China: Day 1
Lesson/Topic /Assignment
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India Test
China Reading /questions
Warm-up questions (pre-assesment)
Begin Notes
What is
due?
India
Packet
OBJECTIVES:
1. The student will demonstrate knowledge of the civilization India in terms of
chronology, geography, social structures, government, economy, religion, and
contributions to later civilizations on a test (STANDARD WHI.4b,c,d)
2. The student will describe the impact of Confucianism on Chinese culture by
reading and answering questions. (STANDARD WHI.4f)
WORD BANK
Huang He
Confucius
Ancestor Worship
Philosopher
Mandate of Heaven
Gobi
Dynasties
Himalayas
silk
Warm-up 1
1.
The mountains at A Himalayas
2.
The river at B Huang He
3.
The desert at C Gobi
4.
Families of rulers dynasties
5.
Gods given right to rule
Mandate of heaven
Veneration of dead family
Ancestor Worship
A person who studies ideas
about knowledge, truth, and the
meaning of life
philosopher
6.
7.
8.
9.
China’s greatest philosopher
Confucius
Chinese textile
silk
C
A
B
China: Day 2
Lesson/Topic/Assignment
What is due?
 Warm-up Questions
 Finish notes on Confucianism and
Taoism
 Terms through Yin-Yang
 Graphic Organizer on
Confucianism and Taoism
 An Empire Unites China textbook
worksheet side 1
• China Reading
questions
• Graphic
Organizer
• The student will demonstrate knowledge of Classical China by
describing the impact of Confucianism and Taoism on a graphic
organizer and textbook worksheet (STANDARD WHI.4f)
Warm-up 2
Confucius believed that….
1.
2.
3.
4.
humans are good or bad?
you should respect your elders or youngers?
people should follow a code of Hammurabi or politeness?
it was more important to be educated or born into a high
social class?
5. you should or should not worship ancestors?
6. Chinese government improved when it instituted a civilservice system or caste system?
China: Day 3
Lesson/Topic/ Assignment
What is due?
 Warm-up Questions
• Study for
 Writing prompt comparing
China Quiz
Confucianism/Taoism
• Writing
 Finish notes
prompt
 Finish terms
• Terms,
 An Empire Unites China textbook side 2
textbook
 China and India map (write achievements of
worksheet
India in Indian Ocean and achievements of
and map
China in Pacific Ocean)
OBJECTIVES:
1. The student will demonstrate knowledge of the civilizations China and India in
terms of geography, economy, religion, and contributions on a textbook worksheet
and map (STANDARD WHI.4)
Warm-up 3
Name the religion or religions associated with each of the
following (Confucianism-C, Taoism–T and/or Buddhism –B)
1. Harmony with nature, simple life and inner peace
2. Emphasis on education and belief that humans are naturally
good
3. Humility
4. 4 Noble Truths and 8-Fold path
5. Spread from India to China and other parts of Asia
6. Originated in China (2)
7. Code of politeness including respect for elders
8. Yin/yang (harmony between opposites-2)
China: Day 4
Lesson/Topic/ Assignment
What is due?
 China Quiz
• Quiz
 China and India Review (due • Review
at end of class)
 Review Game or Movie
OBJECTIVE:
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the civilization India in terms of
chronology, geography, social structures, government, economy, religion,
and contributions to later civilizations on a Quiz and Review (STANDARD
WHI.4)
For each of the following answer Silk
Warm-up
Roads (SR) or Great Wall (GW)
1. This was built to protect against
invaders from the north GW
2. This trade route stretched from China
to the West
SR
3. This was built under the rule of Qin
Shi Huangdi GW
4. Porcelain, silk, and paper were traded
along the SR
5. The structure in blue on map A is the GW A
6. The structure on map B is SR
7. The structure pictured below is the GW
B
4
China: Day 5
Lesson/Topic/ Assignment
 Unit Test on India and
China
 Begin Greece
What is due?
Packet due
OBJECTIVE:
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the civilizations India and
China in terms of chronology, geography, social structures,
government, economy, religion, and contributions to later civilizations
on a Unit Test (STANDARD WHI. 4)
For each of the following answer A or B
1. India (Mauryan Dynasty) A
2. China B
3. Good roads, vet clinics ,free hospitals
spread of Buddhism A
4. Magnetic compass, watermills, civilservice system, woodblock printing B
5. Sugarcane literature, medical
advances, advances in astronomy
(under the Gupta) A
6. Aryans invades here A
7. Qin Shi Huangdi united this empire B
8. Buddhism and Hinduism started here A
9. Confucianism and Taoism started here
B
Warm-up 5
A
B
Classical China
• centered on the
Huang He
River (Yellow
River)
Gobi Desert
Himalayas
Huang He River
Geographical Barriers
• geographically isolated
by the Gobi Desert,
Himalaya Mountains,
and Pacific Ocean
Chinese Government
• China was governed by a succession of
ruling families called dynasties.
• Chinese rulers were considered divine
(god-like).
Geography of China
• They served under a Mandate of Heaven
(The gods gave them the right to rule as long
as their rule was just).
Confucius
• China’s most
influential
philosopher
• Wanted to restore
good government,
social order, and
harmony to China
Confucianism
Major Beliefs
• Humans are good, not bad.
• Respect for elders
• Ancestor worship.
• A code of politeness
organized around five
basic relationships (still
used today).
• Importance of
education.
Civil Service System
• A governmental
system whereby a
series of tests
(civil- service
exams) were
given to pick the
most qualified
officials for
government jobs.
• Influenced by the Confucian emphasis on
education.
• Students were tested on their knowledge
about the teachings of Confucius.
Confucianism
Taoism
• Founded by Laozi
• To attain happiness
one must live in
harmony with the
“Tao”
• Tao: a universal
force that guides all
things
Major
beliefs
To find inner
peace through:
•Humility: being humble, not
prideful or arrogant
Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet
for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can
surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle
overcomes the rigid.
•Leading a
simple life
• Living in harmony with nature
Taoism
Yin/Yang
• Represents the balance or harmony between
opposites (dark/light, masculine/feminine, etc.)
• Important to both Confucianism and Taoism
• Confucianism was concerned with harmony
and balance in society (people getting along
with each other)
• Taoism emphasized harmony with nature
Yin/Yang
Buddhism
• Originated in India
• Spread to China through missionaries and
trade
• Chinese forms of Buddhism spread to
Korea and Japan
Buddhism in China
Mongols
• Nomadic invaders from the North
• Raided Chinese settlements
• Skilled horseman and warriors
Great Wall of China
• Built to protect China against Northern
invaders (Mongols)
• Completed under the rule of Qin Shi Huangdi
Qin Shi Huangdi
• United China
• China named for him (Qin
pronounced Chin)
• Forced peasants to work
on the Great Wall
• burned books
• imposed high taxes
Qin Shi Huang Di and the Great Wall
Silk Roads
• Trade route extending from China to cultures
as far away as Rome
• Goods were passed from one trader to another
• Cities such as Xi’an and Samarkand
prospered due to their location along the Silk
Road
Samarkand
Xi’an
The Silk Roads
Han Dynasty
Civil Service System (under the Tang)
Civil Service System (Under the Song)
China’s Contributions
• Silk
• Paper
• Paper money
• Block printing
• Books
• Porcelain
• Watermills (to grind grain into flour)
Chinese Inventions
China Quiz