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=Hampton Scholar Work=

Below you will find the research reports compiled at the end of our Ancient China unit. Work is being added over the next few days, so keep checking back if you don't see yours up yet.
I learned a great deal during my Internet research. This project opened my eyes, and helped me to understand history better.

After seeing all of these websites, there are some websites that I highly recommend. My top two are Historyforkids.org and Mr. Donn's China page. These sites consist of detailed information such as ancient facts and history related photographs. These sites are accurate and also have interactive games. I believe these sites are perfect for scholars in search of detailed answers.

Although many topics in this course are easy to learn, I have trouble comprehending the mummification process. Thanks to this project I was able to further understand this process. Although difficult this topic was also fun. Luckily, thanks to technology, this process will not be used in our time.

Finally, when doing research alone,we are able to discover new things. When we do research we always learn new things. After realizing new topics we are able to apply it to everyday life. Most importantly we are able to apply and use information to further understand current and anticipated subjects in Global Literacy.

To sum it up, by doing this research I am now able to understand history related ideas. I hope that other scholars will be able to experience information and be able to apply it to everyday life.


 * -Kiara S. **

I learned a great deal during my Internet research. I learned about new dynasties and new impacts on China. I also learned new impacts on China today.

For Starters, I would choose [|wikispaces.com] and [|wikipedia.com] because they give valuable information. It tells you information for almost anything! Experts even go on that site! Much information is given there so please, go on that site for information!

Also, the hard part, but interesting, is studying China. The philosophies are hard to study about like Confucianism, Legalism, and Taoism. Also, of how China became famous and how China impacted itself and the world.

Furthermore, doing internet research helps the world (you) by learning more information on history. The world can boost on some prior knowledge, too.

Finally, the world can boost their reading level with their prior knowledge! It's a win-win situation! In conclusion, this is how my research can impact the world.


 * -Shamar R.**

I learned a great deal during my Internet research.I learned about the Age Of Division,The Qin dynasty,and The Great Wall of China

For starters,I visited a website called [] that helped me learn about the age of division started at approximately in the middle of both Han and T'ang dynasty.At that age it was total chaos diffrent emperors were runing for diffrent parts of China to control.And lets just say not all played fair,so eventually wars came in this total mayhem.Although all this carziness was going on china made some intresting inventions like tea,and for the war gunpowder.So while maham occurred nobody was really in charge so at the time of division there was no middle class,so if you were a peasant you were really poor,and if a noble really rich.

Further more,I visited a website called [] that helped me learn about the Qin dynasty which started about 221 B.C.E.The Qin dynasty was a very short duration only 15 years to be exact.Although it was only 15 years the emperor had a strange way of accomplishing things like the spy code which was relatives or simply neighbors strangers whom spy on you and report you to the authority if broken a law or seem mysterious.The part were philosophy toke place was were Ch'in Huangdi was a legalist whom thought everybody was bad and had to be punished severely.One of many severe,cruel punishments would be making a person work in a field or a battle.Another severe punishment would be if you whine about Ch'in Huangdi's punishment would be a death trail.Also Ch'in had a saying ''thousands may die so a million may live".

In addition,I visited a website called [] that helped me expand my knowledge on the great wall of china .This wall toke over 1700 years to accomplish.The Great wall was mainly started during the Qin dynasty.You may ask you're self who in the world would volunteer for such a job?well people actually were chosen by the legalist emperor Ch'in Huangdi as a punishment.Also this emperor was so cruel he didn't even bury those whom died he just left them to decompose.the main reason for why the great wall was built was because emperor Ch'in Huangdi wanted to keep the Mongolians out (a.k.a the invaders).


 * -Emily A.**

I learned a lot of interesting things during my research. One thing i learned about China was that Chinese people ate tofu.And I learned that there was three ways of religion in China.There was Confucianism,Taoism,and Buddhism. And I also learned that people in the countryside of China worked in farms.

The websites I got this from were very helpful to my internet project.Some websites I would recommend to scholars who want to be overachievers an learn more about Ancient History,I will be glad to help you! I will recommend one of Mr.Irvan's favorites,bbc.com. Also,another one he shows us, hampton scholars,called brainpop.com. It was very cool!I hope all my OVERACHIEVERS ,go to these sites and even more!

