Transcript March 26, 2009

Aim/Goal: How did the dynastic cycle
influence life in China
Do Now: Think about other dynasties.
Describe them.
Homework: Write 2 paragraphs to answer
the aim. Use today’s vocabulary words.
AimGoal: How did the dynastic cycle influence life in China?
Do Now: Think about other dynasties? Describe them,
Vocabulary
• Mandate of Heaven: A ruler’s divine right
to rule
• What does divine mean?
• Why do you think ruler’s needed God’s
approval to rule effectively?
AimGoal: How did the dynastic cycle influence life in China?
Do Now: Think about other dynasties? Describe them,
According to the flow chart, how
did a new dynasty try to repair the
problems left by an aging dynasty?
Start
here
A new
dynasty
comes to power.
Emperor is
defeated !!
Rebel bands find
strong leader who
unites them.
Attack the emperor.
Poor lose
respect for govt.
They join rebels
& attack landlords.
The emperor
reforms the govt.
& makes it more
efficient.
The
Dynastic
Cycle
Lives of common
people improved;
taxes reduced;
farming encouraged.
Problems begin
(extensive wars,
invasions, etc.)
Taxes increase;
men forced to
work for army.
Farming neglected.
Droughts,
Govt. increases
floods,
spending;life in China?
AimGoal: How did
the dynastic cycle influence
occur.
corruption.
Do Now: famines
Think about
other dynasties?
Describe them,
Chinese Writing
• Writing like religion
was an early
development of
ancient culture.
• It influenced the
culture of China.
• This system used
both ideographs and
pictographs, signs
that expressed
thoughts or ideas.
AimGoal: How did the dynastic cycle influence life in China?
Do Now: Think about other dynasties? Describe them,
Oracle Bones
• We know about Chinese writing from oracle bones.
• On turtle shells, Shang priests wrote questions
addressed to the gods or the ancestors. Priests then
heated the bone or shell until it cracked. By interpreting
the pattern of cracks, they could gain communicate with
the ancestors and gain wisdom.
AimGoal: How did the dynastic cycle influence life in China?
Do Now: Think about other dynasties? Describe them,
Warring States
• During the period of warring states, the Zhou
dynasty took over much of the land, and became
the first dynasty to claim the Mandate of
Heaven.
• To justify rebellion against the Shang, the Zhou
promoted the idea of the Mandate of Heaven.
• From this point forward, the dynastic cycle would
be the way that government was determined.
AimGoal: How did the dynastic cycle influence life in China?
Do Now: Think about other dynasties? Describe them,
Primary Source
The spirits are good
They will give you many blessings
The common people are contented
For daily they have their drink and food
The thronging heard, the many clans
All side with you in deeds of power
To be like the moon advancing to its full
Like the sun climbing the sky
Like the everlastingness of the southern hills,
Without failing of falling,
Like the pine-tree, the cypress in their foliage
All these blessings may you receive
• Why might there be so many nature images in this poem?
AimGoal: How did the dynastic cycle influence life in China?
Do Now: Think about other dynasties? Describe them,