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Subject(s)
Grade/Course
Unit of Study
Unit Title
Pacing
Social Studies
6th grade
Unit 10
China
14 days
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Conceptual Lenses
Values and Beliefs
Movement
Trade
Innovation
Unit Overview
Geography:
• Physical Features
• Isolation
• Flood Control
Origins of Chinese Government:
• Thoughts & beliefs that formed China’s government
o Mandate of Heaven
o Dynastic Cycle
• Emperor
Chinese Philosophies:
• Confucius & Confucianism
• Legalism
• Daoism
Qin Dynasty:
• Qin Shihuangdi
• Accomplishments of Qin Dynasty
o Great Wall, terracotta soldiers, roads, irrigation, canals, standardization of weights &
measures, currency, bureaucratic system
Resources & Trade:
• Resources & products- jade, spices, silk, porcelain
• Silk Road
• Impact of trade on China’s economy & culture
Golden Age:
• Achievements of the Tang & Song Dynasties
Mongol Invasion:
• Impact of outside influence following Kublai Khan’s invasion
Unit Enduring Understanding(s)
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Unit Essential Question(s)
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A civilization’s environment affects its
achievements and technology.
Philosophies and beliefs influence
societies and government.
Control over resources and regulation of
trade can lead to economic power over a
region.
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How does a civilization’s environment
affects its achievements and technology?
How do philosophy and beliefs influence
societies and governments?
How does control over resources and
regulation of trade lead to economic power
over a region?
Essential State Standards
Priority Objectives
Supporting Objectives
6.H.2.3 Explain how innovation and/or
technology transformed civilizations,
societies and regions over time.
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6.H.2.1 Explain how invasions, conquests,
and migrations affected various civilizations,
societies, and regions.
6.G.1.2 Explain the factors that influenced
the movement of people, goods, and ideas
and the effects of that movement on
societies and regions over time.
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6.H.2.2 Compare historical and
contemporary events and issues to
understand continuity and change.
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6.G.1.1 Explain how the physical features
and human characteristics of a place
influenced the development of civilizations,
societies and regions.
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6.G.1.4 Explain how and why civilizations,
societies and regions have used, modified
and adapted to their environments.
6.E.1.1 Explain how conflict, compromise,
and negotiation over the availability of
resources impacted the economic
development of various civilizations,
societies and regions.
6.C&G.1.2 Summarize the ideas that
shaped political thought in various
civilizations, societies, and regions.
6.C&G.1.1 Explain the origins and
structures of various governmental systems.
6.C.1.1 Analyze how cultural expressions
reflected the values of civilizations, societies
and regions
6.C.1.2 Explain how religion transformed
various societies, civilizations and regions.
6.C.1.3 Summarize systems of social
structure within various civilizations and
societies over time.
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COGNITION
(RBT Level)
“Unpacked” Concepts
(students need to know)
6.H.2.3 how innovation and/or
technology transformed
civilizations.
“Unpacked” Skills
(students need to be able to do)
6.H.2.3 Explain the impact of
innovation and/or technology on
civilizations.
6.G.1.2 factors that influenced
movement over time.
6.G.1.2 Explain factors that
influenced movement over time.
6.E.1.1 how conflict,
compromise, and negotiation
over the availability of resources
impacted the economic
development
6.E.1.1 Explain how conflict,
6.C&G.1.2
compromise, and negotiation
over the availability of resources Understand
impacts the economic
6.E.1.1
development.
6.C&G.1.2 the ideas that
shaped political thought.
6.C&G.1.2 Summarize the
ideas that shaped political
thought.
Essential Vocabulary
adapt
canal
civil (service)
dynasty
emperor
hierarchy
mandate
modify
monopoly
peasant
philosophy
standardization
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6.H.2.3
Understand
6.G.1.2
Understand
Understand
Enrichment Vocabulary
allegiance
arable
corruption
cultivation
nepotism
revive
Enrichment Factual Content
Cultivation of rice
Tang Dynasty
Song Dynasty
Mongols
Terra Cotta soldiers
Analects
Civil service exam (can compare China to
USA)
Sericulture
Unit “Chunking”
& Enduring
Understandings
Geography
Origins of
Chinese
Government
Suggested Lesson
Essential Questions
Potential Factual Content
North Carolina
Essential
Standards
How did geography
• Isolation
influence China’s
• Mountains- Himalayas,
relationship with the rest of Tien Shan, Kunlun
the world?
• Taklamakan Desert
• Gobi Desert
• Tibetan Plateau
• Huang He River
• Yangtze River
• North China Plain
6.G.1.1 Explain how
the physical features
and human
characteristics of a
place influenced the
development of
civilizations, societies
and regions.
How did China’s rivers
affect early Chinese
civilizations?
6.G.1.4 Explain how
What were the thoughts and
beliefs behind the dynastic
form of government that
developed in China?
• Floods
• Flood control
• Yu the Great
• Dykes
• Canals
• irrigation
• Dynasty
• Emperor
• Hereditary power
• Mandate of Heaven
• Dynastic Cycle
and why civilizations,
societies and regions
have used, modified
and adapted to their
environments.
