Your young historians will have the opportunity to practice their reading comprehension skills with this straightforward lesson on Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China. Class members read through a reproduced textbook chapter on the subject, define vocabulary words, and answer assessment questions following their reading.

Concepts

the qin dynasty, dynasties, the great wall of china

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Additional Tags

qin dynasty, great wall of china, terra cotta warriors, social studies

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Classroom Considerations

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

• Includes reading handout and response worksheet
• Can be given as an in-class or homework assignment, and used to generate discussion

Cons

• Cannot download and edit document
• Broken link to video, but you can find a variety of other videos on the emperor by searching major video providers

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.4