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 the next 800 years

6. Rivers The Shang Dynasty relied on the Yellow (Huang He) River
Lasted from 1750 BC BC
About 700 years

7. On this time line, show when the Shang Dynasty lasted

8. Started: 1750 BCE Ended: 1028 BCE

9. Comic Strip Project
You will create a comic for each major dynasty of China. For each dynasty you will:
Create six frames for each dynasty with captions and illustrations (Be Creative!)