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Tuesday, August 20th
Do Now: Please pick up the daily handout on the front table and
find your assigned seat. Take the first 5-7 minutes of class to
complete the Bell Work section of the sheet on your own.
Daily Agenda:• Do Now: Practice
Questions• Word of the Day
vindictivevindictive• Review • Lecture: Early
Civilizations• Pass/Fail Quiz #2• Visual Metaphor
Project
Essential Question:How did culture play a role in unifying populations? How did social and gender identities develop pre-600 BCE?
Homework: Begin reviewing for Unit 1 Test. (Thursday)
• The step mother and sisters in Cinderella are mean and create trouble and work for Cinderella. In the end, she marries Prince Charming and lives happily ever after. Is Cinderella vindictive toward her step family after marrying her prince?
.
Example Tuesday, August 20, Block 3
Vindictive – strong desire for revenge (Pronunciation for Word)
• Cinderella is not vindictive toward her step family. She chooses to forgive and forget the trouble they caused her, and she lives happily ever after with her Prince Charming.
Vindictive – strong desire for revenge(Possible Answer))
Example Tuesday, August 20, Block 3
Chinese Geography• Rivers Yangtze and
Huang He (Yellow)• Physical barriers• Climate zones• Significance of Loess
and flooding• Benefit of Rice• In what way was
China’s geography like Mesopotamia’s? Egypt’s?
Chinese Neolithic Roots• Archeological evidence
indicates: – Farmed millet– Pigs and chickens– Clay pottery– Silk– Bronze
• Xia Dynasty?• Conclusion: China went
through a long process of development that allowed it to become as advanced as any other civilization.
Shang Dynasty• Heavy emphasis placed on
the family and the whole• Ancestor Worship and
Divination• Written language unified
China (pictograms and phonetic symbols)
• Cities vs. Villages• Defined Social Hierarchy:• 1) Ruler• 2) Warrior nobles
3) Peasant Farmers
Zhou Dynasty • Mandate of Heaven Good or Bad?
• New Social Hierarchy:
• 1) Ruler• 2) Landed Nobles
3) Peasant Farmers • Decentralization,
expanded bureaucratic development
• “Warring States Period”
Chinese Philosophies:• Confucianism• Founder = Kongzi• Analects are sacred
writings• Applied ren to
society as part of parallel between family and state.
• Emphasized proper conduct in 5 main relationships.
Chinese Philosophies• Legalism• Human nature is
wicked and people need strict laws to keep them orderly.
• Requires written and public laws, power in the institution, and hidden motivations and tactics of the ruler
• Arose during “Warring States Period”
Chinese Philosophies• Daoism• Founder = Laozi• Accept the world as it is,
avoid useless struggles, follow path of nature (Dao)
• Journey is the point; no absolute morality or meaning
• Why might it appeal more than Confucianism?
• Yin and Yang; Feng Shui
The Hebrews• Founded by
Abraham of Ur• Pastoralists• Migration to Egypt
and Enslavement• 12 Tribes (Israelites/
Canaanites)• MONOTHEISTIC
(Judaism)– Covenants– Prophets– Synagogue / Sabaath
The AssyriansKey Concepts:• Divine Kingship
– Propaganda and Spies
• Conquest– Mass Deportations– Fierce Military – Technology (chariots,
iron, etc.)
• Society– Landowners, farmers,
slaves– “Human Beings”
The PhoeniciansKey Concepts:• Canaanites• Confederation of
City-States– Trade based– Colonies
• Culture– Alphabet– Trade Products– Religion (Tophets)– Senate and Judges
The Persians
Key Concepts:• Persian = Medes +
Achaemenids• Satraps• Persian Kingship• Paradayadam• Administration• Royal Road• Zoroastrianism
Other Historical Contributors:• The Hittites: Between
1900 and 1200 BCE, the Hittites dominated the Fertile Crescent due to their iron metallurgy and war chariots
• The Lydians: A small empire in Anatolia (Turkey), the Lydians were credited as the first to use coined money (around 600 BCE)
Pass/Fail Quiz #2
Please log on to the class wiki (chswhap.wikispaces.com). On the “Daily Assignments” page you will find a link to your quiz. Enter your first and last name and begin. You
have up to 10 minutes to complete the quiz.
Can you explain the metaphor?
Top: “We are running out of time.”
Bottom: “Act now before it’s too late.”