Review and connect the ancient Indian and Chinese civilizations studied so far, from the Indus Valley through the Han Dynasty.
You have now studied ancient India and China across nine weeks, from the mysterious Indus Valley cities through Hinduism and Buddhism's origins, the Maurya Empire under Ashoka, the Shang and Zhou dynasties, Confucius and Legalism, Qin unification, and Han innovation and the Silk Road. As with the first era assessment, this week is about connecting what you already know, not learning new material -- placing events on a timeline correctly and comparing civilizations, philosophies, and rulers across categories you have now practiced twice this year.
Pay special attention to cause and effect across this whole unit: the Indus Valley's decline came before the Vedic era that shaped Hinduism; the chaos of the Warring States period caused competing philosophies to develop; Qin's harsh unification directly shaped the Han's choice to govern differently afterward. Seeing these as connected events, not a list of separate facts, is exactly the kind of thinking a good review builds.
Mastery looks like: They can place this unit's major events on a timeline in order and compare at least three rulers or philosophies across cause and effect.
Common stumbles: Treating Qin and Han as unrelated dynasties rather than seeing the Han's choices as a direct response to Qin's collapse.