Thinking Skills: Understanding, Interpreting, Analysing, Comparing, Identifying, Designing, Synthesising, Assessing, Selecting; Judging 

Multiple Intelligences:  Spatial;  Verbal/Linguistic 

1.  Study these doctrines or teachings of early China - Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Legalism.  You may want to break up into pairs to cover each one.  You will be reporting back to the rest of the team at the end.

2.  Identify 3 main components of each of these doctrines.

3.  Design a visual representation of each doctrine which demonstrates these components.  Simple symbols would be useful and effective.  Imagine these images have been carved into stone or drawn on parchment.  Make your 'poster' look somewhat ancient.

4.  Write the identified components on the back of your poster.

5.  If you have worked in pairs within your group - share your new understandings with the other pairs.

6.  Now that you understand these different doctrines, how would they affect how a person acts?  People will react in different ways and have different points of view depending on their belief system.  How would people from each of these doctrines act in these same situations?  Organise your information into a matrix as shown below.
 
 

7.  Prepare your sharing session where you will explain these four doctrines to the rest of your team using your posters and situation matrix.

For the activity to be complete the group should have:
*  identified 3 components of each doctrine and written them on the back of the poster
*  used visual symbols to represent the components of each doctrine - these posters should be attractive and easy to interpret; images should be clear
*  ensured that all group members understand the differences between the four doctrines
*  prepared a situation matrix (one for the group)
*  organised their team sharing session.