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Curriculum Map: China
Month: December-January
School: Don Juan Avila Middle School
Grade Level: 7
Content Area: Social Science
Essential Question(s): What were the obstacles to unity in China and how were they overcome? What were the most significant achievements of
the Tang and Song Dynasties? What caused China to open its borders to trade?
Standard
7.3 Students analyze the geographic,
political, economic, religious, and
social structures of the civilizations of
China in the Middle Ages.
1 Describe the reunification of China
under the Tang Dynasty and reasons
for the spread of Buddhism in Tang
China, Korea, and Japan.
2 Describe agricultural, technological,
and commercial developments during
the Tang and Sung periods.
3 Analyze the influences of
Confucianism and changes in
Confucian thought during the Sung
and Mongol periods.
4 Understand the importance of both
overland trade and maritime
expeditions between China and other
civilizations in the Mongol
Ascendancy and Ming Dynasty.
5 Trace the historic influence of such
discoveries as tea, the manufacture of
paper, wood-block printing, the
compass, and gunpowder.
6 Describe the development of the
imperial state and the scholar-official
class
Content
An Emerging Empire
The Flowering of Chinese Culture
Skill
Understand the reunification of China
under the Tang Dynasty and spread of
Buddhism in Tang China, Korea, and
Japan.
China and the Larger World
Explain the agricultural, technological,
and commercial developments during the
Tang and Sung periods as well as the
influences of Confucianism and changes
in Confucian thought during the Sung
and Mongol periods.
Understand the importance of overland
trade and maritime expeditions between
China and other civilizations.
Assessment
Cultural universal maps, study guides,
tests and quizzes.
Word maps, review questions, cartoon
strips, video responses, written
responses, tests and quizzes.
Study guides, written responses, tests and
quizzes.
Classroom discussions, video responses,
quizzes, and written responses.
Written responses, tests, review
questions.
Examine the historic influence of
discoveries of tea, manufacture of paper,
wood block printing, compass, and
gunpowder.
Understand the development of the
imperial state and the scholar-official
class.
DJAMS
7 Social Science
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