Web Lesson   
               China in the Middle Ages        
                            
1.   In Chinese history people often talk about the different Chinese dynasties.
      Explain what is meant by the word  dynasty? – Look at the following site for help:
                                
                          Google result for 'what is a dynasty'

2.   Scroll down this web site: http://www.crystalinks.com/chinahistory.html  and write down the names of the Chinese Dynasties that were ruling in China during the Middle Ages. For revision of when the Middle Ages were, briefly look at  
       the following web site page:  
                     
              http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/history.htm

3.      a)     Under the heading Chinese Inventions, draw a chart with three columns. 
               Make the chart 10 lines down your page. 

         b)     In the left-hand column, select and write out 10 of the Chinese inventions.   
 

1.  Paper money 2.  Cast iron 3.  The helicopter rotor and the propeller 4.  The seismograph 5.   Matches 6.  Paper 7.  The Kite 8.  Fireworks 9.  Acupuncture  10. Porcelain 11. Gunpowder 12. Compass 13. The rocket and multi-staged rockets 14. Blast Furnace 15. Yoke 16. Abacus 17. Silk

        c)     In the middle column, write out the name of the dynasty, or the Century BC, during which the invention was made. Find as many as you can in the following web sites.

                               http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000019.htm
                                http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/info/current/inventions.html
                               http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/index.html
                               Chinese inventions chart.htm  
                               Chinese Contributions

        d)     In the right-hand column, tick any Chinese inventions made before or  
                 during the Middle Ages Period.

        e)     Find out what each of the following inventions are and write three points about each. w/ksheet
                                 (see the sites above, especially the site called 'Chinese Contributions')

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4.         a) Under the heading Feudalism, on a new page, write out the following :                 Both in Medieval China and Medieval England, there was a system called Feudalism that was used to control and organise the land. b) Divide the rest of your page with a line down the middle.  At the top of the left   column write - Chinese Feudalism, and at the top of the right column write - English Feudalism.

c)  Now briefly visit the following sites and fill your page or chart with points about Chinese and English Feudalism during the Middle Ages.

  Try and make points that compare the differences and similarities between these two feudal countries.

                   Feudal England sites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/medfeudal.html#upper     
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/middleages/feudalsystem.htm
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/feudal.html

                                       Feudal China sites:
                     http://www.es.flinders.edu.au/~mattom/science+society/lectures/lecture15.html
                       http://www.mrdowling.com/613chinesehistory.html
                              9   The chou Dynasty developed feudalism in China and
                                      it lasted up until the ch’ing or Quing Dynasty.

              5. Print off this blank map of China from the following site and paste it in your workbook :
                                                   http://www.abcteach.com/china/chinamap.htm   
                Study this map of modern China below. On your blank map add and shade in all of the regions controlled by China in the Middle ages. 
                 (This map will  help you.) Also draw in the Great Wall of China on your map. Use Google image searches to find the information you need.                       
                       
                               

 Extension Exercises: Medieval Japan, interactive drag and drop activities. When you have worked out the correct answers on these web pages on Japan, write the information on each page into your book. http://wps.pearsoned.com.au/ownw/0,9799,1672052-,00.html

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