1.) Students list primary attributes of each philosophy. Students are then given a modern situation, such as a teenager coming home late after curfew. Students are assigned a role in the situation, either a Confucian parent, a Confucian teenager, a Legalist parent or teenager, or a Daoist parent or teenager. If they are parents, students must write a statement admonishing their teenager according to their philosophy. Teenagers must write an excuse that they think would be accepted by someone of their philosophy.

2.) Students will place key events in Chinese history on a timeline, and create maps showing the expansion of the empire and the resources traded with the rest of Asia in China's role as the "Middle Country."

Assessment Criteria

1.) Statements should be read convincingly and show detailed knowledge of the philosophy they represent. Students will take a quiz in which they must list three beliefs of each philosophy and an action that a believer in each philosophy would do in a given situation.

2.) Maps and timelines should be complete, accurate and detailed. They should be visually appealing and include information from every time period or location studied.

3.) Students should be assessed based on effectiveness of the presentation and the accuracy of their representation of Confucian beliefs and trial procedures of the time.