1. Review-- Bellringer Take a graphic organizer from the table
On the back, give three summary statements that describe what we previously have learned about China

2. China and Japan

3. What to expect:
This unit is a combination of the Golden Age of China and Japan
It will also cover the largest empire in the world- the Mongol
Japan- its culture, government, acheivements

4. Objective #1
Compare the different groups of people who ruled China during its golden age

5. Today’s activity Make sure your foldable is done.
Divide a piece of copy paper into 3 sections
The headings should read “Website” in each category.
We wil research 3 sites on middle age China. One site must be a video
Student will provide summary paragraphs in each section.

6. Bellringer
Finish worksheet on Chinese achievement

7. The Tang Brought large # of changes The civil service exam came back
Expanded the boundaries of China
Improved farming methods including the growing of rice and tea
Porcelain and silk trade
Poetry under the poet Li Bo
Declined b/c of Central Asia taking over the Silk Road

8. The Song The cultural empire Creation of printing and caligraphy
Rudders and sails
Theater
Taken over by the Mongols

9. Bellringer Read “The Way it Was” on page 414. Answer the following:
How old were the Chinese when they took the tests?
Why do you think taking these tests were so stressful?
Recall: What has been the hardest test you have ever taken and why?

10. Bellringer 1/25/11 Answer the following questions:
What role does religion play in the daily lives of people? How does a person’s believe system help them survive in this world?
Why does a society or country need an education system?
5 minutes

11. T-Chart Create a T-Chart with the following titles Buddhism
Neo-Confucianism
Create 4 details that show how the Chinese used these ideas

12. Wrap up
Describe why there was a conflict between Buddhism and Confucianism?
Can philosophies and religions clash with each other? Explain.

13. Bellringer Finish the rest of the graphic organizer
Pick up a plain white sheet of copy paper at the front AFTER YOU FINISH THE ORGANIZER
10 MINUTES MAX!!!!

14. Foldable
Fold paper hot dog style and leave about a ¼ inch at the bottom.
Cut into 4 sections
In each section write the following on the outside
Early Mongol tribes learned several skills to help them as warriors.
Because Gengis Khan united the Mongol Tribes:

15. Continued: As a result of the Mongols conquering China:
The Mongols changed China by:
On the inside of foldable, find statement from the text that help support or show results of the statements on the outside.

16. Bellringer Finish: Foldable
Worksheet with main idea/ Chinese achievements.

17. The Mongols At first, they were nomads from the north.
Gengis Ghan united all mongols under one rule.
Conquered Russia first, then China
Used horses in battle, good archers

18. Mongols continued How did they rule? All they wanted was riches
Could care less about culture, just pay your taxes
Increased trade with other countries
Kublai Khan ruled the Yuan Dynasty
Crushed by the Ming after 150 years of rule.

19. Bellringer
Vocabulary sheet
Finish the “text meaning” for each term

20. Ming Dynasty Rebuilding dynasty Brought back the exam The census
Repaired canals and bridges
Created new forms of literature-novel
Explored new areas through sea travel

21. Bellringer Using page 413, provide the follwing answers:
What is a monastery? What religion uses them
How were monasteries used in China?

22. Identify the following people:
Zheng He
Empress Wu
Tell what the Forbidden City is:

23. JAPAN: objective: Discuss what items Japan modeled from China
Explain how feudalism worked in japan
Describe important features of Japanese culture

24. Japan: Early history and geography
Japan is made up of small islands
Its called the “Land of the Rising Sun”
Its part of the “Ring of Fire”.
Like Greece, people traveled and lived of the benefits of the sea.

25. Bellringer Turn to pages 486 and 487
Identify the three earliest clans of Japan
Name one significant feature of each clan. Tell something unique that each one did.

26. Earliest inhabitants:
Japan was ruled by three different groups
Jomon
Yayoi
Yamoto
The yayoi and yamoto were clans – a group of families related by blood or marriage

27. Prince Shotoku An yamoto prince who became emperor
Created a government bureaucracy
Introduced Buddhism to the Japanese
Introduced Chinese ideas to the Japanese
The Great Change-dividing Japan into provinces ran by officials who reported to the emperor

28. Organizational Chart
Organizational Charts show how a group, business, government is organized from top to bottom.
We are going to create a chart that shows Japan’s government from top to bottom and their responsibilities.
You will need a sheet of copy paper.

29. continued………
At the top, title your paper “Japan during the Great Change”.
Now, draw a box below that shows the leader of Japan’s gov’t and label it as “Emperor”
Tell what the responsibilities of the emperor was.

30. Bellringer: Get with your partner Finish your organizational chart
Use color if you want… I would like to show off your work.
20 min.

31. Bellringer
Finish main idea chart that we have been working on in Chapter 14 section2

32. Why didn’t the Mongols invade Japan?
Page 495
What Mongol leader attempted to invade Japan?
Why did he fail?

33. The Rise of the Shoguns
Weak emperors began to emerge in Japan- regents had to run the show.
Most regents would not give up power
Regents came from the Fujiwara clan
The Fujiwara gave land to nobles- nobles made peasants pay taxes to them.
To protect the land, nobles hired private warriors or sammurai

34. CONTINUED…………. Gempei war was between two families over land.
The winner was a family called the Minamto
Fearful that the Minamoto may take over, the emperor gave Minamoto Yoritomo the title of SHOGUN.
A SHOGUN was the commander of all military forces in Japan

35. Shogunates… continued
The rule of shoguns throughout Japan was called a shogunate.
Each shogunate was named for the family that ruled. Ex; Minomoto shogunate, Kamakura shogunate
Shoguns become weak over time and samurai began to lose trust in their rule
As a result, Japan divides itself into small territories and daimyos or military lords rule these small areas

36. bellringer Define the word “feudalism”
Finish your Graphic organizer on Medieval Japan
Be ready to discuss organizational chart that we worked on yesterday.

37. Rule of the Daimyo Daimyos ruled under a system we call feudalism.
Feudalism is a system of rule in which lesser groups vow loyalty to a local lord.

38. Here’s how Japanese feudalism worked.
A Daimyo pledged loyalty to a shogun and emporer.
Daimyos created their own local armies to protect the land.
Peasants of the region vowed loyalty to the daimyo because he would protect them.

39. Shoguns and Samurai

40. Bellringer– What is it? Where is it from? How is it used?
Is it an actual person or is it a thing?

41. Japanese culture Religion Shinto- which is native to the Japanese
Developed into many sects or small religious groups
Shinto- which is native to the Japanese
Zen Buddhism
Taught martial arts
Pure land Buddhism

42. Literature Wrote poems and plays
Tanka poems- unrhymed poems of five lines
Haikus
Kabuki theater
Lady Murasaki- great playwright

43. Art This is a Japanese theater mask.
Borrowed ideas from China and Korea
Art usually had a lacquer finish including masks
Origami- art of folding paper into shapes

44. Economy and Society Grew rice, barley, millet and wheat
Increased trade with Korea and China
Women had very little power
Practiced the task of footbinding