Where is China?

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Earliest Civilisations: Shang Dynasty The Shang Timeline

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Objectives

History

Children should undertake an in- depth study of The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China.

Geography

Children should locate the world’s countries using maps, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.

Lesson Planning

Locate China on a map; identify the extent of the Shang Dynasty on a map; label some major places and features.

Teaching Outcomes:

To find out where China is and where the Shang Dynasty ruled.
To label a modern map of China with the extent of the Shang Dynasty rule.

Children will:

Explain where China is in the world.
Decode some of the landscape features of China from mapping conventions.
Transcribe historical boundaries and city locations from one map to another.

Planning

Provided Resources

Pictures of China's landscapes
Map showing extent of Shang Dynasty

PowerPoint

You Will Need

Globes
Atlases
Online mapping

Weblinks

Chinese music from the Song Dynasty from travelchinaguide.com
Profile of China from bbc.co.uk
Relations between China and Tibet from bbc.co.uk
Information about China's landscapes from chinahighlights.com
Geography of China from ancientchina.co.uk