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Ancient Chinese Inventions: Paper, Silk, and the Compass
Evaluate the economic and global historical significance of Chinese innovations including papermaking, silk production, and the magnetic compass.
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Ancient China and Philosophical Traditions
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Examine Chinese river valley civilizations, the Mandate of Heaven, classical philosophies (Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism), and early imperial unifications.
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6.SP1.4Arizona Social Studies Standards · All agesEvaluate the significance of past events and their effect on students’ lives and society.
6.E3.2Arizona Social Studies Standards · All agesExplain the influence the factors of production have on the manufacture of goods and services within different cultures, regions, and communities. Key concepts include traditional economic systems, manorialism, guilds, taxation systems, and coerced labor