1. During the Song dynasty, Chinese farmers fed nearly 100 million people through innovations like importing fast-ripening rice and allowing two crops per season. This fueled population growth. 2. Trade within China and abroad made the country richer, as cities grew and goods were shipped on rivers and barges. Merchants traded food from farms and other goods like cotton, tea, and processed textiles. 3. Scientific and technological advances included adopting algebra and the concept of zero in mathematics, inventing movable type printing, and developing gunpowder. These contributed to cultural and economic growth during this period.

1. 10/27/15 Bell Ringer
• Choose any two inventions and describe how
they have changed the world.

2. Objective
• I can identify the achievements of the Song
dynasty and I can compare and contrast two
poems of the Song.
• SPI- 7.22- Summarize the significance of the rapid
agricultural, commercial, and technological
development during the Song dynasties.

3. Notebooks!

4. Agriculture
• imported fast-ripening rice from Vietnam
• allowed two crops each season instead of one
• fueled population increase

5. Agriculture
• During the Song dynasty, the farmers of
China fed a country of nearly 100 million
people. At the time, China was the largest
country in the world.
• Chinese farmers also learned to grow new
crops, such as cotton, efficiently.
• Workers processed cotton fiber to make
clothes and other goods. The production of
tea, which had been grown in China for
centuries, also increased.

7. TRADE
• Throughout the Tang and Song dynasties,
much of the food grown on China's farms
flowed into the growing cities and towns.
• China's cities were crowded, busy places.
Shopkeepers, government officials,
doctors, artisans, entertainers, religious
leaders, and artists made them lively
places as well.

8. TRADE
• Trade grew along with Chinese cities. This
trade, combined with China's agricultural
base, made China richer than ever before.
• Much trade took place within China itself.
Traders used the country's rivers to ship
goods on barges and ships.

9. MATH!
• mathematics flourished
• adopted the use of algebra and the concept of
zero
• invented movable type
• developed gunpowder

10. Arts
• wealth, education, and urban culture = artistic
achievement
• great poetry – wrote about life’s pleasures
– Li Bo and Du Fu

11. Cause and effect
• With your partner brainstorm how these
inventions affected the life of the Chinese.
Think about the ideas we just discussed!

12. Exit ticket
• 1. Identify three accomplishments the Song
dynasty had and how did these affect the life
of the Chinese.