Happy Holiday Week
Due on Thursday is your paper on the best way to coach a team or teach a class or raise a child or...
You have to show me that you understand Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism.
On Monday we are going to take a look at North Korea and China today.
We will look at the journeys of Marco Polo to China and the Mongol empire this week.
Genghis Kahn may not be the best holiday figure, but he will be a focus this week.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Week of December 13, 2010
The Homework assigned last week on China is due this Tuesday and Wednesday.
Paper due next Tuesday(12/21):
What is the best way to (choose one) coach a team, teach a class, raise a family, babysit young children (any relationship where a power difference exists):
Confucianism, Daoism, or Legalism. Be able to explain whether these would work better in the short or the long term.
In Monday's class we will look at the impact of the Magna Carta on Western Civilization and what was going on in China at the same time.
Paper due next Tuesday(12/21):
What is the best way to (choose one) coach a team, teach a class, raise a family, babysit young children (any relationship where a power difference exists):
Confucianism, Daoism, or Legalism. Be able to explain whether these would work better in the short or the long term.
In Monday's class we will look at the impact of the Magna Carta on Western Civilization and what was going on in China at the same time.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Week of December 6, 2010
We will continue to look at William the Conqueror and the Norman Conquest of England this week. Also we will review the end of the High Middle Ages and the transition into the Renaissance period (1350-1650). Homework this week will focus on the role of the Chinese on European development.
Due Thursday:
3(4)Rise of Civilization in China (92-100)
Identify the terms, people, and places. Read about Dynastic Rule in China (95) How did a dynasty lose and then regain the mandate of heaven?
Read the biography and the 3 sayings of Confucius (97). List 4 adjectives which describe Confucius' teachings. Draw the yin and yang symbol (98). Answer the two thinking critically questions on page 99. Answer questions #3-6 on page 100.
12(1)Two Golden Ages in China 366-375). Identify the terms, people and places. Read the report on Kublai Khan's fleet (367). How did the Japanese stop a Mongol invasion of Japan in both 1274 and 1281? Identify the three Chinese inventions listed on page 370. Describe the woman's shoes pictured on page 372. Answer questions 4-6 on page 374 in complete sentences.
12(2) the Mongol and Ming Empires.(376-382) Identify the terms, people and places. Answer the biography question on page 377. Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 379. Answer question #3 onpage 380. Answer questions #3-5 on page 382.
Be ready for a short quiz on Tuesday and a longer quiz on Friday on material covered in class this week.
Due Thursday:
3(4)Rise of Civilization in China (92-100)
Identify the terms, people, and places. Read about Dynastic Rule in China (95) How did a dynasty lose and then regain the mandate of heaven?
Read the biography and the 3 sayings of Confucius (97). List 4 adjectives which describe Confucius' teachings. Draw the yin and yang symbol (98). Answer the two thinking critically questions on page 99. Answer questions #3-6 on page 100.
12(1)Two Golden Ages in China 366-375). Identify the terms, people and places. Read the report on Kublai Khan's fleet (367). How did the Japanese stop a Mongol invasion of Japan in both 1274 and 1281? Identify the three Chinese inventions listed on page 370. Describe the woman's shoes pictured on page 372. Answer questions 4-6 on page 374 in complete sentences.
12(2) the Mongol and Ming Empires.(376-382) Identify the terms, people and places. Answer the biography question on page 377. Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 379. Answer question #3 onpage 380. Answer questions #3-5 on page 382.
Be ready for a short quiz on Tuesday and a longer quiz on Friday on material covered in class this week.
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