Download Ancient China - Laing Middle School

Bell Ringer
10/14/2013
1.What is a plain?
2. Make the word
‘dynasty’ plural.
Homework: Study vocabulary
organizer for A Vocabulary Check
Tomorrow
Agenda!
Bell Ringer
Graphic Organizer
Illustrate Vocabulary
China JTH
Compare and
Contrast Egypt vs.
China!
Where is China?
Let’s create a
Vocabulary
Graphic
Organizer!
1. Fold a piece of
paper hot dog
style
2. Cut 10 slits into
the half of the
hotdog
3. Glue the un-cut
half into your
notebooks!
ANCIENT CHINA!
There are two major Chinese Rivers,
the Yellow River (Huang He)
and the Yangtze River!
Stand Up/Sit Down Question
• Huang He and Yangtze River are
examples of:
A. Common Nouns
B. Proper Nouns
C. Plural Nouns
Front: Levee
Inside:
Built along
the Huang He
to prevent
flooding
Front: Loess
Inside:
soil that blows in from the
desert
Front: Himalayas
Inside:
Mountains between China
and India
How would mountains
effect Chinese farmers?
Front: Terrace
Inside:
To make land into “steps”
for growing crops
Why or how did
they think of this?
Front: Double
Cropping
Inside:
Why did
they do this?
Growing 2 crops
on the same land
in the same year
Front: Dynasty
Inside:
Rulers that come
from the same
family
Front: Ancestor
Inside:
A family member who is
deceased
Front: Oracle bones
Inside:
The earliest form of Chinese
writing found on animal
bones/shells
Front: Emperor
Inside:
Ruler of an empire (very
large territory) and typically
controls the government
Go back
through your
graphic
organizer and
illustrate the
flaps!
Then Quiz
your group!
Compare and
Contrast what you
know already
China and Egypt!
We will add to
this as we go
through our unit
on Ancient China!
China JTH!