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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**
 * [|http://www.classicsunveiled.com/]
 * [|http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/index.html]
 * [|http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/]
 * __ [|http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/oldworld/europe/ancient_roman_culture.html] __
 * __ [|http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/] __


 * China **
 * [|http://wapedia.mobi/en/Society_and_culture_of_the_Han_Dynasty]
 * __ [|http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/early_imperial_china/han.html] __
 * __ [|http://gallery.sjsu.edu/silkroad/civilization.htm] __
 * __ [|http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hand/hd_hand.htm] __
 * __ [|http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/FORMHAN.HTM] __
 * __ [|http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia-archive/lessons/zarou/WSHan.htm] __


 * 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: They grew wheat, barley, rice, foxtail millet, pross millet, beans, chesnuts, pears, plums, peaches, melons,apricots, strawberrys, red batberries, jujubes, calabash, bambo shoots, mustard plant and taro. They seasond their meat with sugar, honey, salt and soy sauce. 

Imperial Rome:They grew wheat, barley, millet, pea, broad beans, lentil,f lax, chickpeas, hemp, turnips, olives, pears, apples and plums. They used wheat and barley to make bread and they used olives and grapes to make wine.

=== Which animals were domesticated and raised as a food source? === Han China:They ate chickens, Mandein ducks, geese, cows, sheep, pigs, camels and dogs, owls, pheasants, magpies, sika deer and chinese bambo partridge. They got turtles and fish from rivers and lakes. Most of the animals that they ate they also cept them as pets.

Imperial Rome:Their cows provided the milk. They used oxen and mules to do the heavy farm work. The sheep and goats were the cheese makers. The horses were raised by the rich and were used for war. They had sugar by beekeeping. Some of the romans raised and ate snails as a luxury.

=== Describe the agricultural tools used by each dynasty and the role that human labor played in maintaining a stable food supply. === Han China: used iron drill to carefully place seeds into rows.

Imperial Rome: They used an Ard, which is a soil breaker,to plough the fields. The fields were plouged twice to form a firm even surface. Sometimes heavy oxen had to pull the Ard across the fields.They also built dams for irragation. The dams were made out of waterproof cement. Most of the dams were 4 hundred meters long. Their irragation systems helped maintain the output of foodgrains.

=== What challenges did each group face? Were they overcome? === Han China: Had to be careful to not have farms away from the empire or enimies would kill them. Had to make sure to plant cops in the dry seison or the rain would over rain the crops and the soil would be totaly worthless

Imperial Rome: They faced wearher and terain difficulties. Cold weather destroyed crops and bad soil made it impossible to grow crops. Farmers had to be careful not to by land away from a port because of war. Sometimes they would loose land because the previous land owners would get small militias and invade their former farms. Slaves would turn against masters and burn their farms to the ground. If the emperor sent soldiers to kill the invaders they would end up destroying the farms.

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? === Mr Deer should visit Rome for the following reasons. First, their army is incredibly strong. If you want to live in a civilization that has a strong military with costom battle formations come to Rome. Seccond, if you want clean water come to Rome. The Romans were the first people to invent running water so that they could controll the flow of water and so that they would be able to not waste water. Third if you wanted to live in a empire with quality entertainment come to Rome. The Romans had 2 different places were they came to have entertainment. They went to the coloseum to watch gladiatrors fight to the death and they also went to the coloseum to watch live naval battles. They went to the Circus maximus to see chariot races. Those are the reasons why Mr Deer should visit ancient 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.