Transcript Thursday 10/10/13…

Thursday 10/10/13…
1. Are your Confucius notes done? – Finish them QUICKLY
2. Did you do the Confucius activity in your Notebook? See me if you
don’t know what it is
3. Stuff in notebook –
• Confucius notes go in notebook after your Shang & Zhou notes ON THE
RIGHT
• Confucius activity goes in notebook after your Shang & Zhou notes ON LEFT
4. Update your table of contents all the way up to Confucius
Take the following notes on Qin Dynasty & Legalism (belief system)
These notes go on the RIGHT
side of your notebook, after
your Confucius notes & activity.
You only need to write what is pink.
Qin Dynasty
Please try to keep these notes on one page. – title
these new pages Qin Dynasty
You only need to write what is pink – there are no guided notes today.
Use this map for the next slide
Qin Dynasty…
• Compare the Zhou Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty on the map on the
previous slide.
• Compared to the Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty…
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Shi Huangdi unifies China…
1. Shi Huangdi creates Qin Dynasty in 221 BCE – names himself “The
First Emperor”
2. He builds a strong centralized government by crushing all
opponents and critics. POWERFUL ARMY TO GAIN
CONTROL
3. Ruled China using a LEGALIST system… strict laws with harsh
punishments
4. Burned all books that supported Confucianism.
Achievements of the Qin Dynasty…
What were the achievements & accomplishments of
the Qin?
1. Building the Great Wall of China TO KEEP
OUT INVADERS FROM THE NORTH –
(FYI – the part the Qin built is much farther to
the north than most tourists will see)
1. What was the impact of the Great Wall of
China?
1. It was very costly & didn’t work
2. Symbolized Chinese power,
organization, resources & unity.
Can you see the Great Wall of China?
Great Wall of China…
Some people
say you can
even see it
from space!!
This guy seriously jumped the Great Wall of
China
•He jumped over 79
feet!!
Achievements of the Qin…
• Created a standardized system of
weights and measurements
• Unified Chinese coins (monetary
system)
• Unified system of writing
• Built canals & roads to increase easy
transportation
• Terra Cotta Warriors – Over 15,000
clay soldiers, horses, chariots to
protect Shi Huangdi after death
Terra Cotta Warriors…
Qin Collapses…
• Shi Huangdi dies in 210 BCE
• People revolted because of – heavy taxes/forced labor/cruel policies
• Empire only lasted 14 years – new rulers claimed Mandate of Heaven
The Han Dynasty Begins!!!
Remembering the Qin…
We remember the Qin today for...
1. Forced peasant labor
2. An example of government suppression
3. The Great Wall of China
Now…
• You just finished the notes.
• Next, in your notebook… please use the blank page to the left of your
Qin notes to create some sort of activity to show me that you
understood what you took notes on. If you are not really sure what
you learned yet… re read the notes or do some more research.
• Take the time to teach yourself what you just wrote down!!
Your activity can be:
• Poem/letter/story/etc
• Poster/scene/diagram/mindmap