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Confucius Changes China

Confucius Changes China. Sharon Jack University of Phoenix CMP 555. Subject: Social Studies Grade: Seventh Grade Number of Students: 20 Gender: Male and Female Age Range: 12 – 15. Objectives.

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Confucius Changes China

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  1. Confucius Changes China Sharon Jack University of Phoenix CMP 555

  2. Subject: Social Studies Grade: Seventh Grade Number of Students: 20 Gender: Male and Female Age Range: 12 – 15

  3. Objectives • Describe characteristics of Confucius that made him a great teacher by the end of the lesson. • Identify some of his teachings and describe their impact on China by the end of the lesson. • Evaluate the achievements of the Han dynasty by the end of the lesson. • Work in groups to analyze and report on one of the teachings of Confucius by the end of the lesson. • Work independently completing charts and answering questions at the end of the lesson.

  4. Confucius Changes China

  5. One of the most famous people in ancient China was a wise philosopher named Confucius (circa 551-479 BC). He sometimes went by the names Kong Zi though he was born - Kong Qiu - styled Zhong Ni. He was born in the village of Zou in the country of Lu.

  6. Confucius • Confucius (551-479 BC), according to Chinese tradition, was a thinker, political figure, educator, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought. • His teachings, preserved in the Analects, form the foundation for how the Chinese think about education and how we should behave.

  7. He worked as a keeper of a market. Then he was a farm worker who took care of parks and farm animals. When he was 20, he worked for the governor of his district. His mother died in 527 BC, and after a period of mourning he began his career as a teacher, usually traveling about and instructing the small body of disciples that had gathered around him. His fame as a man of learning and character and his reverence for Chinese ideals and customs soon spread through the principality of Lu.

  8. Analects • Respect yourself and others will respect you. • Confucius • It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. • Confucius

  9. Analects • When anger rises, think of the consequences. • Confucius • What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. • Confucius

  10. Webquest: Searching for China • http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/ChinaQuest.html

  11. Group Activities • Form your groups and begin working on your assignments. • Complete the WebQuest.

  12. It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. • ConfuciusChinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC)

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