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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: Although Han was very focused on there buildings they did have free time to do some arts and see entertainment. They were usually entertained with sculpting they would make a lot of sculptures usually out of marble or gold. This took time and focus and was a very tricky technique. It was tough to do but they usually did in hour of a empire or famous part of the government. Another thing that some people in the Han dynasty did was paintings. They were known for some good paintings around that time.

Imperial Rome: Rome had more forms of entertainment then Han thanks to the coliseum or curium maxims. It was basely a huge stage where you could come see chariot racing, mock navel baddels, and gladiator fights. In chariot race people would get puled by horse in buggies and would race and if they fell off the buggies they would get trappable and die. Also in gladiator fights men would fight other men to the death and even sometimes animals. This was a huge enteranment ceter and everyone could come watch forms of entertainment. It made Rome a very divers culture because it could do so much. The coliseum could even hold water for the navel baddels.

Describe the term, “bread and circuses,” the Roman emperors started for its citizens.
Han China: It meant that the lower class will never go hungry and always have entertainment so this way the lower class that dose most of the hard and handy work such keeping the crops healthy will always be happy.This is also a way to show that the upper class cares about the lower class and wants them to be pleased and not rebel.

Imperial Rome: It meant that the lower class will never go hungry and always have entertainment so this way the lower class that dose most of the hard and handy work such keeping the crops healthy will always be happy.This is also a way to show that the upper class cares about the lower class and wants them to be pleased and not rebel.

For what architecture, paintings, literature, or sculptures are ancient Rome and China most famous?
Han China Han China is most famous for its sculptures. They were very good at making sculptures. This took time and focus which they had. They usually made them in hour of a emperor and sometimes in honer of a important part of the government. if you were in the Han dynasty and you had a sculpture in hour of you you were very well respected. Han china also did paintings and they were known for some of the best painting around at that time.

Imperial Rome: Rome is most famous for its architecture. they had two main structures. first of all they had the coliseum which was used for entertainment it was huge and anybody could go and watch many activity's go on there. It was built by Jewish people that were captured to come to Rome and build it, it was also build in record time. also the had the forum which was like a strip mall in modern times it had everything food cloths and even offices.

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 would like each civilization the same but i think Rome is a little more divers so i think she would like that better. Also i think she can connect with it better cause shes a fan of WWE and that relates with the gladiator fights. So when she travels back in time she should go to Rome.

= **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