Ancient Civilizations China History Activities Unit- Digital & Print Resources

With over 320 pages divided into 8 easy-to-follow subfolders, you’ll have all of the Ancient China lesson plans, activities, reading passages, guided notes with worksheets, & assessments you’ll need to teach like a superhero! This complete unit is perfect for both a paper-driven or Google classroom environment.

In this awesome student-centered Ancient Civilizations activities bundle students will explore and review the big idea six key concepts (GRAPES). Plus, all of our curriculum units have embedded student accountability with assessments at each step, so progress is data-driven.

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Like all of our Ancient History bundles, the Ancient China unit has a common flow created to reduce anxiety for you and your students throughout the year! We know that teachers love no prep history activities, and students need structure and accountability to succeed; our units are taught with a common sequence, complete with mini-assessments along the way.

Here’s what’s included, organized in 8 sequenced printable subfolders AND on a linked Google-ready table of contents for easy access:

1.⚡ANCIENT CHINA INVESTIGATION INTRODUCTION LESSON SUBFOLDER- 

This lesson is a great introduction and includes a summative activity. Students analyze visuals, primary source excerpts, and map to make predictions about the content they will learn about.

2.⚡ANCIENT CHINA GEOGRAPHY SUBFOLDER-

This bundle includes SEVEN geography lesson choices for both student-centered learning and direct instruction. Now it includes a geography quiz!

3.⚡ANCIENT CHINA VOCABULARY SUBFOLDER- Includes three assignment vocabulary options, review games, and a quiz. Also, includes Quizlet links for online learning practice with the same words and definitions!

4. ⚡NOTES, READINGS, and GRAPHIC ORGANIZER SUBFOLDER-

Includes everything you need to teach the content via readings, activities, or direct instruction. Complete with a content quiz! 

1. HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT CLOSE READING SET- This Ancient China close reading set includes an annotation guide, worksheet, and graphic organizer based on the big ideas of social science. Now includes a comprehension quiz and answer key!
2. SNAPSHOT INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK AND FOLDABLE- This easy-to-run lesson has fun and rigor! It covers all of the bases for Ancient China and can be done in an interactive notebook format or as a workbook and fun doodle-style project.
3. POWERPOINT NOTES, two-page outline PRINTABLE NOTES with a graphic organizer that can be used interchangeably!
4. STUDENT-CENTERED READING STATIONS- Reading stations are organized by key concepts for social science and have a worksheet or folding graphic organizer option.

5. ⚡ACTIVITIES SUBFOLDER- Includes diverse, interactive, student-centered activities, worksheets, and close readings from which teachers can pick and choose based on personal style and class needs.

1. Confucius Impacts China- Close reading, worksheet. and fun Instagram activity

1. Judge Buddha Mock Trial Activity CCSS and ELA Speaking and Listening Aligned Judge Confucius- Includes readings, graphic organizers, primary sources, a mock trial script, and rubrics! Students decide if a classmate is guilty of actions against religious teachings!
2. FaceTime Interview with Emperor Qin Engaging Analyzing Leadership Activity
3. Buddha The Enlightened One- Close reading, worksheet, and Buddha Tweets his follower's activity!
4. What's Your Destiny?-Close reading and fun comprehension game. Students read and compete in a displayed class game board. Winning students choose a fictitious destiny that is shared with the class!
5. Chinese Dynasty Mini Project Poetry Book or Student Created Activity Book (includes examples)
6. Perfect Paragraph- Writing pre-write and template for a Perfect Informational Paragraph with Han Dynasty invention consumer report writing activity.
7. Inventions Testers Class Read Aloud! Includes a graphic organizer for students to complete after the reading.
8. Jingle Mingle Fun Review Interactive - Students mingle about the room finding partners. When the music stops, students address essential learning questions together!
9. Common Core Primary Source Quote Activities (5 to choose from)
10. Doodle World History Summary Activity- Fun, creative note-taking graphic organizer that allows students to detail the 6 key "big idea" concepts.
11. History’s Mysteries- Did Europeans Go To China Before Marco Polo? Close reading and claim, evidence, reasoning activity
12. Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Resource Pack
13. Ancient China Daoism, Legalism, Confucianism-Who Said it? Quote Match- What a great way to learn about key philosophies of Ancient and Medieval China, including Daoism, Buddhism, Legalism, and Daoism, with a little bit of rigor and fun!
14. Han Achievements- A fun way to learn about key achievements of the Han Dynasty, including the sundial, paper, the seismograph, silk, and meritocracy, with a little bit of rigor and a whole lot of fun!
15. Stories from the Silk Road -In this engaging activity, students investigate what it would have been like to have traveled the Silk Road through the eyes of actual travelers! What a fun way to learn about one of history's most famous trade routes!

6.⚡1. DAILY SKILL-BASED TEXT ANALYSIS WARM-UPS/ BELLRINGERS– Students make inferences and predictions from the text, choose the best evidence to support a claim, cite sources, paraphrase and learn to write strong commentary in these daily skill-based mini-lessons and practice slides.

2. Exit Tickets- Over 40 formats from which to choose! Students support a claim with evidence, write what they learned, or formulate content questions! This is a great informal daily summary.

7.⚡BIG IDEAS- KEY CONCEPTS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBFOLDER -

Includes 10 activities that work perfectly with interactive notebooks!  Each unit comes with a key concepts introductions PowerPoint and graphic organizer, My World- Big Ideas Activity, Folding graphic Organizer, The Biggest Idea Unit Summary Activity, Big Idea Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Writing Guides, Linking the Big Ideas Analysis Activity, Key Concept Storyboard, Key Concepts Foldable Mini-Packet of Resources and a Key Concepts Field Report Summary Activity

8. ⚡STUDY GUIDES, KEY CONCEPT REVIEW, & TEST SUBFOLDER- Each unit comes with a study guide that has students pre-read and define important vocabulary and make meaning of text excerpts that they will also see on the skill-based test! This helps reduce test anxiety while accomplishing the same skill-based reading comprehension goal. Check out the multiple-choice editable Common Core test. Students read excerpts and support claims with evidence!

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The China Bundle is also available in a digital classroom format that works great in any internet-based or paperless class, including Google Classroom! The digital version includes Google Forms assessments, interactive Google Slides digital activities that have pre-made text boxes, and Google Earth/Maps activities.

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Our World History Curriculum, including Ancient History lessons and Medieval History lessons, are key-concept based, focussing on the “big six” key concepts for social science, often referred to as GRAPES.  By learning World History with key concepts as a filter, students will become familiar with the crucial attributes that have allowed ancient and medieval civilizations to prosper. Also, students will build a framework, scaffolding future learning with the key concepts that will be repeated throughout their academic careers. 

Each unit comes with notes, graphic organizers, and review worksheets that have the GRAPES key concepts in mind:

• G= Geography
• R= Religion
• A= Achievements
• P= Politics/Government/Leadership
• E= Economy
• S= Social Classes

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