IN CLASS... Monday, 2/1/16
No school today
Tuesday, 2/2/16
We first reviewed how to NAVIGATE here to my website, Edmodo Folders and Haiku. Then, we completed a map on South Asia to begin our studies on Chapter 8 China. The map is to be labeled and colored neatly and turned in tomorrow. We have a shortened schedule with the Epic Challenge Assembly today :)
| south_asia_map.pdf |
wednesday, 2/3/16
Today, we took notes on our devices on Chapter 8, lesson 1...Ancient China Geography. Students learned about China's isolation due to geographic barriers and the development of Chinese written language from oracle bones. We also studied the first two Chinese dynasties: The Shang and the Zhou. The homework is posted below as well as the powerpoint from class :)
| chapter_8_lesson_1_best_with_dynasties.ppt |
| chapter_8_lesson_1_reteaching.pdf |
Thursday/Friday 2/4/16 & 2/5/16
I reviewed the concept of Feudalism with students in order to explain what was going on with the Zhou Dynasty during the Time of the Warring States. Kings had lost power and the nobles/lords were all fighting for power and land among each other. Meanwhile, the relationship where peasant farmers rented land from the nobles in exchange for their loyalty and crops kept things stable. In addition, the nobles would protect the farmers with their soldiers in case of danger. Feudalism is a social, political and economic relationship between these people. This situation existed for about 500 years where the nobles fought amongst each other and peace could not be made in China.
Afterwards, we went over a handout about the Shang and Zhou dynasties from the textbook History Alive. Students used this information to create a Glogster or a Google Slide about each of these dynasties. They used pictures and text and even video on the Glogster app to tell this story.
Afterwards, we went over a handout about the Shang and Zhou dynasties from the textbook History Alive. Students used this information to create a Glogster or a Google Slide about each of these dynasties. They used pictures and text and even video on the Glogster app to tell this story.