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===Below you will find the research reports compiled at the end of our Ancient China unit. If you decide you want to revise and improve your work, please let Mr. Irvan know. ===

 Ancient Egypt and China both had dynasties. Terra Cotta army and pyramids were built to protect people in the after life. I wonder why did people have to fight against each other to become a ruler and why did people risk their lives?


 * -Kevin D. **

 I learned a great deal during my internet research, like how China is similar to Egypt because in ancient China they thought animals represented things. For example Chinese people thought that dragons were intelligent and lucky. Ancient Egyptians thought the same thing about animals thats why they thought their gods had animal heads that represented their powers for example a bird head can mean you rule the sky.

 I wonder why China and Egypt did not meet sooner because if you think about it you`ll notice how similar they both really are and how close they both are geographically.

 My internet research has to do with my Global Literacy because I learned about China, the silk road and why it was the highlight of China, because of the demand for Chinese silk, their scientific discoveries, art, and inventions.


 * -Moustapha M. **

 Some similarities between ancient Egypt and ancient China is that both of those civilizations began near rivers so they can use the rivers for drinking water, silt so they can grow crops better, and also for transportation.

 I wonder why shihuangdi was a legalist .I also wonder why they made the great wall of china so long if its only just suppose to keep invaders from the north out.

 My internet research about the great wall of china is connected to what we studied in global literacy because we learned in about the qin dynasty which started to build the great wall of china.


 * -Jason J. **

I learned a great deal during my internet research. In this essay I will be telling you the similarities between ancient Egypt and China.I also will be including what I wonder adout either ancient China or Egypt.Last what I will be including is how the internet today is connected to what we study in Global Literacy.

What similarities have you noticed between ancient Egypt and ancient China? Well,there are many similarities that are between ancient Egypt and ancient China.One is that there both started there civilization near by rivers.Another thing is that they both belive in more than one god and goddess.

There are many questions I was wondering to ask for so long.So I am wondering why were king and queen were made?Secondly I what to know who was the oldest king or maybe queen to rule China?Last I want to know why do the Pharoahs choose there oldest son to be new ruler after they die because maybe the youngest one is the smartest or the wisest one?

There were many reason how the internet was connected tothe class. One was how we knew that the Silk Road was really a route. Another thing was that the Han dynasty was one dynasty that that had alot of Technology.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**-Sekou N**.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I have learned a great deal during my internet research.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">one similarities that I have noticed between ancient china and ancient Egypt is that <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">they both bielived in more then one god.Another thing that I have noticed between ancien china and ancien Egypt is that they both started living near rivers that hade silt,and rich soil

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I wonder why shi huangdi was so mean to his people, and why he wanted to make so many ruleslike the spying system(when people had to spy on each other, and they would get reworded if they heard someone say something rude about the government.)

