1. Qin & Han China
Bellwork 9/5-9/6: What is the Mandate of Heaven? How does the emperor gain/lose the Mandate of Heaven?

2. Objectives 9/5-9/6
You will know what to expect in Unit 2 and will be able to create a story board for the Han Dynasty.
Procedures:
1. Unit 2 Binder Materials
2. Unit 2 Coming Attractions
3. Qin Dynasty GRAPES
4. Han storyboard

3. Weeks of September 4 and September 11
M 9/4: No School
Tu 9/5/W 9/6: Unit 2 Coming Attractions, Han China binder activities
Th 9/7/F 9/8: Finish Han China activities, Practice civil service exam
No study guide due or quickwrite this week
M 9/11/Tu 9/12: Greece and Persia Chapter 4 Quickwrite
W 9/13/Th 9/14: Greece and Persia Introduction to Essay #1

4. Civil Service Exam Next Class
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. –Confucius
A Du Fu poem:
The river's blue, the bird a perfect white,
The mountain green with flowers about to blaze.
I've watched the spring pass away again,
When will I be able to return?
Chinese Zodiac signs:

5. Chinese Dynasty Song Shang Zhou Qin (“chin”) Han (Repeat)
( years of Disunity )
Sui (“sway”)
Tang
Song
Yuan Mongol
Ming
Qing (“ching”) Manchu
Republic Republic of China
Mao Zedong People’s Republic of China

6. The Qin (221-207 BCE) G: Xi’an, unified north and central China
R: Legalism instead of Confucianism to remove restrictions on leaders
A: Great Wall of China, Terracotta Soldiers
P: Nobility were forced to move to the capital and the Emperor sent officials out to take regulate the local govt. = increased Emperor’s power (Shi Huangdi)
Problems with nomads/barbarians (Xiongnu)
E: Self sufficient—no trade/wanted to keep outsiders away
S: Emperor, Nobles, Engineers
Scholars are illegal—burned books
standardized writing, no private weapons

8. Shi Huangdi

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10. Team Activity Storyboard the Han Dynasty
Tell the story in mostly illustrations (with some words, but the pictures should tell the story)
Try to put the things in bold into the story
16 boxes

11. Unit 2: Bell Work 9/8
Try to list as many Chinese Dynasties as you can without cheating. Think of the song!

12. Objectives 9/8
You will know key contributions of the Han Dynasty and will be able to successfully pass a sample civil service exam.
Procedures:
1. Complete the Han Dynasty storyboard
2. Notes over meritocracy/civil service exams
3. Discussion of the role of women in Han China

13. Weeks of August 31-Sept. 19 Tues 9/6: Qin and Han China
Thurs 9/8: Women’s Roles in Han China (1st Civil Service Exam)
Mon 9/12: Greeks/Persians Ch. 4 Quickwrite-study guide due
Wed 9/14: Greeks and Persians
Mon 9/19: Macedonia and Alex the Great
Wed 9/21: Mauryan Guptas and the Development of Human Rights Ch. 6 Study guide and Quickwrite

14. Dynastic Cycle: Mind Map

15. Chinese Dynasty Song Shang Zhou (“Joe”) Qin (“chin”) Han (Repeat)
( years of Disunity )
Sui (“sway” without “w”)
Tang
Song
Yuan Mongol
Ming
Qing (“ching”) Manchu
Republic Republic of China
Mao Zedong People’s Republic of China

16. Civil Service Exam Experience
What does the word “meritocracy” mean?

17. The Han When the Qin emperor died = chaos = Liu Bang …> Emperor Wu
est. an imperial university with Confucianism (the 5 Classics) as the basis for the civil service exams (a test for govt. jobs)

19. Meritocracy Ideal: best students running country
Wealthy families had advantages over poor families
Often the test was mere recitation, not original learning

20. The Curriculum tested for their proficiency in the Six Arts:
music
archery
horsemanship,
arithmetic,
poetry
calligraphy

21. How did they learn? Read Aloud
With your team read:
“A Child’s First Lessons”
Underline evidence that show’s Confucian virtues (value of knowledge).

23. Only about 2% passed
47% of those who passed came from humble families

24. Civil Service Exam Experience
Please take out a Pencil & Stand

25. Other Questions to Discuss:
Main Question:
Ban Zhou is said to be a feminist Confucian – but can the two really co-exist? y/n & Why?
Other Questions to Discuss:
What are woman’s virtues according to Confucianism?
What are their main roles?
How are they to behave or act?

26. Class Read Aloud: The Ballad of Mulan

27. Teams: The Ballad of Mulan
1. What is the proper role of the daughter as indicated in this part of the poem?
What philosophical tradition is the expected role drawn from?
2. Can Mulan’s concern and her desire to take her father’s place be justified by reference to Confucian philosophy?
If so, how? If not, why not?

29. Mulan & Confucianism
Using both primary documents we read in class today create a “FU” found poem
FU are 4 lines of 4 words (no more, no less…4) from the reading arranged into a poem)
Words must be consecutive (meaning: drawn from one line all in order)
Remember sensory words can be very POWERFUL esp. in short poems
~15 mins