1. 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

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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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