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I have learned that there were more then four dynastys in ancient china. I have also learned that people bielived in many different things, for example legalism, confucianism,and toaism.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Samba S. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">For starters,Some similarities I noticed between Ancient Egypt and Ancient China was that they both are one of the oldest civilization.They both had a system of wrting.Both Ancient Egypt and Ancient China buried there emperor with something value.By the way, I didn't search this details on the website. I use my knowledge from what I learn in Global Literacy.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Futhermore, I wonder why Confucianism are important about family. In school, I learned that "only where there's a country that there's a family". Still today, they are still Confucianism.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">To sum it up, My Internet research on Gods and Goddesses is connected to what Mr.Irvan taught scholars in class in Global Literacy is that during the Shang Dynasty, people believe in ancestors workship.They spoke to there ancestors and asked for help and what they should do by using oracle bones.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Nafissatou F. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I learned a great deal during my Internet research.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> My favorite thing to learn about while studying about China is <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">the Great Wall of china. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I say this because I think it is interesting. Another favorite thing <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">to learn about while studying <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">about china is Confucianism and Legalism. I say this because a lot of <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">people do this in the world Confucianism are people who are basically <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">good. Confucius was part of Confucianism. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> He thought that people were basically good. Legalism are people who <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">are basically bad. Shi Huangdi was part of Legalism. He thought that <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">people were basically bad.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I want to know more about the Great Wall of China. I think it's <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">interesting because it is sometimes important to the emperor's <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">in ancient china. I can find out more by going on the website <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|http://china.mrdonn.org]. Another thing I would like to learn more <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">about is the Mandate of Heaven.I think is very important to ancient <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">China. I say this because <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">the Gods has to chose somebody to be the emperor of ancient China. I <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">can find out more by <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">going on the website that helps us with global literacy.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> When I did my Internet research on China, I learned that the Mandate <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">of Heaven had rules <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">you had to follow in order to be the emperor of China. Some of the in <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">my own words were <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">if you have power you have to keep it to yourself. Another rule was <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">that you had to be chosen <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">by the Mandate of Heaven. Another rule was there has to be good and <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">important dynasties.I think the Mandate of Heaven was very important <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">and special to ancient Chinese people.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Fanta C. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The similarities between Egypt and Ancient China is that in both a group people needed to workship the person who has more power then them.Aiso,if the person who had power died the his people got to make a pyramid in Ancient Egypt and Ancient China a tomb.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I wonder why did Shi Haungdi wanted to keep the invaders out?Why didn't he keep the invaders in?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">My internet research is connected to what we studied in Global Literacy because we did the same thing in class.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Daniel J. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">My favorite thing to learn about while studying China was about their special events and tradition as well as their believes that they follow. I like it because it gave me an idea of China's different stages at different periods of time. As well as why red is their main color and what it stands for.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I want to know more about China's culture and how children were a part of the difference in the periods of time. I think it's interesting because of it's a different culture and with different standards as well as believes, that I might be or not be use to. I can find out more by going to wikipedia and search on Ancient China and read on the history and pick a topic that I'm interested in and do the research.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">When I did my Internet Research on China, I learned that there are different section and interesting topics that I'm able to look up. Such as places/people/festivals, daily life/culture, and philosophies/religion. With all these information I was able to know when, where, how and why things happened and their reasons for happening.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Esmeralda T. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I learned a lot while we were learning about ancient china and also on the internet research project. Below are some of the important things, and also the most interesting.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Here are some websites I would recommend for a scholar to use if they want to learn more about ancient history and the world. The first would be the Mr.Donn.org websites. I would recommend this website,because if you go to the ancient China part it has everything from dynasties to inventions. Another website I would recommend is Wikipedia.org I would recommend this website because it has almost everything that you want to look up. For example I looked up Shi Huangdi. I got lots of information about him. Those are the 2 websites I would recommend to scholars who want to learn more about ancient history and the world.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">One interesting but difficult matter that we learned in Global Literacy that I never knew before was remembering the major accomplishments of the four dynasties that we studied. the reason why it was hard was because I could remember <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">them but not remember them for the right dynasty.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">There are many ways that doing internet research on your own and not as an assignment can help you. The reason why it can help you is because you can be a step ahead of someone that did not do internet research. For example if I go on Wikipedia and Mr.Irvan dose not i'm a step ahead of him and I know more about ancient China then he dose. Also he only knows the knowledge form class. And I have the knowledge from class and Wikipedia and class. Therefore I am a step ahead of Mr.Irvan. And that's why its important to do internet research on your own and not only as an assignment.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Zyaira S. