Swofford+Han+Dynasty+Scrip

Olivia Have you ever watched a caterpillar spin a cocoon? The Silk Worm spins a cocoon that was used for a VERY VALUBLE type of clothing in china!!! It was called “Silk” In the spring women would cut off mulberry trees to feed the silk worms. Dylan: Yeah, yeah, yeah. ** **Justin: Ugghh here’s Dylan.**
 * Justin: Did you guys want to know something about the grand school. Well I have some information for you. Did you know that a guy named Wudi created the grand school? Well he did. At the school they would teach Chinese literature. Only 50 students were allowed to study at the Grand School. They also learned about poetry, history, proper behavior, and folk songs.


 * Dylan

The ancient Chinese invented many things. Somthing that they invented was paper. The paper was very valuable and it was used for many things. The seismograph was made to tell which direction the earthquake was in so that they could help the village that was in trouble.**

Justin: NEXT!

Faith: The mandate of heaven is when the gods would pick a new ruler. They thought the gods could tell the kings who the next ruler. The way the mandate of heaven worked is by contacting them with oracle bones. People said that the ruler didn’t get to rule just because they come from a certain family they got to do it by the mandate of heaven. Justin: Interesting, interesting NEXT!

Lane: The Silk Road is not made out of silk. It is a series of trading routes all over the world. Plus its about 4000 miles. They sometime traded goods with Rome and other countries. They had goods that many people wanted. The Roman's gave them gems, silver, and gold for their goods.

__ Blake Confucianism  __ A philosophy that valued education and respect. __ Taoism __ They believed everything was balanced. They also valued life to be sacred. And they’re symbol was the ying yang symbol. The Taoists treated all of life and nature with the same respect as people. Justin: Ok its my turn now. The ruler after Qin dynasty was the Han dynasty they took over and added to the great wall and helped them stay protected.