ANCIENT CHINA
Information to gather and stories to think about:
- Where did the first Chinese civilizations begin? Why there?
- How did the geography of China affect the people who lived there?
- Who was Confucius and what did he teach? What is Taoism?
- What was China like at the time of Confucius? What problems were they having and how did Confucius seek to solve them?
- Who was Shi Huangdi and how did he unify northern China?
- What did the Han Dynasty do to improve the union and expand the empire?
- What were the “silk roads” for, where did they go, and why were they important?
- How did Buddhism get to China during the Han Dynasty?
