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Warm-up

Warm-up. Read about the Shang Dynasty . Make sure to highlight or underline key facts. Answer questions 1-5. Shang Dynasty. Calligraphy- A way of drawing characters or symbols to express words or ideas Over 2,000 characters Written with a brush and ink on silk, bamboo, or paper.

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Warm-up

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  1. Warm-up • Read about the Shang Dynasty. Make sure to highlight or underline key facts. • Answer questions 1-5

  2. Shang Dynasty • Calligraphy- A way of drawing characters or symbols to express words or ideas • Over 2,000 characters • Written with a brush and ink on silk, bamboo, or paper

  3. Advances in Technology • Advanced bronzework • Highly decorated artwork • Improved tools • Used kaolin- a clay for making pottery • Learned how to raise silkworms and make silk cloth • Built large palaces, government building, and religious shrines

  4. Similarities between the Egyptians and Chinese burials of rulers? • Both had large and fancy tombs. (Many Egyptian pyramids were tombs for pharaohs) • Both included things that the person would need in their afterlife. Like clothing, jewelry, animals, people, chariots, etc. • Both decorated their tombs with extravagant artwork

  5. Shang Dynasty’s End • In 1028 B.C. the Chou joined with other tribes in western China and overthrew the Shang. • The Chou Dynasty would go on to rule for 800 years

  6. Rivers • The Shang Dynasty relied on the Yellow (Huang He) River

  7. Comic Strip Project • Formal Grade • Look at the rubric: • Creative and relevant cover (10 points) • Six frames for each dynasty with captions and illustrations (40 points) • Summary of each dynasty- Minimum 5 sentences (40 points) • Venn Diagram comparing the governments of Ancient China and Ancient Egypt (10 points)

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