Introduce young philosophers to the wisdom of China's most famous thinkers with a short bio. The reading comprehension passage includes an answer key.

Concepts

confucius, confucianism, reading comprehension, ancient china, china, philosophers, justice, main ideas, diction, self discipline

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the reading comprehension worksheet as an anticipation guide to introduce a study of Confucius and/or ancient China
• Ask class members to examine Confucius's Analects, select one that they like, and use it as  journal prompt

Classroom Considerations

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Pros

• Includes an answer key for the reading comprehension questions
• Activities may be added to the PDF, downloaded, printed, and shared

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.5.2 RI.5.6