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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: In ancient China music was very important. Band or orcastras traveled to different cities and with them brought dancers who would preform together in theaters.

Imperial Rome: in Ancient Rome a favorite type of entertainment was gladiators and chariot races. These games were very violent and many died but people still loved to watch them. In gladiator fights a slave usually would fight a trained fighter, a wild animal or another slave to the death. Chariot races people would divide into groups of 4 then go for different amounts of laps racing each other.

=== Describe the term, “bread and circuses,” the Roman emperors started for its citizens. === Han China: Athough the quote "bread and circuses was not said in Anciet China it still aplies for them because ever civilzations ha to please the people. Or else everthing will be in chaos.

Imperial Rome: Bread and circuses meant that if you can give people food and entertainment that they would be happy and not rebel.

=== For what architecture, paintings, literature, or sculptures are ancient Rome and China most famous? === Han China: Ancient china had many famous forms of art but one of the most important would be painting and the invention of paper. Another important form was sculptures. These were placed in the tombs of important people. Because of the silk road China had alot of acsess to different stones for jewlery which was very popular.

Imperial Rome: Most ancient Romans were most famous for there statues. These statues were usually to worship god and godess or for wealthy people to show of power and importance.

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 most enjoy ancient China. One of the reasons would be China had many famous pieces of art work and they were the first to use paper for painting. Also in ancient China music was very important, going thier she could learn and exparement with different styles.

= **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