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?

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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

Concept Review:

• What are pastoralists? Why didn’t they adopt sedentary agriculture?

Early Civilizations

An in-depth look at China’s early history

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

Transitional Empires:

Not Foundational… Not Classical.. What are they?

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.

Metaphors

What is the purpose of a metaphor?

Can you explain the metaphor?

Top: “We are running out of time.”

Bottom: “Act now before it’s too late.”

Visual Metaphor Project:• Choose your own groups (4 students)• Assigned a civilization we have learned

about• Create a drawing that visual represents

your civilization in the form of something else

• Explain your connections with annotations• Present on Thursday (work on in class

tomorrow)