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 * Social Structure in Han China and Imperial Rome**

Paris Hyatt is a reporter for Gossip Magazine and keenly interested in the social structure of Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome. Ms. Hyatt lives in a gated community far from the city, supports several local charities, and is addicted to watching the E! Channel. To help her decide which dynasty to visit, you will need to research answers to the following key questions:

= **Key Questions:** =
 * 1) How were the social structures broken down in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire
 * 2) Describe and explain the types of jobs within each social structure?
 * 3) What was life like in each social class? Describe the family life? Could people move from one social class to the next very easily?
 * 4) How were women and slaves treated in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire?
 * 5) What was education like for all people in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire?
 * 6) Which empire should Ms. Hyatt, a reporter for //Gossip Magazine//, 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.

**Rome**
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 * China **
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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.

How were the social structures broken down in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire
Han China: In Han China it was broken down to four groups or occupations: The Shi, The Nong, The Gong, And The Shang. The shi were scholars, or people that were educated. They were the upper class people. Then there were the nong, the Nong were farmers. They were highly respected by the shi, They were middle class people. The gong were artisans and Craftsmen they were also middle class but were not highly respected by the shi. They were respected by the shi but not as Much as the nong were. Then there were the Shang, the Shang were merchants and traders. They were filthy lower class people that everyone disrespected. They obtained goods and then sold them for more than they got them for.

Imperial Rome: In Rome There were two types of people, the patricians and the plebeians. The Patricians were the upper class people like senators, emperors, or wealthy landowners. They all had big houses, some of them had big villas in the countryside. They all held a lot of power. The plebeians were lower class. Most of them were peasant farmers and craftsmen, very few of them were slaves. They would work on the building projects for the emperor or they would work around the homes of the patricians. Some would work to entertain the emperor or clean up the palace.

Describe and explain the types of jobs within each social structure?
Han China: Like said above there are six types of jobs: scholars, farmers, artisans, craftsmen, merchants, and traders. Scholars were educated people that educated people. Farmers would provide food for the city-state. Artisans were skilled artists that painted pictures and practiced calligraphy (a form of writing). Craftsmen were also very skilled artists, but they didn't paint pictures, they made sculptures. Merchants were people that bought goods, but then sold them for more than they were worth. Tradesmen or traders were traveling salesmen, they were like merchants because they bought things then sold them for more than they were worth.

Imperial Rome: For the upper class people in Rome there were a few jobs: Senators, Emperors, and landowners. Being a landowner wasn't really a job, but a lot of people were landowners. Senators were people that came up with laws. They didm't decide if they passed, they only made laws. If you are wondering who did decide if the laws passed was the emperor. He was the ruler of all Rome, he decided if a law was worthy. Whatever pleased the emperor was the law. Here are some of the lower class jobs: peasant farmers, craftsmen/artisans, and slaves. Peasant farmers were slaves hired to work in the countryside, either at a patricians villa, or at a farm. Craftsmen and artisans were highly skilled artist that either sculpted (craftsmen), or painted(artisan). Slaves were hired to work around the homes of the wealthy, sometimes they would clean or make meals, other times they might teach the wealthy persons child.

What was life like in each social class? Describe the family life? Could people move from one social class to the next very easily?
Han China: For the shi, life was very easy, they didn't have to work. All they did was educate people, life was easy for their family too. For the nong, life was fairly hard. They had to work in the fields all day, most of the time their families would have to work in the fields all day too, that meant that they wouldn't get an education. The Gong had a hard life too, they were painting paintings or sculpting sculptures all day. Sometimes, if they made enough money they could send their kid/kids to school. The shang were different, the merchants had an easy life, they would most of the time have enough money to send their kids to school. But traders had a hard life, they would always be on the road. Sometimes it was easy to move from class to class. you could move from gong to nong easily, but from any class it would be easy to move to nong. It took time to become a shi, same with the gong.

Imperial Rome: Life was very diverse in the roman classes. For the patricians life was very easy, you would just have a slave do everything for you. You would have a slave teach your children until about age six or seven. A slave would cook your meals for you, a slave would even go and work on your farm. This shows that they had a very good family life, it was all done for them. If you were a plebeian, life would be very hard for you. You would have to go and work all day, your family would have to work too. you would have to work all day for people who sat around all day. Family life would be hard too because they would have to work, they wouldn't get an education. In Rome it was almost impossible for a plebeian to become a patrician, whomever you worked for would pay you a bare minimum. Even if you saved your money it would take forever to have enough to even think about buying a big house. If you were a patrician you could spend all your money and then have to work.

How were women and slaves treated in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire?
Han China: Women were supposed to stay around the house and help take care of their children. Their first will was to their fathers, then their husbands, and finally their adult sons. They didn't have very many rights and they couldnt vote. Slaves were very different from women. They were treated like the shang, they were only poor people who had to work to eat. Some peoplefelt bad for them so they hire them to work around their house. They would also clean palaces and work for the emperors.

Imperial Rome: In Rome, women and slaves were treated very differently. Women were only supposed to stay in the house and take care of the children. Slaves were the ones who would clean the house, cook the meals, etc. Sometimes they would teach the children. In return, the patrician that the slave is working for would protect the slave, give them food and water.

What was education like for all people in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire?
Han China: Education was very important. Everyone got an education, but it depended if you were poor or rich. If you were rich you got to go to what was like private school with a tuition. If you were poor you got to go to a public school. Everyone got to go to school because it was so important.

Imperial Rome: Education in Rome also depended if you were rich or poor. If you were a plebeian, you usually didn't have enough money for an education and had to have your kids work all day. Anyone who was a plebeian and got an education was very lucky. Most patricians sent their kids to school because they had the money to. If they didn't get sent to school their mother taught them at home. Once again, education relied on how much money you had and what class you were in

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. Hyatt, a reporter for //Gossip Magazine//, visit? Why?
I think that Ms. Hyatt should visit the Han Dynasty. I think this because if she went to Rome there was almost no chance that she would be a patrician. If she became a plebeian she couldnt work. China is mostly the same but she would have more freedom and could work if she went there.

= **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 embedded 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.