the SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF ANCIENT CHINA

Lesson 1 - The Social Structure of Ancient China

Lesson 2 - Activities and Source work on the Social Structure

Lesson 1 - the Social Structure of ancient china

TO KNOW - SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF ANCIENT CHINESE SOCIETY

TO BE ABLE TO - EXPLAIN EACH LEVEL of the social structure

Source - Meidosensei (Public Domain)

Social structure of Ancient china

The farmers who were normally peasants were valued in Ancient Chinese culture because they made food for everyone, compared the the merchants who just tried to sell stuff.

You will be given a study organiser. We will watch a short video on each topic. Your task is to write down two facts from each video. This is a good thing to have for study.

Be ready to share your answers at the end of every video.

Worksheet - Social Structure of Ancient China - clickview clips.docx

Lesson 2 - Activities and Source work on the Social Structure

kahoot review on the social structure of ancient china


Your Tasks this lesson - access this website now

1. Source work

2. four comprehension Questions

3. Draw a level of Ancient Chinese society for the classroom wall

task 1 - Source work

You don't have to write the questions

Let's do the first one together

Source - Li Sung (Public Domain)

Source 1- A painting by artist Li Song made in 1210CE of a traveling merchant.

1. Is this a primary or secondary source?

2. Who made the source?

3. When was the source made?

4. Who was the source created for?

5. What is happening in the source?

6. Do merchants belong to the Shi, Nong, Gong or Shong?


Source 2 - A painting by artist Xu yang made in 1748CE of a marketplace.

1. Is this a primary or secondary source?

2. Who made the source?

3. When was the source made?

4. Who was the source created for?

5. What can the source tell us about the time period we are studying?

6. What groups from the social structure can you see in this painting?

Source - Xu Yang (Public Domain)


Source - Canadian Museum of Civilization (Public Domain)

Source 3 - A pottery horse made by a craftsmen during the tang dynasty

1. Is this a primary or secondary source?

2. Who made the source?

3. When was the source made?

4. Who was the source created for?

5. What can the source tell us about the time period we are studying?

6. Does this group of people belong to the Shi, Nong, Gong or Shong?


Source 4 - A painting by artist Xu Xianqing made in 1590CE of the emperor having an audience with a local farmer.

1. Is this a primary or secondary source?

2. Who made the source?

3. When was the source made?

4. Which person is the emperor in the painting? How can you tell?

5. There are another two groups of people from the social structure in this painting. What are they?

Source - Xu Xianqing (Public Domain)

task 2 - Essential Questions

You don't have to write the question in your book, only the answer.

1. Which group of people do you think you would want to belong to and why?

2. Based on the sources, name four jobs that people had during Ancient China.

3. Identify a positive and a negative of being a merchant.

4. Which of the sources above gives you the most information on Ancient China? Justify your answer using two sentences.

task 3 - DRAW A MEMBER ON EACH LEVEL OF THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE

Draw four people from each level of the social structure of Ancient China.

Use google images or the above sources to help you.

Make sure to put what group they were from next to the "Role" heading.


draw yourself activity.pdf
BannersSource - Sodacan (Public Domain)