1. Chapter 17 Unit
By,
Mr. Amster

2. Table of Contents Key Vocabulary First Activity: Characteristics
Economic Characteristics
Agriculture
Commerce
Urbanization
Cause and Effect
Act-It-Out
Act-It-Out Reflection
Study Techniques

3. Agenda
Handout Tests
Homework (Consult the bottom right of the whiteboard)
Reading Chapter Summary
Key Vocabulary
First Activity: Our Classroom Characteristics

4. Key Vocabulary
Economy – a system of managing the wealth and resources.
Agriculture – the business of farming
Commerce – buying and selling of goods
Urbanization – growth of cities.
Also in this chapter…
Harrow – a farm tool used for breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil.
Chain pump – a pump with containers attached to a loop of a chain to lift water and carry it where it is wanted
Barge – a long boat with a flat bottom.
Currency – the form of money used in a country.

5. First Activity: Our Classroom
*A characteristic is something special about a person, object, place, or event.
*Find four characteristics about this classroom that are unique to others in the school.
Number this sheet 8

6. Let’s Get Activated
Define:
Agriculture
Commerce
Urbanization

7. Agenda Activator Homework (Consult the bottom right of the whiteboard)
Data Collection: Agriculture
Reading Notes

8. What you are writing down…
Look at the follow pictures closely.
Identify in each picture characteristics of
Agriculture
Commerce
Urbanization
A characteristic is something special about a person, object, place, or event.
Number this sheet 9

12. Agriculture Characteristics
Cotton, sugar, tea, and mulberry trees were grown.
A new kind of fast-growing, drought-resistant rice was grown
Improved plows
Harrows were used.
Crops were grown on terraced hillsides
Chain pump were used for irrigation.
Water buffaloes pulled plows.
Rice was transported to paddies.
Rice growing took a lot of work done by many people.
Rice plants began to be grown in seedbeds
Four Agricultural Changes (from the 10th to the 13th)
Farmers moved to the south of the Chiang Jiang river, a good region for growing rice.
A new type of rice was introduced
An improved plow and harrow were developed.
Farmers fertilized their crops

13. Let’s Get Activated
What led to the change in agriculture during the Tang and Song dynasty?
What are characteristics of agriculture in China?

14. Agenda Activator Homework (Consult the bottom right of the whiteboard)
Data Collection: Commerce
Reading Notes

15. Commerce Characteristics Indigo, spices, ivory, coral were imported.
Good were moved along canals on barges.
Junks (sailing vessels) were used for trade with foreign countries
Peasants sold surplus crops, animals, and good they made at home.
People used paper money and traded in copper coins at deposit shops
Small shops lined streets and bridges.
Oxcarts and pack animals moved products along roads.
Four Commerce Changes (from the 10th to the 13th)
There was a vast system of rivers and canals.
Improvements in navigation made long sea voyages easier
Wealthy landowners demanded more goods
Paper money helped trade.

16. Let’s Get Activated
What led to the development of Commerce during the Tang and Song dynasty?
What are characteristics of Commerce in China?

17. Agenda Activator Homework (Consult the bottom right of the whiteboard)
Data Collection: Urbanization
Reading Notes

18. Urbanization Characteristics
Restaurants, wine, and teahouses provided food and drink.
Vendors sold food from trays on their heads.
Silk, silver, fans, and other items were on sale.
Cities were crowded and exciting.
Many types of people lived in the cities.
Signs identified the many goods being sold.
Chinese cities were the largest in the world.
Urban women had less status than rural women (foot binding). Neo-Confucianism taught that women were inferior to men.
Two Reason for Urbanization (from the 10th to the 13th)
People came to the city to trade as commerce increased.
Large landowners moved to cities because they preferred the shops and social life there.

19. Little Bit More…
Once you have completed the Reading Notes 17 on Urbanization, you must analyze and explain two similarities and two differences between Imperial Chinese urbanization and modern day urbanization.
Key Questions
Why did people go to city? Why do they now?
What about the urban centers appealed to people?
What age group describes who heads to the urban centers (mostly)? Why is this?

20. Answers to the questions that will be asked
Yes, you are to write this in paragraph form. No bulleting or numbering
Length should be at least half a page, no more than a page.
This is a handwritten activity. Please take the time to be neat.

21. Let’s Get Activated
What led to the development of Urbanization during the Tang and Song dynasty?
What are characteristics of Urbanization in China?

22. Agenda Activator Homework (Consult the bottom right of the whiteboard)
Pop Quiz
Processing 17 Activity
Cause and Effect
Discussion on Activity

23. Agenda NO Homework! (Brainstorm your thoughts about the activity)
Act-It-Out Activity

24. Activator What is that improved plow called?
Where would you exchange your copper coins?
What is the hillside area called where the Chinese grew rice?

25. Agenda Activator Homework (Consult the bottom right of the whiteboard)
Examples of Foot Binding
Reflection
Binder Check

26. Foot Binding Shoes
Feet are bound between ages 4 to 7

27. Bound Feet

28. Reflection on Act-It-Out Focus Questions
What was the purpose of this activity?
What was your reaction to the activity?
What are some key points you noticed during each of the Act-It-Out that were accurate?
What was inaccurate?
What did it show you about the urban life in Imperial China?
How does this activity relate to your own experiences in the city?
What questions do you still have about Chinese urbanizations?

29. Agenda
Quick Review
Homework (Consult the bottom right of the whiteboard)
Study Techniques
Technique Groups
Teaching Groups
Remaining Minutes: Review

30. Study Techniques Each person has their own study techniques.
You need to practice new ones to figure out which ones are the best for you.
You will be split into groups that will create:
A game
Rhymes, music, poem
Flash Cards
A quiz
Trigger words