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From Animal Bones to Calligraphy: The Evolution and Unifying Power of the Chinese Writing System
ENG1001A-PEP-CN Lesson 6
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❓ Big Question: How did Chinese characters evolve?
The Museum of Ancient Scripts
Explore the 3,000-year journey from animal bones to modern calligraphy, and discover how one script unified a nation.
探索从甲骨文到现代书法的3000年历程,发现一种文字如何统一一个国家。
Learning Objectives
  • Know 7 historical terms & relative adverbs (when, where, why).
  • Do Trace the evolution of writing and curate a museum exhibit.
  • Feel Appreciate the unifying power of a shared writing system.
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Pro Tip: The Unifying Anchor

While spoken dialects changed across regions, the written characters stayed the same, keeping the culture unified!

虽然各地的方言不同,但书写的汉字保持一致,维系了文化的统一!
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