Explore the Song Dynasty of Ancient China including the Northern and Southern Song, advancements, culture, and government on this site.

In this lesson, learners watch two videos from China depicting public speeches about the first school government election. Then, they will create and give persuasive presentations of their own that will describe ways in which they would...

Briefly dicusses the role of the scholar officials in dynastic China, and goes quickly over the civil service exam.

Multi-media lesson in which students consider the concept of censorship and analyze the merits of censorship versus freedom of information while learning about the protests in Beijing in 1989. Note: Some video content may not load in...