Welcome back, future leaders! For today’s warm-up please do the following: Grab a fresh student log and your notebook from the crates. Write in today’s date and objective on your student log. Draw an X through today’s homework box. Open your notebook and respond to the following prompts: There’s an old expression that says “Good fences make good neighbors.” What do you think that means? How do you think it might connect to what we’ll be talking about today? Write one full paragraph. (I’m only asking what you think – don’t worry about right or wrong answers!)

Welcome back, future leaders! For today’s warm-up please do the following: Grab your student log and notebook from the crates. Write in today’s date and objective on your student log. Draw an X through today’s homework box. Open your notebook and respond to the following prompts: There’s an old expression that says “Good fences make good neighbors.” What do you think that means? How do you think it might connect to what we’ll be talking about today? Write one full paragraph. (I’m only asking what you think – don’t worry about right or wrong answers!)

World History with Mr. Golden __________________________________________________________ The Far East – The Ming Dynasty

Objective: ________________________________________________________ FLWBAT examine the rise of the Ming Dynasty

Agenda: ________________________________________________________ - Review - Guided reading - Advancements of the Ming Dynasty - Journal entry - Closing - We’re done!

The Yuan Dynasty: ________________________________________________________ As we discussed Friday, the Yuan Dynasty’s poor choices and governing led to its collapse. o Take a look at your graphic organizer - we’re going to be reading a story about the fall of the Yuan Dynasty o You’ll be looking for examples of Calamity (for the Mongols) and Recovery (for the Chinese)

________________________________________________________ CalamitiesRecoveries The Yuan Dynasty: Fall of the Yuan – rise of the Ming:

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: o Ruled for nearly 300 years o Very orderly and stable society o Maintained a military of 1 million troops o Known for high quality porcelain products … and sailing Yarr… avast ye matey!

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: I’m on a boat! They built some of the largest boats in the world… AND THEY KNEW HOW TO USE THEM!

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: The Great Wall of China: The wall is 25 feet tall and 12 feet wide Built between 200 BCE and 1600 CE Estimated that 1 million workers died during its construction 3,890 miles of actual wall, 2,230 miles of natural barriers (rivers, mountains, etc)

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: The Great Wall of China:

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: They’re not the only ones: There’s a proposal to build a wall along the US - Mexico border in order to prevent illegal immigration! Would a fence like this today work as well as the Great Wall of China did for them?

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: The Forbidden City: o Ming rulers constructed a massive palace complex called the “Forbidden City” inside of the city of Beijing o Common people were not even allowed to enter the complex o The city was a symbol of the greatness of Chinese Culture

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: The Forbidden City:

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: The Forbidden City:

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: The Forbidden City:

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: The Forbidden City: o 980 Buildings o 8,707 Rooms o And no “common” people allowed

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: The Forbidden City:

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: The Forbidden City:

________________________________________________________ The Ming Dynasty: Isolationism: By the 1430s, a Ming emperor banned all foreign trade and enacted a period of isolationism (this means that China avoided interacting with all other nations) What are some benefits of Isolationism? What are some disadvantages of isolationism? I wish I had someone to talk to…

Journal Entries: ________________________________________________________ You are the Emperor of Yuan China: USE YOUR TIME WISELY! This is part of your classwork, and classwork earns PRIDE cards, soooo… Genghis Khan says: Use the space provided on the handout to create a journal entry for Ukhaantu Khan ONE DAY before the fall of the Yuan Dynasty. Work hard, have fun, and be creative! Genghis Khan says: Use the space provided on the handout to create a journal entry for Ukhaantu Khan ONE DAY before the fall of the Yuan Dynasty. Work hard, have fun, and be creative!

A Quiz?!?! ________________________________________________________ USE YOUR TIME WISELY! OPEN-NOTE QUIZ! Use all of your notes and handouts on the Middle Ages in Europe to answer the questions on your quiz. As long as you’ve been here and have been doing your work, there’s no need to make any faces like this…

We’re done! ________________________________________________________ Thank you for all your hard work today! Make sure to put your notebooks in the crate and your folders in folders, please!