We love to study new material! But the hardest civilization I studied was Ancient Egypt. It was hard for me because Egypt was Polytheistic.Yea,I bet you want to know what i mean. You see,Poly-means "many" as if you say polygon. A polygon has many sides. So then, theistic-means...gods! Put it together and you get "many gods, they believed that Pharaoh's were half god-half human. So when you think of the real god vs. Pharaohs,we had to memorize it all!!!

Doing the research on my own was hard!!! But we did this by ourselves for a reason,maybe more. Doing the research on our own will help us because in college,we might have to write a research on something way way harder than this,this is prep for college. Also,we did this on our own because me can learn more about Ancient history.

The purpose of this was to show other kids and parents what a regular class in DPH would be.

**-Miko B.**

I researched alot of things. One of the things I researched were Chopsticks. One of the many things learned was that if you drop your chopsticks that is a form of bad luck.also, if you cross your chopsticks that is usual sign that you have to pay a bill,or that means that a waiter needs/wants you to pay.

Furthermore,I also researched chinese food. There history of food is way different than Americas history of food. They used irragation long after we finished with it. Not finished with irragation but long after we finished the irragaton stage. In China rice is __EXTREMELY popular__.

Next, I looked at a story about the legend of shadow puppets. It started during the the Han dynasty. The Emperor was sad because his favorite wife died. The Emperor was really sad. His loyal disciples tried to cheer up their upset king.But nothing would work. But, then a priest, also a good friend of the Emperor, saw children playing with dolls he saw the dolls cast shadows. He then came up with an idea, he invited the king to the play, just for him **.** At the play the priest made a puppet that looked **__ALOT__** like the emperors wife. The priest made the puppet cast wonderful shadows. The Emperor was delighted when the show was done. The Emperor asked the priest if he could perform whenever he asked. The priest agreed to the Emperors request. That is the story of shadow puppets.

**-Krishon B.**

I learned in Mr. Irvan’s class in this trimester 1was that there are different Dynasties in China, Egypt’s Social Pyramid and the Zhou Dynasty.

For starters, the similarities between ancient Egypt and ancient China is that they both have different ways of doing things like in ancient China you had to respect your elders (which means you can not talk back at adults) and in ancient Egypt the only person that get more respect than you is someone who is a higher level than you in the social pyramid.

Furthermore, I wonder why in the Qin dynasty the rich people called poor people peasants. I feel that all people are equal and you shouldn’t call them out of their names.

In addition, the internet research is connected to what we studied in Global literacy because the internet has web pages that can teach more about Global Literacy.

People put true information on there about important things that are happing in life.

To sum it up, I realized that that the Chinese dynasties, Egyptian social pyramid and the Zhou dynasty have some similarities, but differences .Like in china they call the ruler of their land an emperor and in Egypt they call the ruler of their land a pharaoh.

**-Darrius B.**

There are many reasons why I’m studying China.

For starters, ancient China sometimes make art for their dead. Ancient Egypt did the same thing. They made their tombs special, with arts and gold. For example, China in the Qin dynasty; Shi Huangdi built an “army” statues. For Egypt, King Tut, in his tomb/ he has a bunch jewelry.

Furthermore, I wonder why Qin was the shortest dynasty of all time? All of the other dynasty’s lasted long. But not the Zhou; the Zhou was the longest dynasty in ancient China.

In addition, It talks about dynasty’s; (the websites I’ve reviewed)we’ve talked about this too. It talks about how they lived in ancient China. It explains how special family was to them.(Family came first no matter what). How they built The Great wall of China. It was harsh to built it. But it was worth it.(To keep away invaders)

Clearly, this is why I’m studying China.

**-Mervin A.**

I learned a great deal during my Internet research.I have learned topics that I found very interesting, such as the yin yang symbol.I want to share some of the facts that I learned from the websites.

First, two websites I recommend to scholars who want to learn more about ancient history and the world is [|bbc.com] and dphgloballiteracy to learn more about ancient history and the world.You can learn about what happened in ancient China,ancient Greece, and ancient Egypt of how there world came to be.On dphgloballiteracy, you can read all about those topics, and learn things you never knew.BBC has games to show how people did certain beliefs.Such as how Egypt made pyramids and did the mummification process.These two websites can teach you a lot, in my opinion.

