Week of January 9, 2012

The 5 paragraph essay on Gandhi and the 7 Social Blunders  of the West is due on Tuesday

Due  Wednesday-  Storyboard of Buddha's life in 5 panels.

Homework assigned last week , due Thursday

3(4) Rise of Civilization in China (92-100) Double homework credit.
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Outline the Mandate of Heaven, listed as the Dynastic Cycle on page 95.
Read the Biography of Confucius on page 97. Why do you think Confucianism lasts to today?
Draw the yin-yang symbol pictured on page 98.
Read the secrets of making silk (99) Answer thinking critically question #1.
Answer the 6 checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due Friday
3(5) Strong Rulers Unite China (101-107)
Identify the terms, people and places
What did Shi Huandi do to the scholars in the picture on 102?
Look at the map skills  on page 103, answer questions #2 and #3.
Look at the map on 105, list 7 cities were connected by the Silk Road.  What was the key Chinese product traded on the Silk Road?
What Chinese treatment is pictured on page 106.
Look at the picture on 107, what is a bodhisattva and what is their purpose?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.