1. Do Now for 9/22
Review your homework and then answer in your notebooks: How would geography shape Chinese society?
Try to recall what you learned. Do not just copy and paste your homework or a classmate.

2. Geography in China Rivers
Yellow river and Yangtze river provide fresh water
occasionally flood
most farming done near the rivers or the floodplain
Western and Northern China is mountains or desert
natural barriers (limited)
limited farmland
Southeastern China
semi-tropical with a rainy and dry season
Large variety of languages and cultures

3. How would geography shape Chinese society?
Easy to unify?
Easy to defend?
Interact with other societies?

4. Ancient China Follows the Dynastic Cycle Model

5. The Mandate of Heaven
Yi Yin...said, "Oh! of old the former kings of Xia cultivated earnestly their virtue, and then there were no calamities from Heaven. The spirits of the hills and rivers alike were all in tranquility; and the birds and beasts, the fishes and tortoises, all enjoyed their existence according to their nature. But their descendant did not follow their example, and great Heaven sent down calamities, employing...our ruler...
Our king of Shang brilliantly displayed his sagely prowess; for oppression he substituted his generous gentleness; and the millions of the people gave him their hearts. Now your Majesty is entering on the inheritance of his virtue; -- all depends on how you reign.
The ways of Heaven are not invariable: on the good-doer it sends down all blessings, and on the evil-doer it sends down all miseries...be virtuous, in small things or in large, and the regions will have cause for rejoicing. If you not be virtuous, be it in large things or in small, it will bring the ruin of your ancestral temple."
"Chinese Cultural Studies: Selections from the Shu Jing (The Classic of History) (6th Cent. BCE)." Chinese Cultural Studies: Selections from the Shu Jing (The Classic of History) (6th Cent. BCE).
CUNY, 2 June Web. 18 Sept

6. Summarizing The Mandate of Heaven is…
a belief about politics and punishment/judgement because a leader is not being virtuous. A ruler should be virtuous/”good” if they want to avoid disasters and have the favor of heaven.

7. Words to describe each:
Confucianism
retribution, relationships (authority v non-authority), morals/virtues, respect and trust
Taoism
simplicity, limited laws, laws cause problems, independence, nature
Legalism
wisdom brings wisdom, good decisions, not popular decisions, laws, punishments

8. GET PAST Han Dynasty Read about about the Han dynasty
Han Dynasty (Chapter 7.3)
Answer in your notebooks: IN YOUR OWN WORDS, how did each category impact Han dynasty?
Online textbook info - my.hrw.com
User: jdiamond222
PW: bochnak
Finished? Find someone come up with three detailed differences and three detailed similarities between the Qin (Ch 4.4 and movie) and Han Dynasties. Write this in your notebook and be prepared for a short assessment at the end of class about this prompt.

9. Exit Ticket for 9/28
Pick any category. Explain, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, how that category impacted the Han Dynasty or China in general. You can use info from the movie or the textbook or what you already know.
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Bring up your Chromebook.