6.C&G.1.1 Explain
the origins and
structures of various
governmental
systems.
6.C&G.1.2
Summarize the ideas
that shaped political
thought in various
civilizations, societies,
and regions.
Chinese
Philosophies
What was the role of the
family in Ancient China?
How did the philosophies &
teachings of Confucius
reflect the values & beliefs
of Chinese society?
• Family was foundation of
early Chinese society
• Each member had duties &
responsibilities
• Oldest male was head of
the family
• Extended family
• Filial piety
• Difference between
philosophy & religion
• Confucius
• Goal of harmony & peace
• Importance of filial piety
• 5 Relationships
6.C.1.3 Summarize
systems of social
structure within
various civilizations
and societies over
time.
6.C.1.1 Analyze how
cultural expressions
reflected the values of
civilizations, societies
and regions.
• Role of the ruler
Qin Dynasty
How did early Chinese
philosophies influence
Chinese society?
• Confucianism- Loyalty to
the ruler; Ruler & other
leaders should be moral;
civil service exam
• Daoism- importance of
nature; encouraged people
to treat nature with respect
& reverence
• Legalism- need for harsh
laws; shaped laws in
China’s history
How did Qin Shihuangdi
transform China’s
government?
• Unified China
• Changed provincial
governments from
hereditary power to
appointed power to
maintain unity & loyalty to
emperor
• Absolute & harsh controluse of Legalism
• Bureaucracy & use of
censors to ensure that
government workers did
their jobs
• Great Wall- united smaller
protective walls to
strengthen defense.
• Roads- facilitated trade &
movement of military
• Irrigation & canalsstrengthens economy &
helps movement of
people/military
• Standardization of weights,
measures, currency &
writing system
How did the
accomplishments of the
Qin Dynasty change
Chinese society?
6.C.1.2 Explain how
religion transformed
various societies,
civilizations and
regions.
6.H.2.4 Explain the
role that key historical
figures and cultural
groups had in
transforming society.
6.H.2.3 Explain how
innovation and/or
technology
transformed
civilizations, societies
and regions over time.
Resources &
Trade
What resources & goods
from China were desired by
civilizations around the
world?
• Jade
• Porcelain
• Silk & sericulture
• Spices
6.E.1.1 Explain how
conflict, compromise,
and negotiation over
the availability of
resources impacted
the economic
development of
various civilizations,
societies and regions.
How did the silk trade
impact the economic &
cultural development of
China?
• Great Wall was extended
to protect travelers
• Monopoly on silk
• Wealth gained through
trade
• Cultural exchangeBuddhism comes to China
6.E.1.1 Explain how
conflict, compromise,
and negotiation over
the availability of
resources impacted
the economic
development of
various civilizations,
societies and regions.
6.G.1.2 Explain the
factors that influenced
the movement of
people, goods, and
ideas and the effects
of that movement on
societies and regions
over time.
6.C.1.2 Explain how
religion transformed
various societies,
civilizations and
regions.
Golden Age
How did the achievements
of the Tang & Song
Dynasties change Chinese
society?
• Improved quality of life
• Grand Canal
• Gunpowder
• Porcelain
• Moveable printing
• Magnetic compass
• Steel
• Coal
• Ships & rudders
6.H.2.3 Explain how
innovation and/or
technology
transformed
civilizations, societies
and regions over time.
Mongol Invasion
How did China change as a • Genghis Khan
result of the Mongol
• Kublai Khan
invasion?
• Mongol culture remained
separate from Chinese- did
not mix socially & had
different laws
• No civil service examsgovernment jobs open to
non-Chinese
• Mongols were religiously
tolerant- other religions
were encouraged to be
practiced
• Foreigners were welcomed
and their presence
increased the wealth of
China
6.H.1.1 Construct
charts, graphs and
historical narratives to
explain particular
events or issues over
time.
Sub Concepts
HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
Change
Invasion
Conquest
Resources
Movement
Location
CIVICS &
GOVERNMENT
Power
Reform
Government Systems
ECONOMICS
CULTURE
Trade
Resources
Supply & Demand
Quality of Life
Religion
Influence
Language Objective EXAMPLES
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Key Vocabulary LO: SWBAT define and explain the terms dynasty, mandate, monopoly
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Language Functions LO: SWBAT explain how the Silk Road moved ideas as well as goods
from China to Asia and Europe.
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Language Skills LO: SWBAT read two passages about the Qin and the Yuan Dynasties and
identify the similarities and differences between the two. (Reading passages should be
chosen/modified in accordance with the LEP students’ zone of proximal development).
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Grammar and Language LO: SWBAT use comparatives in writing assignments (more than,
less than, greater, shorter, longer, etc.) by comparing Qin Shihuangdi and Kublai Khan.
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Lesson Tasks LO: SWBAT read and summarize a passage about filial piety and explain
this summary to a group.
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Language Learning Strategy LO: SWBAT develop a cause/effect graphic organizer
analyzing and identifying the causes and effects of the construction of the Great Wall of
China on China and the world (The linguistic load will vary from LEP student to LEP student.
Level 1-2 LEP students may need a word bank or other supplement to complete this activity
using this strategy).