Action Ancient News----- Middle Ages in China

Scenario: Through the magic of time travel, you have been sent back to the Tang Dynasty in China, however, due to experimental technology you only have 40 minutes. During this time gather as much information as you can, because then you will be brought back to 2007, where you will use your information to quickly write up an article of your visit. What you seen and learned for our "newspaper," no more than 5-6 paragraphs which is do on Monday!!


Task: You will have 40 minutes, to gather as much information on the dynasty as you can.
Create a simple graphic organizer if you like, or you can take notes on what you come across.
Pay attention to PERSIA-- Political, Economic, Religious, Social, Intellectual (technology, arts, and inventions), and Architecture (pagoda).

Focus on the golden age during the Tang Dynasty and achievements
--economy—who they traded with and how far
--don't focus on Empress Wu, she can be mentioned, but focus on big ideas, not on rulers.

Websites you can consult for "your time travels"


http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/tang/

Basic information travel china guide about the Tang Dynasty reader friendly.


http://chinaknowledge.de/History/Tang/tang.html

Basic information and background of the dynasty. This is nicely laid out.


http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/hd/tang/hd_tang.htm

Objects from the Tang dynasty


http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/classical_imperial_china/tang.html

Review Resoources for 2009

Here are some review sites to help study for the unit tests you will encounter in this class.


Your book site is Strayer; http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/strayer1e/default.asp?uid=0&rau=0 You can register with your email and receive extra credit throughout the course by completing the activities related to the chapter we are on.

If you don't have email I will tell you how to log on.

This is the site for Armesto World History

http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_armesto_theworld_1/56/14502/3712526.cw/-/t/index.html

This has multiple choice, True and False quizzes and the one I really like is matching so you can get the terms. Click on the chapter and explore.

World Civilizations by Stearns
http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter1/deluxe.html

This site is the for the Stearns World Civilizations site, it has help chapter summaries that catch the main ideas of the Unit and glossary. If you play around with this site look into Chapters 1, 5, 6, 7, and 8.



bubbabrain.comGo to click on the left side where it says Sophomore then chose AP World
Click on the five or so I created for you to have fun with.


This site has a game for world religions and philosophy
World Religions

Burnett teacher site

http://www.mrburnett.net/apworldhistory/keyterms/keyterms1200withdefinitions.htm

This site has terms for AP World you need to be familiar with


Finally use your notes to build outlines for the essays, so you can be prepared for the written part of the test.

I will be here for review games on Thursday after school, so come in and play jeopardy!!!