Second,there are topics that are very hard to learn about, but very interesting.In my opinion, one topic that I found very hard, but interesting in Global Literacy that I never knew about before is the ying yang symbol.Most people have seen the yin yang symbol, but never knew what it means.The symbol was made in ancient China,in the philosophy of Taosim.Taosim believed that all organisms(biotic factors) shared a universal life force.It refused to kill animals.The parts of the yin yang symbol means day to night, and birth to death.It believes that balance is the most important in Taosim.

Lastly, doing Internet research on your own(not as a assignment) can help scholars understand history better (and improve your Global Literacy knowledge and grade) because you can learn things that you never learned in the present or past.If you do research, you can know things that you never knew, and can share the knowledgge along with others.You can realize who,where,and when a invention was made that we use now.Also, the data that you would learn can make you smarter also.

**-Kyle G.**

There are many reasons why there are many between similarities Egypt and China in many different ways. For starters,they all went through all the dynasty's and were some what the same.

Furthermore, they did not need a big fight for this in each place it was that they believed in one gob, and they choose and that is how there was no fight.

In addition,they did not all go through the stages, but they did make invention's to make there place ready for different events,and it made china better.

In conclusion, this is why China and Egypt are alike in many different ways

i wonder why the invatory that where trying to get in china what did they really want from china.

The Internet project put a big impact on us because we got to learn more about china and see things we have never seen before. Also,it is giving us a better understanding about what china is in the past and in the future.


 * -Priscilla R. **

There are many things I have learned throughout my studies on China.

For starters, I learned that the Chinese worshiped a dragon because they believe that the dragon is the god who gives water and makes plants grow.

Furthermore, I learned that I learned that outsiders from the west of China killed the west Zhou king, which made the Zhou move to the east.

In addition, I also learned that Lao Zi was the creator of Taoism and that it was simply a school of philosophy. It was during the Eastern Han Dynasty that Taoism became a religion.

In conclusion, this is what I learned during a week of China research and development.


 * -Dave C. **

 I learned a great deal during my internet research. For example, I learned more about Shi Huangdi and extra stuff like, ancient marriages and how being single wasn't a choice. Then the Himalayan Mountains, and how they were rugged and protected early chinese from invaders.

 For starters, I strongly recommend wikipedia for research. On Wikipedia it's really easy to look for what your studying or you want to learned more about.As long as you know the name it's easy because you just type it in, and press enter. Also during the passage there are many links. There are links for when you read over something. The link takes you to a topic that helps you understand the passage more.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Furthermore, I think the hardest thing was Shi Huangdi and Confucius. The first time I heard of them it was hard because I studied China before, but not them. I also realized that the stuff I studied was because of them. Like the Great Wall, I learned why it was built but who started it and how people were sent to work on it. Also the dynasties because it took me time to get the name right, the order, and when what events happen in each.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> To sum up, doing research own is easy when it's not for a grade. Also people with a low grade are more likely to do it, if they really want a better grade. In class you can use the information you already know and connect it with what you are learning. Then if you learned something ahead of time in class you would already have a understanding of what you are doing.

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Sade J. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I learned a great deal during my internet research. For example, China, Confucius, Egypt, Silt, Tombs, Shi Huangdi, Mummification, Oracle bones, Ancestor Worship, and the Mandate of Heaven.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For starters, some similarities I noticed between Ancient Egypt and Ancient China are they both have rivers that proved them with rich silt. Also they both mummified there ruler because they believe in the after life and it would protect there body from harm and damaged. Ancient Egypt and China both have a similar development in writing a system (oracle bones), Mandate of Heaven, Ancestor Worship, and Gods &Goddesses.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wonder why Confucius traveled so many miles to give a speech that so many people didn’t even listen to. Did he do it on purpose? Or did he do it because he didn’t have a choice and had to tell people about his ideas??Now I think Confucius did it because he had to tell people about his ideas.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My Internet research is connected to what we learned /studied in global literacy because were learning more about Ancient China and Ancient Egypt and learning it more on the internet.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Marlynn P. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I learned a great deal during my Internet research.I learned that the Shang dynasty practiced human sacrifice.If a king were to die many slaves would join him in the grave,either beheaded or buried alive.I also learned that the Xia dynasty were able to conquer the local people by using there superior weaponry and technology.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The similarities I have noticed is that they both developed with many inventions. They both had an early system of writing,Hieroglyphics,and oracle bones.Both had inherited system of rule, Emperors, and pharaohs,they had absolute rule.Both cultures buried their dead with items of value,and practiced ancestor worship.Both cultures had rudimentary concepts of mathematics, and medicine.They are both one of the oldest continuous civilizations.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wonder why The Mandate Of Heaven was made? We don't ask gods if people had the right to be elected in our government today.People in the United States vote for the candidate they want.Then person with the most votes gets elected President. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My Internet research is connected to what we learned in Global Literacy because it gives me more understanding.It gives me more knowledge about what I want to know,and don't know.Researching on the Internet allowed me to go beyond what I know, and discover more information about Ancient China and Egypt.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Esther A. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I learned about Ancient China is that China had five dynasties(the Xia,Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and the warring state period).Then after ancient china was over china went to imperial china that had twelve dynasties.Also I found five dynasties that we haven't got two yet in Global literacy class(the Yuan, the Sui, the Song, the Ming and the Qing).

