Ancient+China

more time with the dbq next year -- do greats of china as part of early unit -- FRIDAY: 12345 • go through outline / discuss citing essay on Tuesday) - period one • work on documents 6-10, discuss outline, citing) essay on Wednesday MONDAY 61234 (Mongol Movie and Ming) TUESDAY 56123 WEDNESDAY 45612 Notes: Start with mapping next year, they do need the geography in a more concrete way. Use Ancient China in intro. unit (maybe). Technology brackets take a while (1.5 periods) worth it? Day One: Timemaps. Background on Ancient China EQ Next year do the time maps earlier -- I dont like how I moved through geography this year. How did the geography of Ancient China impact its development? What were the GREATS of Ancient China? 1. Timemap Activity in computer lab. timemaps and GREATS chart -- use textbook pages 52 and 53 to round out the GREATS chart. For summarizer do 2 sentences for each letter-- one for geography and one for the GREATS.

Day Two: EQ How did the geography of China impact the development of the GREATS agenda -- Mom talk and appointments / unit preview work with partner to answer the EQ using any format you want. (30 minutes) share out second part of the class. -- sort of a bomb -- they were not connecting it to geography.

Day Three: Dynastic Cycle and Mandate of Heaven do bf/gf thing first and then move to definitions. draw chart analyze source reading -- consider letting them read it in groups next year. apples to apples MOH (this is like a class and a half)

Day Four : Warring States period Do summarizer timemaps warring states
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tests binders || source reading and paragraph || crash course world history video to fill out class, also apples to apples Day Five What were the + an - of the warring states period? Did the Qin Dynasty provide effective leadership for China  timing a little difficult -- b/c periods are shortened for pep rally. 1. + and - of warring states  • generate list independently   • sort cards   • review cards as a class and talk about why they are positive or negative   • talk about why + things would have happened during the warring states Qin Dynasty  •acrostic using homework notes (pages 104-107)   •Make acrostic in what group and then reshuffle and share   • six word story about the QIn   • give the Qin a score of 1-10 rating their effectiveness in ruling China.

Day Six Legalism -- overview reading and source documents. Legalism Quotes what it is/is not chart based on the reading -- next year edit(er-type the reading so it is shorter. It doesn't need to be so long. Then could do the is/is not chart as a class and then send them off to do the quotes. most important thing summarizer is good  group presentation of quotes -- one quote each group. Have them take turns reading lines.  keeping coming back to flow chart

Day Seven * Confucianism -- active inspire chart  • seating chart for confucian class room ..make sure to talk about the difference between Han and Qin confucian voting was a bit of a bust. too much -- not sure how ro wrap it up.

Day Eight • Daosim If legalism relies on external force and Confucianism relies on internal control (based on the 5 key relationships) what does Daoism rely upon? Based on the reading you did for homework come up with 3 things Daoism is 2 things it is not 1 way it is similar to eith legalism or confucianism Daoism flipchart with top ten work with quotes break into groups and have each group explain one pooh bear was a good addition. frayer chart to wrap up class or for homework. Notes --

Day 9 and 10 Socratic Prep -- spent the whole period pretty much laying out the socratic seminar -- wrote a to do list on the board and talked about how to approach it. emphasized process thinking about purpose before applying philosophy. Day 11 Socratic Seminar

Days might be a little off from wiki Day 13 Qin Dynasty ends -- Han get the MOH and rule for 400 years! Study chart, time period, "known for". With your partner make 5 conclusions about the information on the table. What patterns do you see? Watch video to get a sense of how the dynasties expand and contract. Focus on 3: Han, Tang, Song 1. Read handout. In groups complete the chart. Go over the chart together -- and supplement 2. Create thesis statements -- talk about the difference between description and analysis [|China Dynasties] basic idea works -- go thru it as a class with the government handout-- change chart to be just Han.

Day 14 and 15 Silk Road and Ecoomy like the Silk Road Activity -- maybe consider cutting back the number of stations and making summarizer more meaningful. It took a little too long. I am interested in understanding how people who are not students in my class use this wiki. If you are a regular visitor, please e-mail me at the address below. I would love to know which parts of the wiki you find useful, and to learn of any innovations or extensions of my plans /materials that you have created. j_stevens@sharon.k12.ma.us

Please note that this page is under construction for the 2012-2013 school year and may contain dates and materials from last year's course. I anticipate that there will be much overlap in materials between the two years. In order to avoid confusion, materials from this year are under Day One, Day Two, etc. Items beneath that format are from the previous year. Please feel free to click on anything that interests you.

Days are recorded in reverse order with the most recent class occurring on top.

Day 21: Finish Japan same EQ as day before Acrostic Timeline
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Samurai Story Hour

Day 20: Japan How do the GREATS of China compare to the GREATS of Japan (in the time period from approx. 400-1800 CE) GREATS of Japan?
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1. Take out GREATS homework - Rotate around the room and meet with a different person for each "GREAT" - together make one conclusion about that GREAT based on the information that you have in your notes. 2. Discuss similarities to China and reasons for the similarities - and conclusions for GREATS notes on board 2. Read summary "Feudal power in Japan" - notes on board to summarize information Geographic Luck .... 3. Use text book image of Samurai to discuss 4. Samurai story hour

Day 19: Mongol Song Assignment
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Day 18: Ming Dynasty Textbook: 536-538. What were the GREATS of the Ming Dynasty? How does the rule of the Ming represent a continuation of the Dynastic Cycle?" Was "closing" China a wise decision? [|World History Crash Course - Zheng He]
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Day 17: EQ: How did the Yuan Dynasty rise and fall? [|Mongols 4/5] [|Mongols 5/5] 1. Reflect on simulation -- thing you like best about your plan and a positive consequence - this you like least and a negative consequence. 2. Check in about segments 1&2 3. recap 3 4. Watch 4 -- notes for GREATS of Yuan 5. Watch 5 - notes for reasons for Yuan Fall and legacy of Yuan 6. Distribute "How did Mongols Rule" handout and read together 6. Go back to reflection. How does your plan compare to how the Mongols actually ruled? Why do you think they ruled the way they did?
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Day 16 - EQ: What strategies should the Mongols use to rule the Yuan Dynasty?

