Today we will learn about the legacies of early and classical civilizations in China, India, and Europe. We will also continue to work on the skills of paragraph writing and outlining.
Question of the Day
What were the legacies (lasting contributions) of early and classical civilizations in China, India, and Europe?
Focus Questions
Why did Athens and Rome decline as great powers and what were their lasting contributions (legacies) did they make to civilization?
What were the lasting contributions (legacies) of classical China?
What were the lasting contributions (legacies) of classical India?
The vocabulary below is related to the work you are doing today and would be worth using in your paragraph.
Han Dyanasty
Confucius
Filial piety
bureaucracy
Daoism
Legalism
The Analects
Imperial examination
Imperial civil service
Meritocracy
Athens
Democracy
Polis
tragedy
comedy
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
The Republic
Alexander the Great
Hellenistic culture
Alexandria
Euclid
Archimedes
Republic
Senate
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Pax Romana
Jesus
Christianity
New Testament
Judaism
Torah
Ethical monotheism
Constantine
Peter
pope
Virgil
Aqueducts
Aryans
Hinduism
Polytheism
Caste system
Mauryan Empire
Chandragupta
Asoka
Buddhism
Turn in your individual Cornoutline.
Today you'll have to write a paragraph on the legacies (lasting contributions) of classical civilizations in India, China, and Greece and Rome.
Write one paragraph on the civilizations that you studied for homework last night. The prompt will be: Compare and contrast the legacies of the classical civilizations in regard to one of the following: political contributions, economic contributions, or social contributions.
Primary Source: To improve the quality of your paragraph you may include a sentence or two about the following historical documents.
We will also have a scored discussion on the social systems in China, India, and Greece and Rome.
Test: Next class you will have your first summative assessment (test) for this semester. Click here to read the study guide.