RTI BELL WORKIt is the year1270. You are a merchant in a Chinese city of about a million. The city around you fills your senses. You hear people talking – discussing business, gossiping, laughing at jokes. You smell delicious food cooking at a restaurant down the street.

Would you feel proud or overwhelmed by this rapid cultural growth during the Song dynasty?

What do you think made the Song economy strong? Support ideas with details and examples.

STANDARD & OBJECTIVEI can list and analyze the achievements of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

7.22 Summarize the significance of the rapid agricultural, commercial, and technological development during the Song Dynasties.

Essential Questions• What are the consequences of

rapid technology?• How do new ideas change the way

people live?

Agriculture Navigation

Graphic OrganizerDraw the chart below on a blank sheet of paper. Read pages 414 – 419 in the textbook and look for information on the accomplishments of the Tang and Song dynasties. Keep track of these accomplishments by writing them in your organizer.

Write it OutUsing evidence from your graphic organizer, write a

paragraph explaining which Chinese inventions or ideas do

we still use today.