Standards for China and Japan Units
China, 400 A.D./C.E- 1500s Japan, 400 A.D./C.E.- 1500s
7.19 Create a visual or multimedia display to identify the physical location and major
geographical features of China including the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Himalayas, Plateau of Tibet, and the Gobi Desert. 7.20 Describe the reunification of China under the Tang Dynasty and reasons for the cultural diffusion of Buddhism. 7.21 Analyze the role of kinship and Confucianism in maintaining order and hierarchy. 7.22 Summarize the significance of the rapid agricultural, commercial, and technological development during the Song Dynasties. 7.23 Trace the spread of Chinese technology to other parts of Asia, the Islamic world, and Europe including papermaking, wood-block printing, the compass and gunpowder. 7.24 Describe and locate the Mongol conquest of China including Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan. 7.25 Engage effectively in a collaborative discussion describing the development of the imperial state and the scholar-official class (Neo-Confucianism). 7.26 Draw evidence from informational texts to analyze the contributions made during the Ming Dynasty such as building projects, including the Forbidden City and the reconstruction of the Great Wall , isolationism, and sea voyages. Primary Documents and Supporting Texts to Read: excerpts from The Analects, Confucius |
7.27 Compare the major features of Shinto, Japan’s indigenous religion, and Japanese
Buddhism. 7.28 Explain the influence of China and the Korean peninsula upon Japan as Buddhism, Confucianism, and the Chinese writing system were adopted. 7.29 Trace the emergence of the Japanese nation during the Nara, 710-794, and the Heian periods, 794-1180. 7.30 Describe how the Heian (contemporary Kyoto) aristocracy created enduring Japanese cultural perspectives that are epitomized in works of prose such as The Tale of Genji, one of the world’s first novels. 7.31 Analyze the rise of a military society in the late twelfth century and the role of the shogun and samurai in that society. Primary Documents and Supporting Texts to Read: excerpts from The Tale of Genji |