Ancient China

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Ancient China
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
TASK

• Congratulations! Your group has just
  started your own travel agency business. Your
  first job is to arrange a tour for a group of 6th
  grade students who will be studying Ancient China
  but want to first visit the fascinating country
  of China. However, these students are
  investigating other travel agencies so your group
  needs to be very thorough when planning the
  groups tour. Your group will need to prepare
  these students so that they will know what to
  expect when they arrive in China, what historical
  sights to see when they get there, what the
  exciting history behind what they are seeing and
  what wonderful legacies China has given to the
  world. Its now time to get started!

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TASK
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• You are to work in a group to create a travel
  brochure to convince the students to use your
  travel agency. You may create your brochure
  using a PowerPoint presentation, a paper travel
  brochure or a poster. (Remember that pictures
  will help attract tourists when you are trying to
  promote travel to China.) When you are finished
  your brochure should include
•         A short introduction
•         Facts about China
•         A map of China
•         Things to see - ancient sites
•         A historical summary
•         Things China has given to the world
• A summary of why your travel agency should be
  chosen

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• You will be assigned a role to help your travel
  agency get this job. Do your research and save
  it to your P Drive or a disc. Decide what
  format your group will be using. If it is a
  PowerPoint presentation, save it to one persons
  P Drive. Remember to add pictures for interest

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• Facts about China
• Pictures
• Geography
• Terra Cotta Army
• Great Wall of China
• The Silk Road
• The Forbidden City
• Dynasties
• Daily Life
• Philosophies
• Inventions

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Facts about China

• http//yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/factbook/ch
  /geogra.html
• http//www.travelchinaguide.com/index.html
• http//www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/china.ht
  m

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Pictures

• http//www.historylink101.com/china_history.htm

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Geography

• http//yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/factbook/ch
  /geogra.html
• http//www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/china.ht
  m
• http//library.thinkquest.org/20443/g_living.html

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Terra Cotta Army

• http//www.travelchinaguide.com/index.html
  http//www.anniebees.com/China/China_42.htm 

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Great Wall of China

• http//www.mrdowling.com/613-greatwall.html
• http//www.travelchinaguide.com/index.html
• http//www.chinahighlights.com/greatwall/about_the
  _greatwall.htm 
• http//library.thinkquest.org/20443/g_living.html

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The Silk Road

• http//www.mrdowling.com/613-silkroad.html
• http//www.travelchinaguide.com/index.html
• http//library.thinkquest.org/20443/g_living.html

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The Forbidden City 

• http//www.travelchinaguide.com/index.html
• http//www.chinavista.com/beijing/gugong/!start.ht
  ml 

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Dynasties

• http//www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/inde
  x.html
• http//www.mrdowling.com/613chinesehistory.html
• http//members.aol.com/Donnclass/Chinalife.htmlQ
  IN
• http//www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/

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Daily Life

• http//members.aol.com/Donnclass/Chinalife.htmlQ
  IN
• http//www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/
• http//www.historylink101.com/china_history.htm

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Philosophies

• http//www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/
• http//members.aol.com/Donnclass/Chinalife.htmlQ
  IN
• http//www.mrdowling.com/613chinesehistory.html

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Inventions

• http//www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/sum-inst/links/inven
  t.htm
• http//www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/china
  /eg_china_3a.html 
• http//library.thinkquest.org/23062/frameset.html

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JOBS

• Ambassador
• Tour Guide
• Historian
• Engineer

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Ambassador

• Your role as Ambassador requires you to inform
  the students about what they should expect when
  they get to China concerning the following
  information
•         What legal documents will be needed to
  enter China?
•         What languages are spoken?
•         What money is used?
•         What is the present population?
•         What are the national holidays?
•         What are the present day religions and
  philosophies that are observed?
•         Confucianism
•         Taoism
•         Legalism
•         What is the climate?
• Climate is very important to travelers.
  China has a large variety of climates and
  terrains. Please describe the different physical
  features that can be found in China and explain
  how it affected life in ancient China.

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Tour Guide

• Your role as Tour Guide is to plan
  what sites the students should visit. You want
  to persuade the group of students to use your
  travel agency to visit these sites so use vivid
  descriptions. As a Tour Guide, you will be
  conducting the tour and describing the locations
  with interesting information about the site. The
  places you will want the group to see are the
  following
• The Terra Cotta Army
• How was it discovered?
• Who had it built?
• Describe the Terra Cotta Army.
• Why was it built?
• How might the group of students
  feel when they see the
• clay warriors?
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  (Continued)

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Tour Guide Continued

• The Great Wall of China
• What ruler began the construction of the Great
  Wall?
• How was the wall built?
• Why was the wall built?
• Do you think it served its purpose?
• The Silk Road
• What was the purpose of the Silk Road?
• What were the physical features along the route?
• How did the Silk Road change China?
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  (Continued)

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  Tour Guide Continued

• The Forbidden City
• What is the Forbidden City?
• Who was forbidden to enter?
• What buildings were included in the
  Forbidden City and what
• were their uses?
• Why would tourists want to visit the
  Forbidden City?

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Historian

• Your role as Historian is to inform the
  students of the rich history of China. The 6th
  grade students going on this trip want to know
  about the following dynasties
• Shang
• Chou
• Qin (Chin)
• Han
• They would also like to know about the
  daily life of someone who lived during one of
  those dynasties. Describe someones daily life.

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Engineer

• Name and describe what inventions China gave the
  world?
• How did these inventions affect future
  generations?

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CONCLUSION
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• Your travel agency will then write a
  summary persuading the 6th grade group of
  students why they should use your agency and why
  they should visit China. Review all the
  wonderful features of China to assure these
  students that they want you to take them to China.

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