Tuesday, February 5th

Bell-Ringer: Please turn in your tutorial request form to the front table and take your seat. Log-on to the

class wiki and visit the bell-ringers and agendas page. There, you will find a link to a MAPS review game. Take a few minutes to try your hand at the top two games. (Hint: You may need to right click and zoom

out on the maps before starting the game).

Daily Agenda:

• Bell-Ringer: Maps Review Game• Word of the Day: Audacious• Tutorial• Lecture: Chinese Belief Systems

Homework: Read Chapter 9 (Quiz tomorrow)

Audacious: fearlessly, often recklessly daring; very bold

Pronunciation Guide for AUDACIOUSWhat do American General George Washington and Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto have in common? Both launched AUDACIOUS surprise attacks on unsuspecting adversaries. On Christmas Day 1776, Washington ordered the colonial army to cross the Delaware and attack the British and Hessian forces at Trenton. Washington’s AUDACIOUS plan shocked the British and restored American morale.On Dec 7, 1941 Yamamoto order the Japanese First Air Fleet to launch a surprise attack on the American Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor. Although Japan’s AUDACIOUS sleep attack temporarily hobbled (hampered) the U.S. fleet, it aroused the now-unified country to demand revenge.

“Read-Aloud“ feb 5, block 1

Audacious: fearlessly, often recklessly daring; very bold

• What would AUDACIOUS mean to a…?– Rebellious Teenager– Racecar Driver– Olympic Athlete– Navy Seal

“Words across contexts“ Feb 5, Block 2

answer

• What would AUDACIOUS mean to a…?– Rebellious Teenager – Takes parents’ car without permission– Racecar Driver – Cutting ahead of other cars– Olympic Athlete – Ice skater going for a triple axle– Navy Seal – Raiding a compound in a foreign country

“Words across contexts“ Feb 5, block 2

As audacious as it gets…

Tutorials

Quickly get your materials and move to your assigned group. Everyone should read their P.O.C. question and then

decide as a group who should present first. I am going to be looking at engagement today. That means that every time I hear off-topic conversations during your tutorial, I

am going to deduct points on your form for being disengaged. Your group needs everyone contributing!

Eastern Cultures and Civilization

Key Concept Review

Chinese Philosophies:Confucianism• Founder = Kongzi• Analects are sacred writings

(written by Mencius)• Applied ren to society as part of

parallel between family and state. • Emphasized filial piety (xiao) in 5

main relationships.(Ruler to Ruled, Father to Son, Husband to Wife, Older Brother to Younger Brother, Friend to Friend)

• Utilized during Han Dynasty as basis for civil service (meritocracy)

• After the fall of the Han, it was Confucianism that preserved society (not centralized powers).

Chinese Philosophies

• Legalism• Human nature is wicked and

people need strict laws to keep them orderly.

• Requires written and public laws, power in the institution, and hidden motivations and tactics of the ruler

• Arose during “Warring States Period”

• Helped to unify China during the Qin Dynasty

Chinese PhilosophiesDaoism• Founder = Laozi• Sayings recorded in the Tao

Te Ching• Accept the world as it is,

avoid useless struggles, follow path of nature (Dao)

• Journey is the point; no absolute morality or meaning; rules are pointless

• Why might it appeal more than Confucianism?

• Yin and Yang; Tai Chi; Wuwei