1. Unit 2: Bell Work 9/7 and 9/8
Try to list as many Chinese Dynasties as you can without cheating. Think of the song!

2. Objectives 9/7 and 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. Practice civil service exam
4. Discussion of the role of women in Han China

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 *Bring in something you consider to be a classic
W 9/13/Th 9/14: Greece and Persia Introduction to Essay #1

4. Dynastic Cycle: Mind Map

5. 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

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

7. 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)

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

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

11. How did they learn? Read Aloud
With your team read:
“A Child’s First Lessons” Page 12
Underline evidence that show’s Confucian virtues (value of knowledge).

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

14. Homework: Binder Pages 13-15
Read the information about civil service exams on pages 13 and 14 and answer the questions on page 14.
Read the poem on page 15 and jot down notes about what the author was trying to convey.

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

16. Binder Pages 7 and 8 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?

17. Class Read Aloud: The Ballad of Mulan Binder Pages 9 and 10

18. 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?

20. Homework: Mulan & Confucianism Binder Page 11
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