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THE QIN DYNASTYFOCUS QUESTION: DID SHI HUANGDI IMPROVE CHINA?
DO-NOW: TAKE OUT YOUR PROJECT! ☺
HOMEWORK: SHI HUANGDI GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
DID SHI HUANGDI IMPROVE CHINA?
DIRECTIONS: YOU WILL BE ANALYZING A SERIES OF DOCUMENTS
REGARDING SHI HUANGDI’S RULE OF QIN CHINA. THROUGH YOUR
ANALYSIS YOU WILL DECIDE IF SHI HUANGDI IMPROVED CHINA.
• THE TERRA COTTA ARMY
• THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
• WEIGHTS, MEASUREMENTS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE
• OPPONENTS OF SHI HUANGDI
TERRA COTTA ARMY
• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE TERRA
COTTA ARMY?
• WHAT ELEMENTS OF PERSIAN DOES THE
TERRA COTTA ARMY REPRESENT? EXPLAIN.
• WHAT DOES THE TERRA COTTA ARMY TELL
US ABOUT SHI HUANGDI?
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the size of 2 football fields.
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THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA?
• WHAT ELEMENTS OF PERSIAN
DOES THE GREAT WALL OF
CHINA REPRESENT? EXPLAIN.
• WHAT DOES THE GREAT WALL
OF CHINA TELL US ABOUT SHI
HUANGDI?
WEIGHTS, MEASUREMENTS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE
• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF
IMPROVING WEIGHTS, MEASUREMENTS,
AND INFRASTRUCTURE?
• WHAT ELEMENTS OF PERSIAN DO
WEIGHTS, MEASUREMENTS, AND
INFRASTRUCTURE REPRESENT? EXPLAIN.
• WHAT DOES IMPROVING AND
STANDARDIZING WEIGHTS,
MEASUREMENTS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE
TELL US ABOUT SHI HUANGDI?
OPPONENTS OF SHI HUANGDI
• WHY DID SHI HUANGDI TREAT HIS
OPPOSITION THIS WAY?
• WHAT ELEMENTS OF PERSIAN
DOES THE TREATMENT OF
OPPONENTS REPRESENT? EXPLAIN.
• WERE SHI HUANGDI’S ACTIONS
JUSTIFIED? EXPLAIN.
IMPACTS OF SHI HUANGDI
DIRECTIONS: USING YOUR NOTES, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO HELP
YOU DECIDE IF SHI HUANGDI IMPROVED CHINA. FOR EACH CATEGORY, DESCRIBE HOW HIS
MEASURES COULD BE VIEWED AS SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL. YOU WILL BE USING THIS TO
DEBATE!
Successful Unsuccessful
Legalism and the Unification of China
Terracotta Army
The Great Wall of China
Weights, Measurements, and Infrastructure
Opposition
LEARNING TARGET NOTEBOOKS
GRAB YOUR NOTEBOOKS AND WRITE DOWN AND ANSWER THE LEARNING TARGET QUESTION
BELOW:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH
IN YOUR OPINION, DID SHI HUANGDI HURT OR
IMPROVE CHINA? EXPLAIN.
PLEASE PLACE YOUR NOTEBOOKS BACK IN THE BIN WHEN YOU ARE DONE, THANK YOU!