★ Inquiry DBQ Series · #8
China's Civil Service Exams DBQ
China's civil service exams: was the system fair?
Could anyone in imperial China win a government job by passing a test? Students weigh who passed, who was shut out, and what Confucius taught to decide whether the system was fair.
Grade 7World Civilizations 600–1600Google Slides3 class periods
License: one teacher and their own students.
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What's included
- Teacher presentation (13 slides) with speaker notes
- Full DBQ packet (22 pages): hook, background essay, documents with analysis questions, sourcing organizer, bucketing and outline, writing task, 4-point rubric, teacher guide with answer key and sample essay
- Scaffolded version (15 pages): shorter excerpts, vocabulary support and sentence starters, with its own answer key
The documents
- How the exams worked
- Viewing the Pass List (painting)
- Data: who actually passed?
- Confucius on choosing leaders
- Who was left out?
- A modern civil service comparison
Good to know
- Class time
- 3 periods of 45–50 minutes
- Pages
- 50 total
- Format
- Editable Google Slides
- Answer key
- Included
Standards: KAS Grade 7: 7.C.CP.1, 7.C.RR.1, 7.C.CV.1, 7.I.Q, 7.I.UE, 7.I.CC