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This blog post covers both "The Pictograms of Ancient China" and "Farming in Ancient China" from chapter 10 of Story of the World.
The Pictograms of Ancient China
For this section we looked at some artifacts from the Shang dynasty in one of our library books (probably DK Ancient China, but I can't remember which one.)
We also looked at a picture of one the oracle bones with ancient Chinese pictographs...
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After reading we looked at a chart of different Chinese scripts through time (including these). You can find a similar chart on this page under the section "Stages of Chines Writing." I asked my son questions such as....
Why do you think the writing changed over time?
Which one is easiest to write...which one is hardest?
Which one would be easier to carve on something?
Which one would be easiest to write with a paint brush?
Farming in Ancient China
My child loved this story. There is a wonderful illustration of it in the SOTW activity book. I also showed my children some pictures of terraced rice fields....
You can also show your child a video of how rice is grown (that one is in Bali and shows some more modern, mechanized equipment. If you want one that shows rice growing in China with mostly more traditional tools, here is one with a more traditional "documentary" feel.)
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All of those pictures were from China (found on Pixabay),
except the last with the boy carrying rice stalks, which is from another place).
You can also show your child a video of how rice is grown (that one is in Bali and shows some more modern, mechanized equipment. If you want one that shows rice growing in China with mostly more traditional tools, here is one with a more traditional "documentary" feel.)
This post has been shared on The Homeschool Nook and Littles Learning Link-up and Dear Homeschooler Bookshelf
