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 * Culture in Han China and Imperial Rome**

Penny Crayon is a budding artist and musician keenly interested in the culture of Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome. Ms. Crayon likes to make clay figurines and watch WWE wrestling. She has written several popular songs, including //Ode to Undertaker// and //Cena Serenade//. To help her decide which dynasty to visit, you will need to research answers to the following key questions:

= **Key Questions:** =
 * 1) What types of entertainment existed in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire?
 * 2) Describe the term, “bread and circuses,” the Roman emperors started for its citizens.
 * 3) For what architecture, paintings, literature, or sculptures are ancient Rome and China most famous?
 * 4) Which empire should Ms. Crayon, an artist and musician, visit? Why?

=Resources= Your research will be confined to the following web resources and library databases. If you wish to use a resource not on this list you must seek approval from your teacher.

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 * Library Databases **
 * @http://www.micdslibrary.com/databases.html

Scroll down to the History/Social Studies menu; the ABCCLIO Ancient World History database is particularly helpful.

=Research and Citations= Use the space below to record your research for each question. Remember that you will need to cite your sources using the format found on the MICDS Library resource page.

What types of entertainment existed in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire?
Han China: The Hans imported many forms of entertainment from the silk road. They imported polo which is when there are two teams on horses and they try to hit a ball in between two posts.They also imported many dances from many cultures. Rich men had women dance for them sometimes. They also got alot of music from the silk road. They got some from rome, egypt, and invented some of their own.They also made and got alot of instraments. They invented the bamboo pipes, and the Qin a seven stringed instrament which you pluck. The Han prefered flutes and stringed instraments.

Imperial Rome: Romans were entertained by gladiators who were usually slaves or prisoners of war fought to the death in areas.They got gladiators mostly from prisoners of war.Sometimes they used women or children fight in the days of christens getting executed.Also they used prisoners. They started sentencing them to gladiators for the littlest of crimes because they were running out of gladiators.Then they started gladiator schools. The gladiators were fed specific diets and worked out in the gym. Also they watched chariot races which were usually bloody and deadly. They could fall out of there chariot and be trampled or crushed. Also Romans adopted theature from the greeks. They used half circle theatures. Also they did drama and comadies and war like plays. The Romans prefered comidies and war like plays better than drama like the greeks.

Describe the term, “bread and circuses,” the Roman emperors started for its citizens.
Imperial Rome: The roman emperors made the term bread and circuses to say to their citezens that as citezens they will recive food and entertainment.

For what architecture, paintings, literature, or sculptures are ancient Rome and China most famous?
Han China:Probably the most recognized building in Han china is The Great Wall of China. It stretches over 6,200 miles. Also it took thousands of people to build it. Even though the Hans didn't entirely build all of it they built alot of it. At first many different peoples ,added sections of the walls to keep out other rising people. Eventually the Hans conqured them and added pieces to the wall to connect it into one big wall. They made the wall up north because of the Huns constant attacks on the Han to the north. It took really advanced tecnology to build the wall. They had to build a sturdy wall and did, it is still standing today. They made it much thicker and taller.They maintained it over the whole era of the dynasty.

Imperial Rome: In rome one of the most commonly known buildings is the Colosseum. The 6 acer area of the Colosseum hold gladiators fighting to the death. A weird thing is that they held naval battles in the Colosseum. the 15 foot walls make it so the areana can be filled up with water and boats can float in. It could hold 50,000 people and it can fill up in less than 15 minutes and exit in less time. The Colosseum had 3 rows the first row for the senate and hel a speciel box for the emperor. The second row was for the lower goverment officals and rich patricans, and the seats in the third row was for the rest of the people and the worst wodden seats was for the lower class women.

Similarities and Differences
Before deciding which dynasty your client should visit, you may wish to create a simple Venn Diagram to compare/contrast the two empires. You may use [|this template] or create one online at Read-Write-Think.

Which empire should Ms. Crayon, an artist and musician, visit? Why?
I think Ms. Crayon should go to the Han dinasty. They made alot of artwork with caligrafy and sculptures they invented paper so the must have realy good paper.Even though I think she would enjoy the gladiators in Rome the Han dinasty has the silk road which gives them art from all diferent cultures with sculptures, paintings,and much more. Han China would be a great place for a budding musician because of all the instraments and music from all arond europe and asia and africa are all in one place because of the silk road.Han China is a great place for a artist and a musican because of all different cultures in one place.

= **Travel Poster Components:** =

You will create a travel poster for each of the two empires. Each poster should be attractive, persuasive, and highlight the major features related to your topic. You will create the posters using Glogster.edu (instructions will be provided in class) and they should contain the following components:

__**Travel Poster Components**__
 * 1) One Glogster.edu poster for each dynasty
 * 2) At least three "must see" tourist features with detailed text and relevant images for each dynasty
 * 3) At least one audio recording on each poster

The **[|Poster Rubric]** will be used to evaluate your work; you should refer to it before handing in your final product. When you have completed the poster, embed it below the "Travel Poster" heading below:

Travel Posters
//embed your posters here by copying the embed code from Glogster and adding an HTML widget//

= **Oral Presentation Guidelines** = The oral presentation is your opportunity to share your posters, explain whether your client should visit Han China or the Roman Empire, and should follow these guidelines:
 * 1) Less than three minutes in length
 * 2) Should address/explain the "must see" features of each dynasty
 * 3) Should explain which destination the client should visit and why

This presentation is about speaking skills and the use of your posters. You will be permitted to use notecards but are NOT to simply read your notes to the audience. The **[|Presentation Rubric]** will be used to evaluate your work; you should refer to it before giving your final presentation