1. Bell Ringer 10/14/2013 1.What is a plain? 2. Make the word ‘dynasty’ plural. Homework: Study vocabulary organizer for A Vocabulary Check Tomorrow

2. Agenda! Bell Ringer Graphic Organizer Illustrate Vocabulary China JTH Compare and Contrast Egypt vs. China!

3. Where is China?

4. Let’s create a Vocabulary Graphic Organizer! 1.Fold a piece of paper hot dog style 2.Cut 10 slits into the half of the hotdog 3.Glue the un-cut half into your notebooks!

5. ANCIENT CHINA! There are two major Chinese Rivers, the Yellow River (Huang He) and the Yangtze River!

6. Stand Up/Sit Down Question Huang He and Yangtze River are examples of: A.Common Nouns B.Proper Nouns C.Plural Nouns

7. Front: Levee Inside: Built along the Huang He to prevent flooding

8. Front: Loess Inside: soil that blows in from the desert

9. Front: Himalayas Inside: Mountains between China and India How would mountains effect Chinese farmers?

10. Front: Terrace Inside: To make land into “steps” for growing crops Why or how did they think of this?

11. Front: Double Cropping Inside: Growing 2 crops on the same land in the same year Why did they do this?

12. Front: Dynasty Inside: Rulers that come from the same family

13. Front: Ancestor Inside: A family member who is deceased

14. Front: Oracle bones Inside: The earliest form of Chinese writing found on animal bones/shells

15. Front: Emperor Inside: Ruler of an empire (very large territory) and typically controls the government

16. Go back through your graphic organizer and illustrate the flaps! Then Quiz your group!

17. Compare and Contrast what you know already China and Egypt! We will add to this as we go through our unit on Ancient China!

18. China JTH!