1. Do Now
What will you do 2 ½ years from now when you are in college classroom and the Professor begins to lecture?
How will you know what to take notes on and what not to take notes on?

2. The Mandate of Heaven in Ancient China
Mr. Wood
World History 101

3. Essential Question and Standard
What was the Mandate of Heaven and what responsibilities did it give the emperor in China?
Describe how the Mandate of Heaven helped explain the rise and decline of rulers and the dynastic cycle.

4. Agenda Do Now Short Lecture Practice- Note taking
Rule Based Summary with Lecture/Reading

5. Mandate- Definition an official order or commission to do something.
"a mandate to seek the release of political prisoners“
2. the authority to carry out a policy or course of action,
instruction, directive, decree, command, order, injunction, edict,charge, commission,  bidding, ruling, fiat;
synonyms:

6. Our Lecture
Open up your note books and try to take notes on the following video…
… We will discuss our notes when we are done

7. Now we will try using Rule Base Summary
We will look at and read what the professor said and eliminate the unimportant parts.
Then we will focus on the important parts.

8. Do Now What was the Mandate of Heaven?
What responsibilities did it give the Emperor of China?

9. Ticket Out
Describe what the Mandate of Heaven was and what responsibilities did it give the rulers of China.