Lesson/Topic /Assignment What is due?

India Test China Reading /questions Warm-up questions (pre-assesment) Begin Notes

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)

China: Day 1

Warm-up 1

1. The mountains at A

2. The river at B

3. The desert at C

4. Families of rulers

5. Gods given right to rule

6. Veneration of dead family

7. A person who studies ideas about knowledge, truth, and the meaning of life

8. China’s greatest philosopher

9. Chinese textile

C

BA

Himalayas

Huang He

Gobi

dynasties

Mandate of heaven

Ancestor Worship

philosopher

Confucius

WORD BANKHuang HeConfuciusAncestor WorshipPhilosopherMandate of HeavenGobiDynastiesHimalayassilk

silk

China: Day 2

• 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)

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

Warm-up 2

Confucius believed that….1.humans are good or bad?

2.you should respect your elders or youngers?

3.people should follow a code of Hammurabi or politeness?

4.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 civil-service system or caste system?

China: Day 3

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)

Lesson/Topic/ Assignment What is due? Warm-up Questions Writing prompt comparing

Confucianism/Taoism Finish notes Finish terms An Empire Unites China textbook side 2 China and India map (write achievements of

India in Indian Ocean and achievements of China in Pacific Ocean)  

• Study for China Quiz

• Writing prompt

• Terms, textbook worksheet and map

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

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)

Lesson/Topic/ Assignment What is due?

China Quiz China and India Review (due

at end of class) Review Game or Movie

• Quiz• Review

Warm-up 4For each of the following answer Silk Roads (SR) or Great Wall (GW)

1.This was built to protect against invaders from the north

2.This trade route stretched from China to the West

3.This was built under the rule of Qin Shi Huangdi

4.Porcelain, silk, and paper were traded along the

5.The structure in blue on map A is the

6.The structure on map B is

7.The structure pictured below is the

A

B

GW

SR

GW

SRGW

SRGW

China: Day 5

Lesson/Topic/ Assignment What is due? Unit Test on India and

China Begin Greece

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)

Warm-up 5For each of the following answer A or B

1.India (Mauryan Dynasty)

2.China

3.Good roads, vet clinics ,free hospitals spread of Buddhism

4.Magnetic compass, watermills, civil-service system, woodblock printing

5.Sugarcane literature, medical advances, advances in astronomy (under the Gupta)

6.Aryans invades here

7.Qin Shi Huangdi united this empire

8.Buddhism and Hinduism started here

9.Confucianism and Taoism started here

AB

A

B

A

AB

AB

A

B

Classical China• centered on the

Huang He River (Yellow River)

Gobi Desert

Huang He RiverHimalayas

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

To find inner peace through:

Major beliefs

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.

•Humility: being humble, not prideful or arrogant

•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