2.3 Ch.2 Important History of China (1)

Hong Kong Taoist Association School
P.2 Humanities
2.3 Unit 1 History of China

Ch.1

Ch.2

In the last chapter, we've learnt ...

1. How Chinese people lived 500000 and 5000 years ago.

2. The ancestors of Chinese: Emperor Huang and Emperor Yan

3. Three inventions made under the rule of Emperor Huang.

2.3 Ch.2 Important History in China
The First Dynasty in China
(The Beginning of Xia Dynasty)

What is a 'dynasty'?

A dynasty is a period of time when one family rules a country.

Today's lesson:
What was the first dynasty of China? How did it begin?

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Let's review the Padlet!

​https://padlet.com/hktawts2/2-3-ch-2-important-history-in-china-the-first-dynasty-in-chi-f29o7xucc7hruvxw

Role-play activity:
1) According to your group's scene, assign
different roles in your group.
2) Role-play while the narrator is reading
aloud the story.
3) You have only 1 minute to role-play!

Scene 1

Leader Shun asked Yu to stop the floods.

Tribe leader Shun asked Yu to stop a great flood. Yu worked very hard. He passed by his home three times without going in to see his family.

Yu finally stopped the floods after 13 years.

Multiple Choice

How many times did Yu pass by his home but not seeing his family?

• 1 time

• 2 times

• 3 times

Multiple Choice

What did that mean?

• He didn't care about his family.

• He worked so hard that he didn't even have time to see his family.

• He was not allowed to see his family.

Scene 2

Yu became the leader. He wanted Yi to be the next.

Shun thought Yu was a very capable person, so he chose Yu to rule the tribe after him.

When Yu was old, he wanted his assistant Yi to rule the tribe after him.

Multiple Choice

Who did Yu want as the leader after him?

• His assistant Yi

• His son Qi

• Leader Shun

Scene 3

At the end his son Qi became the leader. The first dynasty 'Xia' started.

But after Yu died, his son Qi became the leader and started 'Xia', the first dynasty of China.

After that, the son usually ruled after the father.

Multiple Choice

Who became the leader and started Xia Dynasty in the end?

• His assistant Yi

• His son Qi

• Leader Shun

Multiple Choice

Since the start of the Xia Dynasty, who usually became the leader?

• Any capable person

• The ancestors

• The son of the last leader

That's how the first dynasty in China began...

Today's homework

Complete the first part of the timeline on Visual Journal P. 8.
Refer to the example on Google Classroom.