Lesson Planning

Translate a Shang text and explain what the oracle bones tell us about the Shang Dynasty.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To learn how and why people in the Shang Dynasty wrote.
• To transcribe and translate Shang characters.

Children will:

• Use a number of different strategies to solve a problem.
• Translate a Shang text.
• Explain what the oracle bones tell us about the Shang Dynasty.