Do Now Please sit in your assigned seat (before spring break) Copy the HW: Quiz on Section 4 Wednesday! I am passing out a short study guide for the quiz. Copy the definition for Sima Qian from page 156

Sima Qian A Chinese scholar, astronomer, and historian; author of the most important history of ancient China, Historical Records

The Han Dynasty After discussing the achievement with your group, independently you will create a stamp for each achievement. Each stamp should have pictures to represent the contributions made by the Han Dynasty and a word that describes the contribution. On the lines next to the stamp, write a few sentences describing the importance of the contributions. The second official Chinese dynasty, after the Qin dynasty. Han emperors began to change the way China was ruled. A time of economic success, learning, and advances in technology. You will visit six stations, at each one you will read about an achievement of the Han Dynasty.

Han Dynasty Achievements Government Changed the way it ruled to reflect the ideas of Confucius Less harsh Introduced the merit system Civil service members had to be trained in Confucianism A History of China Before, there were only oral traditions and stories telling about China’s past Sima Qian wrote the first written history of China, called Historical Records Helps us better understand the people, events, and stories that have shaped Chinese history

Han Dynasty Achievements The arts silk weaving, bronze working, jade carvings, paper paper changed the way people could communicate and keep records people could afford to write more paper was also easier to bind together into books Medicine involved ideas and treatments that are still used in traditional Chinese healing today Illnesses = yin and yang out of balance Acupuncture = thin needles to heal sudden illnesses Circulatory system = heartbeat

Han Dynasty Achievements Science Astronomy- studied the stars, comets, moon Seismograph- detected earthquakes from 100s miles away Magnetic compass- helped align buildings N, S, E, W Agriculture Chain pump- allowed easier irrigation Iron plow- stronger, durable, more efficient Wheelbarrow- allowed easier and faster transportation of goods