Aim: How did Confucian
philosophy help create Chinese
civilization?
Do Now: 1. Read Confucius and
the Social Order
2. Answer the questions that
follow
Vocabulary
• Confucius- one of the most important
thinkers in Chinese history
• Filial Piety- respect for parents and elders
• Bureaucracy- a system of departments
and agencies that run a government
Pair-work
• Read
Document #1: The life of Confucius &
Document #2: The Teachings of Confucius
Document #3: Cartoon
• Answer Questions in complete sentences.
Confucian Philosophy Helps to
Create Chinese Civilization
• Confucius believed to maintain order the
people would have to work at five basic
relationships. With your group, analyze
the following statements and determine
whether or not you think these rules would
help or hurt society.
• Complete A- E
Notes
• Confucianism
A. Origins
1. Founded in China (6th Century BC) by
philosopher Confucius
2. Civil War raged throughout China during
Confucius life. His goal was to restore peace
and order in China
3. Confucian teachings are contained in the
book Analects. It was China’s official
philosophy for over 2,000 years.
Notes (Continued)
B. Major Principles
1. In order to restore order, Confucius
established Five Relationships that must be
followed:
a. Children must obey their parents; younger
brothers must obey older brothers
b. Lower class (poorer) people must obey
higher class (richer) people
c. The ruler must be obeyed as long as he is
honest and good
d. The wife must obey the husband
e. Members of the community must treat each
other with respect
Homework
• Evaluate: Would you consider
Confucianism a belief system or a political
system? Justify your answers with
evidence from the documents.
• 1- Paragraph
Aim: How do Daoist and Legalist
views differ?
Do Now: Read “Land of Disharmony”
Answer the following question:
According to the author, why is there
disharmony in the world?
What is Taoism (Daoism)?
• As a class, let’s read “Origins of Taoism”
• Answer Questions 1 &2
• With your partner, alternate reading
Document #2: The Yin & Yang and
Document #3 The Teaching of Laozi
• Answer Questions in complete sentences
Summary
• Which of the following ideas would a
Taoist believe in?
• Put “A” for agree and “D” for disagree next
to each idea and explain why in the space
below.
How did Daoist and Legalist Views
Differ?
Read Taoism and Legalism
1. How did the Daoists and Legalists view the
idea of human nature (instincts)?
2. Regarding, contrast the ideas of the Daoists
with the Legalists.
3. Define: Tao
4. Define: Alchemy
5. If you had to choose, would you rather be a
Daoist or a Legalist?
Notes
I.
Taoism (Daoism)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Founder: Lao-Tzu 6th Century BC
Teaches the necessity of the individual’s
having a sense of nature, understanding
his/her part in it and adapting to it.
Accept the Natural Order and live in
harmony with it.
Human instincts are good, it is learning and
custom that have taught them to be bad.
Once people rid themselves of unnatural
laws and customs, they find the Tao (or
way) of the universe
Notes (Continued)
II. Legalism
A. Legalists assumed that human nature was
evil and that the people must be restricted by
laws.
B. Believed that through harsh punishments
people would be forced to obey these laws.
C. A strong central government was essential to
maintain peace and order
D. The ruler should be an unquestioned
authority
Aim: How do Shintoism and
Animism shape people’s view of
nature?
Do Now: Copy into your Notebooks!
Quiz Tomorrow on Belief
Systems/Religions
**You must all bring all your notes on
Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism,
Daoism, Legalism, Shintoism, and
Animism
Animism
• Working with a partner, read the
documents.
• Answer the questions that follow
Board Notes: Fill in
Monotheism-belief in one God
Polytheism-belief in many Gods
Animism-the belief that every living and non-living thing has
a spirit
Ancestral Veneration-the belief that spirits are in ancestors
and they must be worshipped ands respected.
I Traditional patterns of African life
A) Social1. Family was important-people lived with both a
nuclear family and joint family in tight knit communities
2. Families belonged to lineages
B) Political-shared power, often overseen by chiefs or
village elders
C) Economic- (how people make a living?)
1. Hunting and gathering
2. Mostly agricultural
D) Religion- animism
II. Beliefs of Animism
A single god created all living things
The spirit of god is everywhere at all times
(omnipresence)
All people have a personalized god called a Chi
Ancestral worship and fear
Believed that vengeful ancestors cause much of
the problems in the world
Examples, floods, famines
Sacrifices are performed to please ancestors
III
Religion
Nature
Livelihood
Shintoism
• Read Introduction
Vocabulary:
• Clans- groups of people descended from
a common ancestor
• Shinto- way of the gods
• Kami- divine spirits found in all living and
non living things
Board notes: Shintoism
I. Shintoism
A. Shintoism is a religion unique to Japan
1. Its native religion in ancient times
2. Developed out of the worship of nature
B. Kami
1. Shintoism taught Kami
a. spirits or gods
b. found throughout nature
1. Mountains
2. Rivers
3. Rocks
4. Wind and storms
c. Beliefs
1. No sacred books
2. no specific codes of belief
3. Emperors claim to be descendants of the
Sun goddess
a. head of the Shinto religion
4. 19th Century
a. emperor- worship was introduced
b. Shinto was made into the official
state of religion
Homework
• Quiz Tomorrow
• Handout on Shintoism
Aim: How can we compare and
contrast the various belief systems
we have studied thus far?
Do Now: Take out a Pen
Get ready for the Quiz!
Take out your notes
• Complete the graphic organizer by filling in
the following categories for each of the
belief systems
• Geography-Where is it?/ Location
• Founder/ Key People
• Book/Sacred Text
• Major Beliefs / Laws
• Vocabulary (Key Terms)
Graphic Organizer
Belief
System/
Religion
Animism
Confucianism
Daoism
Hinduism
Buddhism
*Shintoism
*Legalism
Geography
Where is
it?Location
Founder/
Book/
Key people Sacred
Text
Major
Beliefs/
Laws
Vocabulary
Test: Next Week on Belief
Systems & Religion
Part I: Tuesday Multiple Choice
Part II: Wednesday Thematic Essay on
Religion