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 * Agriculture in Han China and Imperial Rome**

Jon Deer is a farmer and equipment salesman who wants to travel back in time to visit either Han China or Imperial Rome. Mr. Deer raises cattle and grain on his highly mechanized 5000 acre ranch and spends much of his time managing his equipment dealership, "Tri-County Tractor." To help him decide which dynasty to visit, you will need to research answers to the following key questions:

= **Key Questions:** =
 * 1) What were the major crops grown in each area?
 * 2) Which animals were domesticated and raised as a food source?
 * 3) Describe the agricultural tools used by each dynasty and the role that human labor played in maintaining a stable food supply.
 * 4) What challenges did each group face? Were they overcome?
 * 5) Which empire should Mr. Deer, a farmer and equipment salesman, 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.

What were the major crops grown in each area?
Han China: During the Han dynasty, the main crop grown was rice. The Han also grew wheat, soybeans, cabbage, peas and bamboo shoots. The Han invented many tools to help grow crops.

Imperial Rome: wheat, olives, and grapes. They also had many orchards which had peaches, apples, pears, cherries, plums, pomegranates, and lemons.

Which animals were domesticated and raised as a food source?
Han China: The han didn't eat very much meat. Animals were not raised to be eaten, but the raised oxen to work in farms. Although, the Han did eat fish. The han ate a lot of grains.

Imperial Rome: In Rome, they raised cows, goats, and sheep. Pork was very important to the romans. The romans ate species of birds like, duck, chicken and geese.

=== Describe the agricultural tools used by each dynasty and the role that human labor played in maintaining a stable food supply. === Han China: The Han used many diffrent tools to farm. They made iron plows and other iron tools. They also built many walls and irrigation systems. The walls keep out flood water and the irrigation systems would bring water to crops during droughts.

Imperial Rome: The romans, had many slaves work in farms. The slaves were used to maintain the patricians land, and grow crops like wheat.

What challenges did each group face? Were they overcome?
Han China: The Han had many problems concerning rivers and streams. The water for rivers would flood and destroy crops. There were also droughts, and crops would die to a lack of water. The Han built walls

Imperial Rome: the romans had many crops being grown, so other groups of people would want to take over.

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 Mr. Deer, a farmer and equipment salesman, visit? Why? I think that Mr. Deer should go to China because the Han found ways to solve the flooding. The Han also grew a lot of plants, and had special tools to maintain those plants. ===

= **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.