Ancient Greece – Vocabulary

Here is a list of vocabulary word that we’ll be discussing over the next few weeks.
Greece Vocabulary

I’ll distribute these in class on Thursday.

Here’s some light reading to get you in the Greek mood:

CLICK HERE!!

New Schedule

Because of the snow, we will have to shift around our schedule.  Hopefully, this will be an easy fix.

Monday:

Continue to work on Projects

Tuesday:

Continue to work on Projects

Wednesday:

Review Session

Vocabulary Due

Thursday:

Ancient China Unit Test

Study Guides Due

Friday:

Field Trip

China Discovers Old Bricks

Check this out!! They found 7,000 year old bricks in China that date back to before the Shang Dynasty.

PLEASE CLICK!!!

Silk Road Billboard

Whoa…another homework assignment!!  Don’t worry these are easy.

Please follow all direction on the sheet to complete a billboard for the Silk Road.

If you need the chapters…you know where to find them.

Here are the directions: Silk Road Billboard

The China Game

I’ve stumbled across this little quiz game. The goal is to beat the dragon through China by correctly answering questions.

Give it a shot!! What do you have to lose?

http://www.asiasociety.org/node/8688

China Papermaking Video Clip

For those of you who missed the video clip or just want to watch again, check it out here:

The Real King Tut Revealed

This news article came to me from a few directions. Thank you Ally and Erica for pointing me in the right direction!!  

The article reveals mysteries about King Tut that were previously discussed among many different scientists and archeologists.

The CURRENT EVENT tells of the “real” reason for King Tut’s death.

Click here to view the entire article.

Topics for Shang and Zhou Dynasties

Our class took an expectedly unexpected pause on the storybooks and digital stories today as we took our second benchmarks. I don’t see it as being a big issue for our overall timeline for this in-class project.

For those of you researching images at home, here are the topics that were on the board over the past few days:

Shang Dynasty

oracle bones

bronze (weapons or vessels)

logographs

Huange He River Valley

Shang social classes

ancestor worship

animal mask

end of the Shang

Zhou Dynasty

Confucius

Confucianism

Laozi

Daoism

Feudalism

Mandate of Heaven

“The Analects”

Yin-Yang

Legalism

Han Feizi

end of the Zhou

Quiz on Wednesday

So…we have a quiz on Wednesday!!  Fun! Be sure to look over your notes, re-read the chapters, and complete the study guide.  I have confidence that all of you know this material.  You’ll do great on the quiz. 

You can always check out the room 4 tab to get any resources you might need.

Zhou Dynasty

The Shang Dynasty is over. Please remember why they were important.  They were the first dynasty in ancient China. They developed the first Chinese writing as seen in their oracle bones. They developed their useful bronze which was used in tools, weapons, vessels, and much more.

They were overpowered by the Zhou Dynasty. The Zhou ruled China longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history. The Zhou are known for many achievements as well, but we’ll talk about the three philosophies that developed in China during the reign of the Zhou Dynasty: Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism.

Tomorrow we start discussing Confucianism.  Don’t be alarmed if you see a different seating arrangement.

Attention all “Elders”: Please read the section that I asked you to preview. If you need the section, visit the room 4 tab and download it.