Social Studies Curriculum Guide
SUBJECT: Social Studies
GRADE LEVEL: 6th
Chapter: 10
Time Frame: 8 days
GRADING PERIOD: 4th 9 weeks
Unit: Early China
Dates: 4/2-4/11
Essential Standards:
Write to Learn
The Ancient World: 5.2 Confucius and His Teachings
The Story of Writing - Chapters 1 and 2
The Story of Writing - Chapters 3 and 4
Lessons
Academic Vocabulary:
Lesson 1: The Birth of
Chinese Civilization
Content Vocabulary
Warlord
Aristocrat
Clarifying Objective(s): Ancestor
Pictograph
Time Frame: 2 days
Ideograph
Bureaucracy
Essential Question: What Hereditary
makes culture unique? Mandate of Heaven
Dao
Academic Vocabulary
Emerge
Channel
Military
Rely
Assessment(s):
Additional Resources:
Formative: Review and Assess Videos and Presentation Resources
 Video | The Chinese Landscape
Lesson Quizzes can be
 Interactive Map | The Geography of China
customized or given as online
 Interactive Map | Shang Empire c. 1750 – 1045 B.C.
assessments using McGraw Interactive Map | Zhou Empire 1045 – 256 B.C.
Hill Networks Assessment
 Interactive Whiteboard Activity | Pictographs
 Interactive Graphic Organizer | Changes in China
Guided Notes: Have Students
 Lecture Slide | The Land of China
use the My Notes feature in the
 Slide Show | Ancient Chinese Dragons
Student Center to create
 Interactive Image | Oracle Bones
comprehensive study notes.
 Interactive Image | The Use of Bronze
 Interactive Image | Chinese Dragon
Lesson Review: Assign the
Lesson Review in the Student
Edition.
Self-Check Quiz | Lesson 1:
The Birth of Chinese
Civilization
Worksheets and Activities
All Worksheets and Activities can be customized or given as
online assignments using McGraw-Hill Networks Editable
Worksheets.
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Guided Reading Activity | Lesson 1: The Birth of Chinese
Civilization
 Interactive Graphic Organizer | Taking Notes: Analyzing,
Changes in China
Summative: End of chapter test  Geography and History Activity | Early China – The Birth
from question bank online
of Chinese Civilization
 Reading Essentials and Study Guide for World History |
Lesson 1: The Birth of Chinese Civilization
 McGraw-Hill Networks Editable Worksheets
Formative: Review and Assess Videos and Presentation Resources
McGraw-Hill Networks
Assessment | Lesson 1 Quiz
Lesson 2: Society and
Content Vocabulary
Culture in Ancient China Confucianism
Daoism
Clarifying Objective:
Legalism
Filial Piety
Time Frame:
3 days
Essential Question:
How do new ideas
change the way people
live?
Academic Vocabulary
Philosophy
Individual
Similar
Social Class
Lesson Quizzes can be
customized or given as online
assessments using McGrawHill Networks Assessment
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Video | Chinese History from Peking Man to Confucius
Interactive Whiteboard Activity | Confucianism, Daoism,
Legalism
 Primary Source | Quotations of Confucius
 Lecture Slide | Chinese Life
Guided Notes: Have Students
 Slide Show | Chinese Art of the Zhou Dynasty
use the My Notes feature in the  Interactive Image | Confucius’s Philosophy
Student Center to create
 Interactive Image | Daodejing and Laozi
comprehensive study notes.
 Interactive Image | Chinese Feudalism
Worksheets and Activities
Lesson Review: Assign the
Lesson Review in the Student
All Worksheets and Activities can be customized or given as
Edition.
online assignments using McGraw-Hill Networks Editable
Worksheets.
Self-Check Quiz | Lesson 2:
Society and Culture in Ancient
 Guided Reading Activity | Lesson 2: Society and Culture
China
in Ancient China
 Interactive Graphic Organizer | Taking Notes: Identifying,
McGraw-Hill Networks
Three Philosophies
Assessment | Lesson 2 Quiz
 21st Century Skills Activity | Early China – Society and
Culture in Ancient China
Summative: End of chapter test
 Reading Essentials and Study Guide for World History |
from question bank online
Lesson 2: Society and Culture in Ancient China
 McGraw-Hill Networks Editable Worksheets
Lesson 3: The Qin and
the Han Dynasties
Clarifying Objective:
Time Frame:
3 days
Essential Question:
How do governments
change?
Content Vocabulary
Censor
Currency
Civil Service
Tenant Farmer
Acupuncture
Formative: Review and Assess Videos and Presentation Resources
Academic Vocabulary
Unify
Generation
Waterwheel
Network
Link
Guided Notes: Have Students
use the My Notes feature in the
Student Center to create
comprehensive study notes.
Lesson Quizzes can be
customized or given as online
assessments using McGrawHill Networks Assessment
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Lesson Review: Assign the
Lesson Review in the Student
Edition.
Self-Check Quiz | Lesson 3:
The Qin and Han Dynasties
McGraw-Hill Networks
Assessment | Lesson 3 Quiz
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Video | Chinese History from the First Emperor to the
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Interactive Map | Trading in the Ancient World c. A.D.
100s
Interactive Map | Qin and Han Empires 221 B.C. – A.D.
220
Interactive Chart | Buddhism Reaches China
Interactive Graphic Organizer | World Population
Biography | Ban Zhao
Lecture Slide | Han Dynasty Inventions
Lecture Slide | Buddhism Reaches China
Slide Show | Terra-Cotta Warriors
Interactive Image | Acupuncture
Game | Chinese Inventions Game, The Qin and Han
Dynasties
Game | Chinese Arts and Discoveries, Concentration
Game
Game | Qin Dynasty, Concentration Game
Summative: End of chapter test Worksheets and Activities
All Worksheets and Activities can be customized or given as
from question bank online
online assignments using McGraw-Hill Networks Editable
Worksheets.
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Guided Reading Activity | Lesson 3: The Qin and Han
Dynasties
Interactive Graphic Organizer | Taking Notes: Comparing,
Qin and Han Dynasties
Economics of History Activity | Early China - The Qin and
Han Dynasties
Reading Essentials and Study Guide for World History |
Lesson 3: The Qin and Han Dynasties
McGraw-Hill Networks Editable Worksheets
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Vocabulary
1. Warlord - a leader who has his own army
2. aristocrat - a person who belongs to the highest class of society
3. ancestor - a family member who is no longer living
4. pictograph - a symbol in a writing system based on pictures
5. ideograph - a symbol in a writing system that represents a thing or an idea
6. bureaucracy - a group of non-elected government officials
7. Confucianism - a system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius; duty is central idea
8. Daoism - a Chinese philosophy focused on obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature
9. legalism - a Chinese philosophy based on the importance of laws
10. social class - a group of people at a similar cultural, economic, or educational level
11. filial piety - the responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents
12. censor - an official who made sure that government workers did their jobs
13. currency - something that is used as money
14. civil service - government work
15. tenant farmer - a farmer who works land owned by someone else
16. acupuncture - a Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin to treat disease or relieve pain