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I learned a great deal during my Internet research project. Like I learned about Confucius. I learned many thing about him. I learned that Confucius thought that people were basically good. Also that he believed that relationships were important. For example he thought that father to son is a big relationship.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I have noticed some similarities between ancient Egypt and ancient China. Here are some of the similarities I noticed.I noticed that in China and Egypt that there religion is really important to them. Also that they grow crops. I got my information from dphgloballiteracy.wikispaces.com.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I had a question about Shi Huangdi and Confucius. My question is why is Shi Huangdi a legalist. Also why does he believe that people are basically bad and not good. My other question is why Confucius believes that people are basically good and not bad. Also why does he think that relationships are important.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">My Internet research is connected to what we study in Global Literacy. It is connected because most of the things that we learn in class would be in our research. For example if we were studying ancient Rome, that would be on our research. So since were studying China that means it would be on our research. Also since we are studying Egypt that would be on our research.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Nikala A. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I learned a great deal during my internet research. For example when I was reading about Confucius, when he was about 15 he was interested in education and also he was born when the chou times were around.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">One thing that I notice between ancient Egypt and ancient China is that they both believe someone had power and to rule everyone. For example in Egypt,king tut had the right to do what ever he wanted and boss peaple around. Also in China a emperor named Shi handi had the right to make changes and excute peaple if they were not doing there job or duty.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I wonder why only the nobility and royals were allowed education.But today everybody is allowed to learn education.Also I still wonder why Shi handi made so many changes in Chinese Histroy.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The research I did is conneted to what we learned in Global liteacy because,when I was reading about Confucius it said that when Confucius got about 15 he was interested in learning .What we learn about Confucius in Global literacy is thet when he was about 15 he was interested in learning and tauht others.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Raymond H. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The similarities i find between Ancient Egypt and Ancient China is that they both started near river. Both cultures had early system of writing. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">They were both based on agriculture. Both of them buried the dead ones with valuable items. Both cultures had different kind of systems. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">They both hava different kind of things made or brought.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I wonder why the Terrecata army was used for. I also wonder why the dynasties were made for. Why do they write letters to there ancestors. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">My internet research is connected to what we studied because i am visiting sites that are included to what were learning about in Global literacy. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">It is also connected because im searching stuff about China and Egypt because i need to know what kinda of clothes they wear or what they eat.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Dianna S. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Confucius thoughts were develop into a systemof philosophy called Confucianism. His teachings may be familiar in the ancestors of Confucius. Confucianism was basically everyone was good. Confucius also believed in the 5 relationships (Father to child,Husband to wife,older sibling to younger sibling,friend to friend and ruler to ruled.) Confucius life story Confucius was born in 551B.C in the State of Lu which is known today as Qufu.In Chinese, his name was Kong Qiu. Kong was the family name while Qiu was his given name. This was because his parents had prayed for a son at Niqiu Hill and 'Qiu' was an appropriate token of their thanks and joy at having their prayers answered. Sadly, his father died when Confucius was very young but despite a hard life, he dedicated himself to study at the age of 15. Death of Confucius (551-479 B.C.E) Confucius died and many remembered him to today even though it was very long ago. His wisdom has provided moral guidance to Chinese for over 2500 years, becoming an integral part of the Chinese cultural identity.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Ashley S. **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">I learned a great deal during my internet research chopsticks and why they were used and how they were invented, dragons and why Chinese people believed in them and different types, the story of Mulan and her purpose of what she did for her farther, and the purpose for paper fans.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Some similarities between Ancient China and Ancient Egypt are both were based on agriculture, both were the oldest civilizations. Had a system for writing, invented paper, and buried the dead with items apart of ancestor worship.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> I wonder why in China last names come first instead of it being first but I realized they have it so they can indicate what family belonged to and that every country has their own why of applying usage of names. In other countries, the family name is in the last part of the person’s name. However, the family name usually comes first but not as many states either.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">In my internet research, I learned the similarities between Ancient China and Ancient Egypt I learned additional facts like both cultures had elaborate systems of bureaucratic systems of administration, and rudimentary concepts of mathematics and medicine. Why China had many ways for usage of their names and so did other cultures like Euro American, Middle Eastern, South Asia, and African. I learned about chopsticks, chopsticks are sticks used as an eating utensil they are used in Greater China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam .I learned dragons were thought to be wise by many Chinese people. They believed dragons were a sign of emperors and dragons were composed with a camel head, a snake neck, fish scales, eagle claws, deer horns, and a pair of ox ears. Therefore, this was important to ancient Chinese life. In addition, I learned about a girl named Mulan she was a Chinese girl who went into war to fulfill her father’s place she knew he would have died .Lastly, paper fans can be made out of different materials the first fan was made out of feathers. They made fans also out of straw and wood .China did not invent the paper fan it originated from Japan & Korea on the Ming ships. Some were meant to be hung. In conclusion this is what I learned during my internet research and what happens modern Chinese life .This is similar too what we have studied because we have studied about polytheistic societies and we have studied about many systems and inventions in China and Egypt and what they did to earn respect why they put last names first instead of first names.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">-Kaylah N. **

<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Th Great wall was built more than 2,000 years old. The tiger sign means that tigers are not respectful to their elders.When it was the Shang dynasty, people asked their ancestors advice using oracle bones. Chinese celebrate Chinese New Years because it is a time for repaying debts,enjoying feats, and giving money. It took 14 years to build hundreds of perfect and beautiful buildings.

<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Shi Huangdi, the Chinese leader was being mean to his citizens and kill them for breaking simple rules and put them on the great wall. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> I LEARNED ALOT fom MR.IRVAN and how it was like in China and how they operate and the history in China. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> that is my report.

-**Jahbari S.**