Friday, November 7, 2008

UNIT III: ANCIENT CHINA

TUESDAY, 11/11 CHINESE CIVILIZATION: Why does it progress century after century?
-- Focus on geography -map of China
--Dynastic Cycle
--Shang Dynasty

DUE: Read pp. 64-70 in text; print out the reading guide posted on the right in the links list and use these terms and questions to guide your reading; highlight and margin notes required, as usual!

THURSDAY, 11/13 EARLY DYNASTIES

DUE: read text pp. 70-73, up to Hundred Schools of Ancient Philosophy Use terms/questions to guide reading...

MONDAY, 11/17 CONFUCIANISM

DUE: See Confucian reading assignment questions on the right.

WEDNESDAY, 11/19 A LOOK AT OTHER CHINESE PHILOSOPHERS: LAO TZU (DAOISM) HAN FEI (LEGALISM)

DUE: read pp. 1-3 and 7-10 in reading packet titled "Lao-Tzu". Answer the questions on p. 3 and p. 10 on a SEPARATE piece of paper.

FRIDAY 11/21 ADVISING EMPEROR QIN SHI HUANG DI: HOW BEST TO MANAGE CHINA

DUE: prepare for presentations

TUESDAY 11/25 EMPEROR QIN SHIHUANG DI:HOW DOES LEGALISM INFLUENCE HIS LEADERSHIP:
IN CLASS: PP. 77-81, "THE RISE OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE"

DUE: 1) finish your preparation for the advice to the emperor 2) bring your textbooks to class

MONDAY 12/1 QIN OR HAN? A COMPARATIVE LOOK

DUE: Text p. 81-84: “The Glorious Han Dynasty” Look at reading questions (but it's not required to write answers. You might want, too, though...there's a quiz on Friday!)

WEDNESDAY 12/3 DAILY LIFE IN CHINA: FOCUS ON WOMEN
SOME REVIEW FOR TEST, TOOSTUDY GUIDE IS NOW POSTED

DUE: Text p. 84-87, 89-91 : “Daily Life in Ancient China” Chinese Culture paragraph, and Language and Literature

FRIDAY 12/5 TEST ON ANCIENT CHINA

DUE: Study!!

TUESDAY 12/9 REVIEW STARTS!!

DUE: 1) Put all of your history notes, handouts, etc in perfect order. If you put your notes in reverse chronological order, change that and reorganize so that the first day of the semester is the first thing you see in your binder. 2) Make a list of important terms from each unit, dividing the lists by units. (Geography, India: include Hinduism and Buddhism, and Ancient China) Look over past study sheets for help. Now TYPE IN THE DEFINITIONS of at least those terms from geography and India. Print this out for class.

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