1. Do Now – 10/13 You will have 5 minutes to study for your map quiz.
HW: Video Lesson 2.4 – Han Dynasty & the Silk Road
Map Quiz (30 min)
Do Now (5 min)
Silk Road Simulation (30 min)
Exit Ticket (5 min)

2. After your map quiz… Please put your quiz in the front bin.
Terms of the day:
monopoly: (n) to have exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade of a good or service
Commerce: (n) activity of buying and selling
Unprecedented: (adj) Never before seen
After your map quiz…
Please put your quiz in the front bin.
The next dynasty we will be studying is the Han Dynasty. One of the greatest accomplishments of the Han Dynasty was the creation of a major trade route known as the Silk Road. How could the establishment of this trade route benefit China politically, culturally, and economically?

3. Our Goals
Objectives
Essential Questions
SWBAT map the exchange of goods and ideas & the migration of people along the Silk Road in order to evaluate its impact on the East, the Middle East, & the West.
How does the exchange of goods influence cultures?
What impact did the Silk Road have on the East, Middle East, and West?

4. What was the Silk Road?
Silk Road: Name given to the trade route established during the Han Dynasty that connected China, Central Asia, and Western Europe (known as Byzantium or the Byzantine Empire)

5. Silk Road Simulation
Goal: How does the exchange of goods influence cultures?
Task: As a Chinese trader, you are going to travel along the Silk Road on your quest for luxury goods, which you exchange for silk. China has a monopoly on silk production, so many people are eager to trade their luxury goods for your silk.
CAUTION! The Silk Road was beginning to be developed under the Han dynasty. However, we need to examine its long-term impact upon Chinese society. As such, we are going to look the trade route over the course of its 2,000 years. This means we are going touch upon civilizations, such as the Islamic Middle East, whose creation we will return to.

6. Silk Road Timeline
Qin
Han Dynasty

8. Exit Ticket
Summarize for your emperor what goods and ideas were brought back for him from each location you visited on the map on the back of your trading log.
HW: Video Lesson 2.4 – Han Dynasty

9. Video Lesson 2.4 – Han Dynasty

10. Timeline: History in Context
Qin Dynasty – 221 BCE – 210 BCE
Han Dynasty: 206 BCE – 220 CE

11. How did the Han dynasty rise to power?
Years following Shi Huangdi’s death  civil war in China
Liu Bang centralized leadership & moved decidedly away from legalist practices – established Han Dynasty in 206 BCE
Grandson Wudi continued grandfather’s practices but expanded China further, almost to modern size, through war

12. Social Characteristics of Han China
Confucianism’s Five relationships impacted social hierarchy
Feudalism: Power based on division of land
Emperor at the top, followed by kings who governed portions of territory (more power than during the Qin)
Farmers, artisans, etc. owned land = feudal lords
Those who worked for them, but did not own land, subservient (obedient) to them
Slaves were the lowest class
Patriarchy: Men > Women
Women’s duty was to be subservient to men (obedient, submissive)

13. The Han Dynasty: Politics
Expanded ancient Chinese empire to size of modern China largely through war
Recreated a bureaucracy (organized government) based on Confucianism, which became official state philosophy in 136 BCE – R- E-S-P-E-C-T!
Government’s duty was to serve & respect people’s needs; people’s duty was to be subservient and honorable/respectful to government

15. Politics of Han China
Confucianism emphasized education  Civil Service Examination meant government officials must pass test to work in government
Merit System: Achievement/position based on merit (worth) rather than who you know or what family you were born into

16. The Han Dynasty: Culture
Issued standardized coinage
Emphasized Confucianism & respect for authority, ancestors, and the state
Developed paper-making process & wrote on scrolls
Created a 365-Day Calendar (~300 years before the Maya)
Developed the junk design of ship: allowed sailing on high seas due to rudder system
Invented the wheelbarrow ~150 BCE

17. The Han Dynasty & Development of the Silk Road
Silk Road: Name given to the trade route established during the Han Dynasty that connected China, Central Asia, and Western Europe (known as Byzantium or the Byzantine Empire)
What was once the path of nomadic herders/traders became a unified trading route often protected by various countries

18. The Han Dynasty & Development of the Silk Road
Named the Silk Road after China’s monopoly on the luxury item of silk; silk in high demand in European markets
Gender roles: women were largely in charge of the production of silk
While the economic focus of the Silk Road was upon luxury goods, it, nevertheless, marked unprecedented interactions between cultures spanning from Europe to Asia  cultural diffusion: the exchange of ideas between cultures across geographic areas

19. What is Buddhism?
One of the most significant contributions TO Chinese society as a result of the Silk Road was the spread of the religion: Buddhism
Buddhism = offshoot of Hinduism
originated in Northern India & spread to China
Belief system based upon the life of a prince named Siddartha Gautama (later “the Buddha”)

21. Tenents of Buddhism

23. The End!