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One unit, two resources
The unit provides a panoramic overview of the history of Medieval China between 600 CE and 1450 CE.
It contains two resources:
- a slide show, and
- a sequence of map pages.
These enable two different approaches to using the unit with your students – for a whole-class presentation or for student project work.
1. Slide Show
The slide show is designed to engage students with its attractive, high resolution maps for projection onto a large screen. This makes it ideal for use as a whole-class presentation.
It is accompanied by an informative teacher’s commentary, to aid in covering the different points of interest on each map.
It can also be used in student project work, and a student commentary is also included.
2. Two Map sequences
The sequence of map pages are for use in students’ enquiry work.
No commentary is required as each map is accompanied by information covering the period with which it deals.
Teachers notes are provided. These include suggested classroom strategies and student activities, for teachers to use or adapt as they see fit.
Both these resources can be slotted in wherever the teacher wishes. For example, they can be used as an introduction to this era of world history, or in a “wrap up” session – or indeed as the primary “textbook” resource for studying this topic.
Learning outcomes
On completing this unit, students should have a broad understanding of the history of Medieval China, including:
- The rise of Buddhism during the period of weakness, division and ”barbarian” occupation which followed the fall of the Han dynasty;
- The reunification of China under the Sui dynasty;
- The construction of the Grand Canal, and its short-term and long-term consequences;
- The expansion of the Chinese Empire under the Tang Dynasty, and the flowering of Chinese culture centered on the Tang court;
- The period of weakness under the later Tang and Five Dynasties;
- The rise of the “scholar-official”;
- The key technological developments (including printing, the compass and gunpowder) which contributed to the transformation of China under the Song dynasty;
- The conquest of China by the Mongols and the reign of Kublai Khan;
- The expulsion of the Mongols and rise of the Ming dynasty;
- The early Ming regime and the greats series of voyages which it sponsored.
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Teachers slide show commentary
Students slide show commentary
First in the sequence of Medieval China map pages