraph Writing in this wiki to review how to write a research paper. Rubrics and samples are in this page.
 * __civil service__, __Daoism__, __import__, __export__, __ambassador__, __Silk Road__, __profit__, __caravan__
 * Who were the Han emperors and their contributions?
 * What innovations/inventions of the Han dynasty?
 * Why was the Silk Road important?