Ancient ChinaCultural Contributions

Monday-Tuesday, March 16- 17th ,2015 Essential

Question? 1). Why is Ancient

China relevant to my life?

Objectives:

I will:1). Research 10 Chinese inventions and select those that are relevant to my life.

Warm Up: Quick WriteGame Plan:1). Quick Write/Discussion2). Contributions Research Project Overview3). Project Research

-Workday Grade- have at least 4 inventions researched and described.

Cool Down: Progress CheckHomework: Research

Intro Video https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebmijEhApqg

Chinese Inventions Scrapbook Project

Task: It will be your task to research, explain, and demonstrate the impact of 8 modern tools/technologies on your life.

Part 1: The Research: 10 Points We will have 2 research days (in class) available for

you to find and detail 8 Chinese inventions that you use regularly or are special to your life.

Part 2: Scrapbook: 30 Points Part 2: The Product: Create a day in your life in

which you have action shots of daily activities that use Chinese inventions to complete daily activities

Project Overview

Timeline Today-Research 1 Tuesday- Finish

Research Next Monday- Turn

in final product.

Options Pictures w/PowerPoint

(Action shots of you using the technology)

Comic Strip Drawings with descriptions Other creative ideas ( I’m

open minded if you would like to present an alternative way to demonstrate your understanding).

Links http://

www.vhinkle.com/china/inventions.html

http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2011-03/04/content_22054243_10.htm

http://asiasociety.org/chinese-inventions

http://www.chinawhisper.com/top-20-ancient-chinese-inventions/

Invention of the Infinity and “Zero”

Background: Ancient India was a culture obsessed with math. They became interested in probability and working with infinity, the idea that numbers can go on forever, in either direction. While working on infinity, common sense to equations as having a number that equals nothing. This was first described in the 5th century book “Lokavibhaaga” and quickly spread to the Middle East and Europe.

Today: This invention is important to computer technology as the complex calculations that happen every second would not be possible without it. Is complete many important tasks like paying bills, work, and relaxing by using computer technology.