1. Read role description as a group -- come up with 3 adjectives to describe yourself 2. go through questions in role 3. reshuffle into groups of 8 and create larger conference
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Day 15 EQ: How did GREATS of the Asian Steppe compare to the GREATS of the Song? [|China Dynasty Map] 1. Use map as activator. Go through map and have students recall key information, themes about China through the Song Dynasty. 2. powerpoint mini-lecture about Mongols [|Mongol Background] 3. Summarize - compare GREATS of Mongols to Song. How will the Mongol culture successfully rule the Song?

Day 14 - Test China
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Days 12 & 13 THE GREATS of ANCIENT CHINA'S DYNASTIES If you were absent on Tuesday -- we covered government in period 4, government and religion in period 6, and government, religion and economy in period 1.
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[|NPR Footbinding]

notes: next year edit the assignment so that students are creating topic sentences with bulllet points of evidence. Also have them do the government part as homework.

Day 11: Socratic Seminar The link below has the assignment, graphic organizer, and rubric for the Socratic Seminar. You must be logged into your Sharon Googledocs account to view: [|GoogleDoc for Socratic Seminar]

Day 10: Pull together philosophy - prepare for Socratic Seminar. The link below has the assignment, graphic organizer, and rubric for the Socratic Seminar. You must be logged into your Sharon Googledocs account to view: [|GoogleDoc for Socratic Seminar]

Day 9: Daoism What are the essential values of Daosim? Silent conversation. What is the message being delivered? How does it connect to/compare to/ contrast with other religions and philosophies we have looked at this year? How does it build on the background knowledge from you homework?
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Day 8: Legalism /Daoism Tuesday 12/12 EQ: 1. How do the writings Han Feizi reflect the values of Legalism ? How can these values be productive to society? -Finish legalism source reading. -Distribute cards with information (from 4.4) about events that happened during the Qin Dynasty and have students sort them as + or -- – Read source readings (if short on time have students read one of the 5) pick "quotable line" explain the advice in 1-2 sentences


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Day 7 Confucianism Primary Sources - Monday 12/11 EQ: How do the Analects reflect the values of Confucianism? How can these values be productive to society? Stations Activity Groups of 4-5 - Rotate jobs as you move through stations. 1. Organize 2. read 3. summarize 4. analyze 5. collect tally marks. Summarizer: Read winning quote. Write a one sentence slogan for Confucianism
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Day 6: What are the essential values of Confucianism? Friday 12/7 Finish Confucian Reading Review Warring States paragraphs 5 Adjectives. nouns, etc. that describe Confucianism Review 5 Key relationships Begin Legalism Reading # for each paragraph
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Day Five: What were the positive and negative impacts of the Warring States Period? What were the essential values of the Confucian philosophy

1. Peer editing and review of paragraphs using feedback model and elmo [|Peer Feedback] 2. + and - of warring states period - brainstorm ideas and create chart. - Use timemap 3. Confucian reading in text -- paired comprehension strategy

Day Four: How did the system of feudalism lead to the decline of the Zhou Dynasty 1. Use Timemap to review geography, Xia, Shang 2. mini-lecture on Zhou and feudalism 3. Paragraph writing and primary source analysis


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Day Three: How do the Dynastic Cycle and the Mandate of Heaven relate to the government of Ancient China?


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1. Chinese Culture Notes. [|Class Notes Day 3]

2. Look a timeline of China's Dynasties -What is a Dynasty? - create a group defintion -Why do you think there were many dynasties in China? - How do you think a Dynasty came to power or lost power?

3. Look at Mandate of Heaven Document -What is a mandate? - What explanation does this document give as to how a dynasty loses/keeps power?

4. Dynastic Cycle - Use flow chart and explain cycle -Use boyfriend analogy -draw out on board.

5. Summarizer -- How is the Mandate of Heaven like : How is the Dynastic Cycle like:

Day Two: How did the geography of Ancient China impacts its GREATS? (45612) 1. Review geography warm -up activity (pd. 4 - 5 minutes to finish up maps) 2. Read Geography in China -- and do stop and summarize activity (or notes on board) 3. + and - chart 4. How do you think the geography of China will impact it's development? 5. What do you notice about the relative size of the Shang, Qin and Han Dynasties. What conclusions can you draw about their GREATS based upon this information?

Notes: self-reliance Have groups brainstorm one GREAT and put it up on the board

Day One: How did the geography of Ancient China impact its GREATS?

[|Mr. Zoller Geography Podcast] 1. Journal entry -- What comes to mind when you think about about China's GREATS? 2. Locate in time and place 3. Geography Warm-up Activity 4. Mapping Notes: (next year do for homework to save a day and start with Day 2)


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[|RadioLab Ghengis]

[|Genes on the March]

[|Mongol Crash Course]

D ay 18:

Day 17: Mongols Movie [|Mongols] [|Mongols 2/5] [|Mongols 3/5] [|Mongols 4/5] [|Mongols 5/5]

Day 16 How should the Mongols Rule?