Asia

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Asia

• Week 1

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KWL Chart

• Create a Know/Want to Know/Learn Chart
• What do you know China and Japan? (What do you
  know about Japanese and Chinese literature?)
• What do you want to know about China and Japan?
• Leave Learned Column Blank

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Timeline pp. 504-505

• When was writing developed in China?
• c. 1500-1122 B.C.
• When was Chinas first book of classic poetry
  compiled and what is it called?
• The Book of Songs c. 1000-600 B.C.
• What dates do we have on record for the earliest
  written literature of the Middle East (pp.126),
  Greece Rome (pp.212), India (444)?
• Middle East The Epic of Gilgamesh 1300 B.C.
• Greece Rome Homers Iliad 700 B.C.
• India Classical Period of Indian Literature 500
  B.C.-A.D. 1000

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Timeline pp. 504-505

• Why do you think all literary works listed are
  Chinese?
• Japan did not have a written Language yet
• What schools of thought that have influenced
  Chinese and Japanese Cultures?
• Confucianism (Confucius 500 B.C.), Taoism
  (Lao-Tzu 500 B.C.), Buddhism (200 B.C.)
• What cultural sharing occurred between the two
  countries?
• Chinese writing introduced to Japan A.D. 400-500
• Japan adopts Chinese culture A.D. 600
• Find Poet Li Po on timeline
• Li Po composes poetry A.D. 701-762 B.C.

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Lai Bai

• Name pronounced Li Po or Li Bo
• Called the Poet Immortal, Li Bai is often
  regarded, along with Du Fu, as one of the two
  greatest poets in China's literary history.
• Approximately 1,100 of his poems remain today
• Best known for the extravagant imagination and
  striking Taoist imagery in his poetry

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Translation

• Read page 523
• Read poems on pages 524 525
• Answer questions 1-3 on page 525
• Write your own poetic translation of Lai Pos
  Moon Rays poem using the word-for-word
  translation on page 523

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01/05/2007

• In Groups, read pp. 506-511 aloud in groups and
  take notes regarding the history of literature in
  China

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Notes

• 3,000 character alphabet created 2,000-1000 B.C.
  Characters represent complete words or units of
  meaning
• Chinese literature reflects political and social
  history of china and impact of religion
• Literature flourished during Han, Tang, Sung
  dynasties

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Notes

• Confucianism
• Confucius Analects
• Emphasized ethical values such as honesty,
  loyalty, respect for elders
• Taoism
• Lao-tzu Tao Te Ching
• Reveres nature as great teacher and urges people
  to seek wisdom by contemplating the simplicity
  and power of natural forces.

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Notes

• Chinese religions based on balance
• Yin feminine, passive
• Yang masculine, active
• Half of all books written are Chinese
• Literature and learning among highest cultural
  values

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Notes

• Poetry is an exercise for the mind
• Poetry involves contemplation of nature and
  search for harmony between inner and outer worlds
• The Book of Songs compilation of songs of the
  common people
• Li Po Tu Fu greatest Chinese poets

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Book of Songs

• Tradition holds that the first emperor of the
  Chou dynasty dispatched emissaries to the feudal
  principalities to bring back songs of the common
  people because the emperor wanted to gain insight
  into his subjects lives. The Book of Songs was
  created from the thousands collected.
• The songs express practical and heartfelt
  concerns with poignant simplicity. The
  predominant theme of The Book of Songs is,
  according to Confucius, to keep the heart
  right.

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Book of Songs

• O Oriole, Yellow Bird pp. 515
• What does the speaker in this poem want to do?
• Why?
• What emotions are expressed in this poem?

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The Book of Songs

• What Plant is Not Faded pp. 516
• What is the profession of the speaker?
• How does he feel about his job and the way he is
  treated?
• How does this poem make you feel?

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Individual Work

• Identifying Facts 1-3 pp. 517
• Interpreting Meanings 1-3 pp. 517
• Applying Meanings pp. 517
• Fill-in 3 things you learned today in the learned
  column of your KWL Chart
• DUE 01/08/2007 Beginning of Class

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HW Packet Thus Far

• KWL Chart w/ 3 things in learned column
• Questions 1-3 pp. 525 your own poetic
  translation of poem pp.523
• Notes pp. 506-511
• Identifying Facts, Interpreting Meanings,
  Applying Meanings pp. 517