1. China: Day 1 Lesson/Topic /Assignment What is due? India Test
China Reading /questions
Warm-up questions (pre-assesment)
Begin Notes
India Packet
OBJECTIVES:
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the civilization India in terms of chronology, geography, social structures, government, economy, religion, and contributions to later civilizations on a test (STANDARD WHI.4b,c,d)
The student will describe the impact of Confucianism on Chinese culture by reading and answering questions. (STANDARD WHI.4f)

2. Warm-up 1 silk WORD BANK Huang He Confucius Ancestor Worship
Philosopher
Mandate of Heaven
Gobi
Dynasties
Himalayas
silk
The mountains at A
The river at B
The desert at C
Families of rulers
Gods given right to rule
Veneration of dead family
A person who studies ideas about knowledge, truth, and the meaning of life
China’s greatest philosopher
Chinese textile
Himalayas
Huang He
Gobi
dynasties
Mandate of heaven
Ancestor Worship C B
philosopher A
Confucius
silk

3. China: Day 2 Lesson/Topic/Assignment What is due? Warm-up Questions
Finish notes on Confucianism and Taoism
Terms through Yin-Yang
Graphic Organizer on Confucianism and Taoism
An Empire Unites China textbook worksheet side 1 
China Reading questions
Graphic Organizer
The student will demonstrate knowledge of Classical China by describing the impact of Confucianism and Taoism on a graphic organizer and textbook worksheet (STANDARD WHI.4f)

4. Warm-up 2 Confucius believed that…. humans are good or bad?
you should respect your elders or youngers?
people should follow a code of Hammurabi or politeness?
it was more important to be educated or born into a high social class?
you should or should not worship ancestors?
Chinese government improved when it instituted a civil-service system or caste system?

5. China: Day 3 Lesson/Topic/ Assignment What is due? Warm-up Questions
Writing prompt comparing Confucianism/Taoism
Finish notes
Finish terms
An Empire Unites China textbook side 2
China and India map (write achievements of India in Indian Ocean and achievements of China in Pacific Ocean)  
Study for China Quiz
Writing prompt
Terms, textbook worksheet and map
OBJECTIVES:
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the civilizations China and India in terms of geography, economy, religion, and contributions on a textbook worksheet and map (STANDARD WHI.4)

6. Warm-up 3
Name the religion or religions associated with each of the following (Confucianism-C, Taoism–T and/or Buddhism –B)
Harmony with nature, simple life and inner peace
Emphasis on education and belief that humans are naturally good
Humility
4 Noble Truths and 8-Fold path
Spread from India to China and other parts of Asia
Originated in China (2)
Code of politeness including respect for elders
Yin/yang (harmony between opposites-2) T C T B B
C, T C
C, T

7. China: Day 4 Lesson/Topic/ Assignment What is due? China Quiz
China and India Review (due at end of class)
Review Game or Movie
Quiz
Review
OBJECTIVE: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the civilization India in terms of chronology, geography, social structures, government, economy, religion, and contributions to later civilizations on a Quiz and Review (STANDARD WHI.4)

8. Warm-up 4 GW SR GW SR A GW SR GW
For each of the following answer Silk Roads (SR) or Great Wall (GW)
This was built to protect against invaders from the north
This trade route stretched from China to the West
This was built under the rule of Qin Shi Huangdi
Porcelain, silk, and paper were traded along the
The structure in blue on map A is the
The structure on map B is
The structure pictured below is the
Warm-up 4 GW SR GW SR A GW SR GW B

9. China: Day 5 Lesson/Topic/ Assignment What is due?
Unit Test on India and China
Begin Greece
Packet due
OBJECTIVE:
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the civilizations India and China in terms of chronology, geography, social structures, government, economy, religion, and contributions to later civilizations on a Unit Test (STANDARD WHI. 4)

10. Warm-up 5 A B A A B A A B A B For each of the following answer A or B
India (Mauryan Dynasty)
China
Good roads, vet clinics ,free hospitals spread of Buddhism
Magnetic compass, watermills, civil-service system, woodblock printing
Sugarcane literature, medical advances, advances in astronomy (under the Gupta)
Aryans invades here
Qin Shi Huangdi united this empire
Buddhism and Hinduism started here
Confucianism and Taoism started here
Warm-up 5 A B A B A B A A B A B

11. Classical China centered on the Huang He River (Yellow River)
Gobi Desert
Himalayas
Huang He River

12. Geographical Barriers
geographically isolated by the Gobi Desert, Himalaya Mountains, and Pacific Ocean

13. Chinese Government
China was governed by a succession of ruling families called dynasties.
Chinese rulers were considered divine (god-like).

14. Geography of China

15. They served under a Mandate of Heaven (The gods gave them the right to rule as long as their rule was just).

16. Confucius China’s most influential philosopher
Wanted to restore good government, social order, and harmony to China

17. Confucianism
Major Beliefs
Humans are good, not bad.

18. Respect for elders

19. Ancestor worship.

20. A code of politeness organized around five basic relationships (still used today).

21. Importance of education.

22. Civil Service System
A governmental system whereby a series of tests (civil- service exams) were given to pick the most qualified officials for government jobs.

23. Influenced by the Confucian emphasis on education.
Students were tested on their knowledge about the teachings of Confucius.

24. Confucianism

25. Taoism Founded by Laozi
To attain happiness one must live in harmony with the “Tao”
Tao: a universal force that guides all things

26. Major beliefs
To find inner peace through:

27. Humility: being humble, not prideful or arrogant
Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid.

28. Leading a simple life

29. Living in harmony with nature

30. Taoism

31. Yin/Yang
Represents the balance or harmony between opposites (dark/light, masculine/feminine, etc.)
Important to both Confucianism and Taoism

32. Confucianism was concerned with harmony and balance in society (people getting along with each other)

33. Taoism emphasized harmony with nature

34. Yin/Yang

35. Spread to China through missionaries and trade
Buddhism
Originated in India
Spread to China through missionaries and trade

36. Chinese forms of Buddhism spread to Korea and Japan

37. Buddhism in China

38. Mongols Nomadic invaders from the North Raided Chinese settlements
Skilled horseman and warriors

39. Great Wall of China
Built to protect China against Northern invaders (Mongols)
Completed under the rule of Qin Shi Huangdi

40. Qin Shi Huangdi
United China
China named for him (Qin pronounced Chin)

41. Forced peasants to work on the Great Wall
burned books
imposed high taxes

42. Qin Shi Huang Di and the Great Wall

43. Silk Roads
Trade route extending from China to cultures as far away as Rome

44. Goods were passed from one trader to another
Cities such as Xi’an and Samarkand prospered due to their location along the Silk Road
Samarkand
Xi’an

45. The Silk Roads

46. Han Dynasty

47. Civil Service System (under the Tang)

48. Civil Service System (Under the Song)

49. China’s Contributions
Silk

50. Paper
Paper money

51. Block printing
Books

52. Porcelain

53. Watermills (to grind grain into flour)

54. Chinese Inventions

55. China Quiz