Workshop 5 China Unites

The Perfect Party

Instructions: You are hosting a party. Name 5 Emperors (Qin, Charlemagne, Tzar Nicholas, Will Helm the second
Napoleon).Think about an schedule of activities you are going to prepare for them. What else will you do to make it a
special party?

schedule
Guest List Napoleon

Music: I would play Beethoven because Napoleon was a fan of his

music
1.
Food: he was a great fan of eggs, so I would prepare him Omelette

Leisure activities: I would invite him to the Library because he was

into Historical books

Dessert: This is my opinion, I would invite him an ice cream because

I would like him to taste sweets from our time
 Workshop 5 China Unites
Match the words from the unit with the meanings
List of vocabulary words Meaning

1) An explosive mixture of substances used for making

a) Ruler explosive

b) Gunpowder 2) A leader of a powerful country

Napoleon
c) Mandate of Heaven 3) It connects rivers and make easier to trade goods
Music: I would play Beethoven because Napoleon was a fan of his
music between territories
1.
e) Grand Canal
Food: 4)
heAwas
divine right
a great fanfor
of Emperors to govern
eggs, so I would China
prepare him Omelette

d) Compass Leisure5)activities:
An object I would
whichinvite him to
tell you thedirections
the Library because he was
from north
into Historical
To south books
and east to west
Dessert: This is my opinion, I would invite him an ice cream because
I would like him to taste sweets from our time
Discussion pair work

1) What are some good characteristics of a good ruler. Think about 3 of them with your partner

For example: I believe a good ruler should listen to his own people and take care of them
I think a good ruler should respect his own people and never lie to them.

Breakout
room
assignment
While reading.
 - Tai Tsung believed in good leaders
instead of good laws and lowered the
Two tang They kept in power for taxes for the peasants
Rulers 300 years and make
China very powerful - Empress Wu was a harsh ruler
She taxed the peasants heavily

China Unites - China didn’t had a central government when the tang fell ,

The five - The first paper money was introduced

dynasties
- Porcelain was improved by making it harder

- They developed the use of gunpowder

The song - They developed the use of compass for telling directions
Dynasty
-There was an advance in printing which allow books to be produced for education
1) Read the following statements and circle the correct answer
a) __________ made China safe by defeating enemies and added new lands to China
Wen ti Tai Tsung Empress Wu
b) The _______ made it easier to trade goods throughout the kingdom
Yangtze River Huang he river Grand Canal
2) Mention the purpose of the compass and the gunpowder during the Song dynasty

2) Classify the title with the correct information.

Empress Wu Kept tight control over the money coming in from taxes and trade

Art under the Tang Killed many of her enemies and favored Buddhism

The song Dynasty Many poems were written and new musical instruments were created

3) Read the sentences below and match them with a conclusion

T’ AI Tsung accepted new Religious ideas So, new musical instruments and dances were invented

Chines music and dance developed So, Zoroastrianism, Islam and Christianity were introduced

China had few metals to make coins So, they opted to use paper money for merchants to do business
 Group work of 4
Two emperors and two scholars

Role Play 2
Instructions: Your teacher will give you a role to play. Imagine you are that person - what will you say?

Student A: Student B:

You are the emperor of China and you need help from You are scholars from China and you can
your scholars or smart Chinese citizens. You need to offer to the emperor this list of the new
ask your scholars (student b) for new inventions to inventions
improve China. You can decide if this invention its useful
to you or send your scholars to jail because of their - The gunpowder
incompetence
- The compass

- The movable type

- The paper money

Mention what can you do with them

and benefits of using them