The Story of China (BBC/PBS, 2016) — Episode 1: Ancestors — Worksheet & Key

Episode 1 of The Story of China (Michael Wood, BBC/PBS, 2016) — the series opener, tracing the earliest dynasties and the deep roots of Chinese civilization.

What's included:

- 1-page fill-in-the-blank worksheet, questions in transcript order

- Matching answer key

- PDF format, two-sided printable, low-ink

- World History, grades 7–12 — fits AP World History Ancient China units

Built as a course opener for a Chinese-history unit, or as a single documentary day inside an Ancient Civilizations survey. The episode runs about 60 minutes — a single class period with brief discussion before or after. Michael Wood's on-location filming across Shang, Zhou, and Han sites gives students a sense of the physical scale of early China that a textbook map cannot match.

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