THE QIN DYNASTYFOCUS QUESTION: DID SHI HUANGDI IMPROVE CHINA?

DO-NOW: TAKE OUT YOUR PROJECT! ☺

HOMEWORK: SHI HUANGDI GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

DID SHI HUANGDI IMPROVE CHINA?

DIRECTIONS: YOU WILL BE ANALYZING A SERIES OF DOCUMENTS

REGARDING SHI HUANGDI’S RULE OF QIN CHINA. THROUGH YOUR

ANALYSIS YOU WILL DECIDE IF SHI HUANGDI IMPROVED CHINA.

• THE TERRA COTTA ARMY

• THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

• WEIGHTS, MEASUREMENTS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE

• OPPONENTS OF SHI HUANGDI

TERRA COTTA ARMY

• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE TERRA

COTTA ARMY?

• WHAT ELEMENTS OF PERSIAN DOES THE

TERRA COTTA ARMY REPRESENT? EXPLAIN.

• WHAT DOES THE TERRA COTTA ARMY TELL

US ABOUT SHI HUANGDI?

There are 4 pits total. The first pit is

the size of 2 football fields.

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THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA?

• WHAT ELEMENTS OF PERSIAN

DOES THE GREAT WALL OF

CHINA REPRESENT? EXPLAIN.

• WHAT DOES THE GREAT WALL

OF CHINA TELL US ABOUT SHI

HUANGDI?

WEIGHTS, MEASUREMENTS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE

• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF

IMPROVING WEIGHTS, MEASUREMENTS,

AND INFRASTRUCTURE?

• WHAT ELEMENTS OF PERSIAN DO

WEIGHTS, MEASUREMENTS, AND

INFRASTRUCTURE REPRESENT? EXPLAIN.

• WHAT DOES IMPROVING AND

STANDARDIZING WEIGHTS,

MEASUREMENTS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE

TELL US ABOUT SHI HUANGDI?

OPPONENTS OF SHI HUANGDI

• WHY DID SHI HUANGDI TREAT HIS

OPPOSITION THIS WAY?

• WHAT ELEMENTS OF PERSIAN

DOES THE TREATMENT OF

OPPONENTS REPRESENT? EXPLAIN.

• WERE SHI HUANGDI’S ACTIONS

JUSTIFIED? EXPLAIN.

IMPACTS OF SHI HUANGDI

DIRECTIONS: USING YOUR NOTES, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO HELP

YOU DECIDE IF SHI HUANGDI IMPROVED CHINA. FOR EACH CATEGORY, DESCRIBE HOW HIS

MEASURES COULD BE VIEWED AS SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL. YOU WILL BE USING THIS TO

DEBATE!

Successful Unsuccessful

Legalism and the Unification of China

Terracotta Army

The Great Wall of China

Weights, Measurements, and Infrastructure

Opposition

LEARNING TARGET NOTEBOOKS

GRAB YOUR NOTEBOOKS AND WRITE DOWN AND ANSWER THE LEARNING TARGET QUESTION

BELOW:

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH

IN YOUR OPINION, DID SHI HUANGDI HURT OR

IMPROVE CHINA? EXPLAIN.

PLEASE PLACE YOUR NOTEBOOKS BACK IN THE BIN WHEN YOU ARE DONE, THANK YOU!