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Furthermore, the Yuan dynasty was founded by the jurchen when the jing dynasty was defeated by Mongols. Then they went on to defeat the song dynasty in a long and sad war, the first war which firearms were very important.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The five dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was the period of disunity between the tang and sang, known as the Five dynasties and Ten kingdoms period.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This period lasted more than a half century, from 906 and 960. During this era,when china was in all respects of a multi state system, five dynasties succeeded one another rapidly in control of the old imperial land of northern China

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To sum it up, thats what i learned about imperial china during this project.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Mycah O. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I learned a great deal during my Internet research.The Gobi Desert is one of the driest deserts in the world.In the Gobi, there is at least hope of water.The Chinese worked on the Great Wall for 1700 years .Ancestor Worship was very important to the early Shang kings and nobles.They say it was the way of life .Prince Siddhartha Gatama would one day be known as the Buddha, began his life as prince in a kingdom in Ancient India.The Ancient Chinese invented many things we use today including paper,silk,matches,wheelbarrows,etc.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For starters, the similarities that I have noticed was that the page Ancient Egypt had the statue of a dog, and alot of games and we learned and Ancient China had all the dynasties and the stuff we learned from Trimester 1.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Furthermore, I wonder why Confucius didn't have a wife or a child because someone in his family is supposed to be king? I wonder why the Taoism people had to be so EVIL to people because they were so innocent ?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To Sum it up,Internet Research is connected to Global Literacy because it has all the stuff we did from the first day we learned it.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Aswan M. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> There are many reasons why Egypt and China are similar.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For Starters,Egypt and China are similar because some people lived near rivers. Also they both have dynasty families and rulers. Also i learned about lots of things like who Marco Polo is and if you dropped chopsticks you get bad luck. The website that helped me was Ancient Egypt and Ancient China.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Futhermore,the reasons why we don't have dynasties is because we already have Presidents and Governers.Also our countryis already ruled and we have punishments to punish people if they did bad.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To sum it up, that's why China and Egypt are similiar.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Mariam T. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I learned a great deal during my Internet research I learned about the background of when <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> and how china all began, an how ShiHuangdi changed alot about China like the Great Wall of China ,and how ShiHuangdi was a legalist (a person who thinks that all people are bad). ShiHuangdi would kill who ever criticized his work.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For starters,I learned about how the Chinese civilization started around 10,000 BCE, when a group called the Yangshao settled near the Huang He River. I also learned about how Buddhism stared in India from a man name Prince Siddhartha Gautmama, which traveld all the way to China .During Tang Dynasty Confucianism,Taoism,and Buddhism was well known as the Three Doctrines of china.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Furthermore,What I also learned about China was that China first Emoper ShiHuangdi was a ruler for 11 years from 221 BC to 210 BC.He concord many city and states including Chou and Zhou.He also threaten to attack who ever did not let him control their city,town,or states.ShiHuangdi forced farmers,and unskilled workers to build the Great Wall of China it was so that you can see it from out of space.The Great Wall of China had changed the whole human race. ShiHuangdi wanted to be a mortal and he drunk various potion which may have killed him by what was in it.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This is what i learned during the internet research about china.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Nailah T. **