Friday, February 17, 2017

China's Discoveries and Inventions

To prepare your mini-scroll about China's inventions and discoveries complete these steps.


  • Read chapter 18 in your history book.  Take notes on the following inventions and discoveries
    • Smallpox innoculations
    • gunpowder
    • canal lock
    • paper money
    • porcelain
    • movable type
    • mechanical clock
    • rockets
    • compass
  • Select the top four inventions and discoveries based on how much they continue to influence our lives today.
  • Create a scroll about them using the paper strip you were given in class.
  • Include 
    • a title "page" at the start of your scroll
    • a section (page) for each discovery/invention you selected with 
      • the name of the discovery/invention
      • the Chinese characters for it
      • a picture of it
      • a 50-75 word paragraph about it that
          • explains  it
          • describes which it is still important
You project will be graded on:
  • Completeness
  • Visual appeal
  • Historical accuracy

This project is due on Wednesday, March 1, 2017

This is a 70% project.

Here is a sample:



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